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Health system employee innovation, startup ecosystem ranking and more.

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Andrew Steen
May 27, 2025

Welcome to the official unofficial start to summer! Let’s dive in…

New York’s largest health system funds employee healthcare innovations

This is really cool.

“Hundreds of Northwell employees have submitted ideas to the competition since it launched in 2017,” according to the press release.

Northwell invests $1.3M in employee-led innovation - Becker's Hospital Review | Healthcare News & Analysis

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health has awarded $1.3 million in funding to three employee-led projects as part of its 2025 Innovation Challenge. The winning projects are: To date, Northwell Health has awarded funding to 15 projects through the Innovation Challenge, according to a May 8 news release.

www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/innovation/northwell-invests-1-3m-in-employee-led-innovation

Wonder what a similar program could do for Louisville’s healthtech scene?

New ranking of the top startup ecosystems in the US

Data by metro area, from Carta.

Keep Louisville Weird

Watershed Health rolls out large-scale data sharing platform across Austin, Texas region

Watershed Health, a platform facilitating real-time care coordination, has teamed up with stakeholders in Austin and Travis County in Texas.  | Watershed is already live in four other states with 9 million lives on the platform, which facilitates transitions of care, referrals for services and more.

www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/new-real-time-data-sharing-system-watershed-health-rolls-out-across-austin-texas

Home-based dementia care

“This study suggests that home health use is high and has increased among people with dementia. Decreasing rates of home health use since 2020 in this high-need population suggest a need for ongoing monitoring of service use and outcomes for people with dementia.”

Chart of the Day: Home Health Care Use Rose Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Dementia Until the Pandemic

Nearly 7 million people in the United States live with dementia. While many individuals with dementia still reside in nursing homes, institutional care is decreasing, and a growing number are opting to receive care in the community.

ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/chart-of-the-day-home-health-care-use-rose-among-medicare-beneficiaries-with-dementia-until-the-pandemic/?utm_source=www.medicaremarketinsights.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=state-level-medicare-supplement-trends&_bhlid=4bd7b8e4cc114f0412c7225f854fc6a7621fb295

Virtual Solutions for Depression and Anxiety

Another interesting report from the Peterson Health Technology Institute [PHTI].

The short version; virtual solutions that include digital content are promising. Of note, the digital therapeutics assessed fared fairly well.

Are there Commonwealth connections to Otsuka’s Rejoyn? Yes, yes there are. 😉 

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