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Clinical ink and the expensive life of a copied number
A former paper-forms entrepreneur helped move clinical trial data entry to the patient encounter. Clinical ink’s next challenge is making that same idea work across homes, sensors, and ordinary clinical care.
DrFirst and the prescription that almost happened
Writing a prescription is the easy part. DrFirst has built a business around everything that can go wrong before the patient takes it.
Stephen Fransen Took the Eye Clinic on the Road
Long before remote care became a health-tech slogan, the Oklahoma retinal specialist put portable lasers in a vehicle and went where patients were. Lumata Health is the scaled-up version of the same stubborn idea: access is part of the treatment.
Neru Health
Neru Health is a Boston-based vertical AI company automating patient support and resupply for durable medical equipment (DME) providers and sleep clinics. Its platform centers on Nora, an AI 'active sleep coach' that texts, calls, and emails patients to troubleshoot CPAP devices, coach therapy adherence, and coordinate supply reorders, backed by a digital-phenotyping engine that personalizes each interaction. Spun out of Harvard's Blavatnik Fellowship in 2023 after co-founder Morgan Moncada struggled to get care for his own sleep apnea, Neru says it now serves 30,000+ patients and cuts provider labor costs by up to 60%.