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Inside Philadelphia’s New Innovation Festival
Philadelphia is getting a new citywide special — spoiler: it does not include a PBR. This week, city leaders announced B.PHL, Philadelphia’s first citywide innovation […]
Our Latest BWP Underground Event Featured a Boot Camp Workout at Bok Bar
ICYMI, Be Well Philly Underground is BACK for the fall season. BWP Underground is our monthly, FREE (!), pop-up workout series, through which we host […]
Independence Blue Cross Announces Big Drops in Opioid Prescriptions and Use Among Members
Independence Blue Cross says it’s making headway in fighting the opioid crisis. The insurer’s efforts over the last four years have led to a dramatic […]
You Can Now Submit Nominations for the Be Well Philly Health Hero Challenge
For our seventh year running, we’re on the hunt for Philadelphia’s Health Heroes— the people who are going above and beyond to make our city […]
Here’s Why Independence and Comcast Are Launching a Health Care Venture Together
As health care spending continues to represent an excessively large part of our country’s economy, the push for innovation in the space dominated by an […]
VitalTrax’s Clinical Trial App Has Hit the Market
VitalTrax — the clinical software platform that connects patients to clinical trials — just hit another major milestone. On Wednesday, the startup announced that its clinical […]
These Innovators Won Big at the 2017 PACT Enterprise Awards
On Thursday night, the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT), held their 24th Annual Enterprise Awards. The event, sponsored by Fairmount Partners, honored eleven […]
Center City Residents Association Drops Protest of Digital Billboard
The Center City Residents Association has agreed to abandon its protest of a digital billboard proposed to span the façade of the former Philadelphia Stock […]
VitalTrax Scores First Cut of $6 Million Philly Digital Health Fund
Clinical trial software platform VitalTrax just became the first startup to dip into the $6 million digital health funding initiative launched by Safeguard Scientifics, Ben […]
Q&A: Healthcare IT to Enter an Intense Period of Innovation in Philly
Last week, three of the Philadelphia region’s biggest players made a major announcement at PSL’s Founder Factory. Philly’s veteran venture firm, Safeguard Scientifics; Independence Health Group, the parent […]
Stephen Klasko: “Health Hack Defines What’s Different About Jefferson”
Jefferson’s at it again. This weekend marks the university’s second ever health hack—a weekend-long event where more than 300 people will collaborate to try and solve healthcare’s […]
Report: Independence Health Group Income Down 93 Percent
As the wave of health care consolidation continues and the Affordable Care Act covers brings new entrants into the insurance market, a new report offers a […]
DreamIt was Second-Most Active Health Care Investor in 2015
Whether it’s a mouthpiece that detects concussions, pill bottles that blink when it’s time for patients to take medicines or wearables that track diseases, health care […]
Can Philadelphia Be the Silicon Valley of Health Care Innovation?
Dan Hilferty has some lofty goals for Philadelphia. He thinks it can become “the Silicon Valley of health care innovation” because of it’s first-rate universities, hospitals and […]
Headlines: Independence Blue Cross Slowly Taking Over Market Street West
Yesterday’s news was all about the resurgence of Market East, thanks in large part to the massive redevelopment project at The Gallery. Henceforth, it will […]