Narinder Singh

If you’re building a health tech startup, here’s a useful perspective from the accelerator side. At ViVE, I spoke with Keith Camhi, Managing Director of the Techstars Healthcare Accelerator powered by Permanente Medicine Mid-Atlantic States. The program invests in early-stage startups and helps founders run pilots with physicians in the Kaiser Permanente ecosystem. Some interesting takeaways: • Techstars still prioritizes “Team, team, team” above everything else; • Founders in the program are interviewed by physicians before acceptance; • The goal isn’t just mentorship — it’s getting real pilots with providers; • AI startups dominate applications, but the focus remains on real clinical problems. Applications for the next cohort open soon, so founders may want to keep an eye on it. Short interview from #ViVE 👇 🎥 Watch here: https://lnkd.in/gNN_5628 #Vive2026 #digitalhealthinsideout #health2tech #digitalhealth

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𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵'𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝘀 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗮𝘆 In the first quarter of 2026, every major AI platform launched a healthcare product:  • 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜: Two-track strategy — ChatGPT Health for consumers, connecting medical records and wellness apps for personalized guidance, and ChatGPT for Healthcare, an enterprise HIPAA-compliant workspace for clinicians and administrators. Cedars-Sinai, HCA and Boston Children's are already adopting the enterprise version.    • 𝗔𝗺𝗮𝘇𝗼𝗻: Expanded its Health AI assistant to its website and app, built on One Medical's clinical foundation, with capabilities including prescription renewal management.    • 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰: Unveiled Claude for Healthcare, enabling access to medical data from HealthEx and Function alongside tools designed to automate repetitive workflows for healthcare professionals.    • 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁: Launched Copilot Health, aggregating records from over 50,000 US hospitals and data from more than 50 wearable devices into a single personalized health companion. The scale of demand is real. Microsoft alone handles over 50 million health questions daily. Each player is competing for the same position: the consumer's first stop for health information and navigation. From a product strategy standpoint, the differentiator is becoming health context: 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲, 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 Worth noting: 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗔-𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁. As consumer platforms, they fall outside HIPAA's scope. Data protection is governed by company policy, not by statute. As patient health data flows into these platforms at scale, data governance becomes as important a strategic question as the technology itself. For health systems and payers, this is not just a technology story. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. How are you thinking about the implications for patient loyalty and engagement strategies? 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴: 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 | 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘍𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 | 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘐 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦 | 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘈𝘐 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘎𝘗𝘛 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 March 16, 2026 #𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 #𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 #𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘈𝘐 #𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘺

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It had to be said! 🎯 Epic's stranglehold on healthcare IT has stifled innovation for too long and the writing is on the wall. The consolidation myth needs to die already. We were promised efficiency and lower costs, but what we got was bloated bureaucracies that prioritize profits over patients. The data doesn't lie: smaller, agile providers consistently outperform these healthcare monopolies on both outcomes and patient satisfaction. Time for a major reset in how we think about healthcare delivery.

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Imagine healthcare with no shared transaction standards. No HIPAA. No X12. No FHIR. No common baseline. Even with modern JSON APIs, things would start to fall apart fast: • Every payer would design their APIs differently • Quality would vary wildly • Developer experience would be inconsistent at best Interoperability wouldn’t just be hard — it wouldn’t exist. In this clip, Stedi CEO Zack Kanter and Brendan Keeler, Interoperability Practice Lead at HTD Health and author of the Health API Guy Substack, talk through why standards – even if imperfect – matter. Without them, most healthcare integrations and related innovations simply wouldn’t happen.

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The HITECH Act (2009) reshaped digital health in the U.S. Before HITECH, hospital EHR adoption was only ~10–20%. Today, it’s above 96%. What drove this massive shift: • USD 30B in incentives to adopt certified EHRs. • Meaningful Use standards to ensure better care, not just digital paperwork. • Penalties for staying non-digital. • Stronger HIPAA rules for data privacy and breach reporting. • A national push for interoperability through HIEs. • ONC empowered to set standards and certify systems. • Workforce programs to build health IT talent. • Funding that accelerated innovation across the ecosystem.  With India’s hospital EHR adoption still around ~35%, is it time for a similar nationwide push? #DigitalHealth #HealthIT #HITECH #EHR #Interoperability #HealthcareInnovation #HealthTech #MeaningfulUse #ONC #HIPAA #HealthTransformation

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Is your digital health strategy strengthening rural systems—or quietly draining them? The Executive Quick Start Guide outlines how to build rural first regional digital health networks that: ✅ Expand specialty access without exporting patients ✅ Use telehealth, eConsults, and RPM with clear escalation rules ✅ Align multiple organizations around shared outcomes Designed for leaders responsible for regional alignment, not one-off pilots. 📘 Explore the guide https://lnkd.in/gNTPnxMn #RegionalHealth #HealthcareStrategy #RuralHospitals #Telehealth #PopulationHealth #DigitalHealth #RuralHealth #HealthcareLeadership #eConsults #RemotePatientMonitoring #SpecialtyCareAccess

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2025 marked a defining shift for healthcare from concepts to scalable impact. At Prodoc AI, we moved beyond chatbots to build a true Care Agent Workforce, helping healthcare providers automate workflows, improve follow-ups, and save 300+ man-hours every week. 100+ healthcare providers 6 geographies 1M+ patient interactions This is what happens when AI is designed with care at its core. The future of healthcare isn’t coming : it’s already here. 👉 Explore more: www.prodoc.ai Asit Kumar Vidyarthi Raghuvamshi Thakur #HealthcareAI #AgenticAI #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #AIinHealthcare #Prodoc #FutureOfCare #Automation

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We analyzed FastenHealth's open-source codebase covering 25,000+ healthcare provider integrations to see what healthcare integrations looks like in production at scale. The gap between FHIR standards and reality is bigger than most teams expect. Three patterns that scaling healthtech teams should note: 1. Every provider is different. The same integration with multiple hospitals using the same EHR system needs custom handling and configuration. 2. Authentication takes longer than you think. Healthcare authentication isn't standard. Production systems need specialized infrastructure. 3. Successful API calls can still fail. Healthcare APIs return success codes even when the data is wrong or incomplete. If you're building healthcare integrations, understanding these patterns upfront can save months of painful discovery. Full breakdown in the comments.

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