Excited to welcome Dana Le to the Podcast! Dana has impressive expertise in forming strategic partnerships for healthcare organizations, creating digital health accelerators, designing startup pilots for hospitals, strategizing go-to-market plans with startups, and training community members to become innovators.She is Forbes 30 under 30 and was the accelerator lead for KidsX, an international consortium of healthcare organizations that is trying to speed up pediatric innovation, and most recently started her journey as a founder building a stealth company Wander that will connect travelers to healthcare services.
Did you know? In the U.S., over 90% of children have access to the internet, with over 70% having access to a smartphone. The global pediatric digital health market was valued at $4.6 billion in 2020 and is expected to reach $13.6 billion by 2026, growing at a CAGR of 22.3% from 2021 to 2026.
* Telehealth visits for children have increased by over 1500% since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
* The use of digital health tools, such as mobile apps, for self-management of chronic conditions in children is growing, with over 50% of families reporting the use of these tools for conditions such as diabetes and asthma.
A healthcare innovation accelerator is a program or organization that provides support and resources to early-stage healthcare startups. The goal of a healthcare innovation accelerator is to help startups rapidly develop and bring new healthcare products, services, or technologies to market. Healthcare innovation accelerators have a successful track record of supporting startups that have gone on to raise significant follow-on funding and bring new products and services to market.
Podcast Topics
* What is KidsX and what is a healthcare accelerator anyway?
* UT Longhorn Dinner Guest?
* Top Ten/Bottom Ten: Experiences working with startups to solve hospitals' challenges while leading innovation at KidsX
* Pediatric Innovation
* Rookie Healthcare Leader Advice
* On-the-clock plug for your company: Wander Health
Make sure to connect with Dana and follow her journey as a founder at: https://www.lehealthinnovation.com for partnership, sponsor, collaborations, and speaker inquiries submit info here: https://www.lehealthinnovation.com/contact
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