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May 20, 2013
Minneappolis Business Journal
CareWire, a startup that's a developed a text messaging service for health providers, has named former health care consultant Ken Saitow president and CEO. Read More
May 15, 2013
MobiHealthNews
Telerehabilitation, where physical therapists work with one or more patients over video chat, is one technological solution for addressing that gap Read More
May 09, 2013
BBC
Now just imagine for a moment that you’ve established a high tech company and you’re looking for the very best in geek talent - where would you go? California perhaps? Read More
May 06, 2013
Jacksonville Business Journal
Hosting the inaugural Florida Healthbox has made Jacksonville the envy of the state, according to organizers. Read More
May 06, 2013
Mashable
So you've finally finished developing your product or service, flushed our your business model, and you're ready to dive head first into your new business venture — but how the heck do you raise enough capital to get started? Read More
April 30, 2013
MedCity News
Consumer Reports asked 1,000 people what bugs them most about going to the doctor, and the top responses might surprise you. Read More
April 18, 2013
MobilHealthNews
The TEDMED organizers tried something new this year: they dedicated Thursday morning to some unscripted meetings of the minds about innovation in healthcare. Read More
April 18, 2013
FOX 30 WAWS
Florida Blue and a company called HealthBox are teaming up to make the River City an innovation incubator for health care. Read More
April 18, 2013
GigaOm
Entrepreneurs in any industry need to start with a big idea – and a big tolerance for risk. Read More
April 17, 2013
Inc. Well
When building a company, you need to view each new hire as essential and critical, regardless of position. Read More
April 17, 2013
VentureBeat
Companies in the health care IT space raised almost half a billion dollars (approximately $493 million) in a single quarter. Read More
April 16, 2013
Modern Healthcare
Also this week in wireless gadgetry, displaying through Friday at the Hive, a showcase for entrepreneurs at the TEDMed conference in Washington, is GeckoCap... Read More
April 16, 2013
MobiHealthNews
After bringing their incubator to Europe last year, Healthbox has announced that its next class will be based in Jacksonville, Florida, sponsored by Florida Blue. Read More
April 12, 2013
Orlando Business Journal
Got a health care innovation? Florida Blue and Healthbox are looking for you. Read More
April 11, 2013
Jacksonville Business Journal
Through a partnership with Florida Blue, a business incubator for early-stage health care companies will be setting up shop in Jacksonville this summer. Read More
April 11, 2013
mobihealthnews
This week, MobiHealthNews co-hosted a special healthcare-themed Mobile Monday event at Ned Devine’s bar here in Boston to showcase some local mobile health startups. Read More
April 10, 2013
Boston Business Journal
The trio of companies MassChallenge startup Little Sparrows, Boston, Mass.-based Cellanyx Diagnostics Inc. and Burlington, Mass.-based BioSignostix were honored at an awards ceremony... Read More
April 08, 2013
Boston Globe
Launched in Chicago last year, Healthbox has expanded quickly: The start-up accelerator, which helps mentor and grow health-centric tech companies, is now in its second class of ten. Read More
April 08, 2013
Tech Cocktail
Boston-based Healthbox, a leading business accelerator that supports early-stage health care companies, kicked off its second program recently, along with anchor partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA). Read More
April 04, 2013
Health Business Blog
The company just kicked off its second business accelerator program in Boston with 10 companies, in conjunction with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Read More
April 02, 2013
BostInno
Health startup accelerator Healthbox announced its second Boston class this morning, in partnership with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. Read More
April 02, 2013
Upstart Business Journal
With today's announcement of its fourth class of startups—and the second to be incubated in the Boston area—Healthbox is making its mark in the development of new healthcare companies. Read More
April 02, 2013
HIT Consultant
Health tech incubator, Healthbox backed by partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) launched their second program dedicated to supporting innovative startup companies that respond to healthcare greatest challenges. Read More
April 02, 2013
Healthcare IT News
Healthbox, a business accelerator for healthcare technology startups, announced the kick-off of its second program and next round of companies on Tuesday. Read More
April 02, 2013
Health 2.0
Healthbox along with lead partner Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (BCBSMA) officially started its second accelerator program in Boston today. Read More
April 02, 2013
Boston Globe
The second class of the Healthbox accelerator program in Kendall Square gets underway this week. Read More
April 02, 2013
Boston Business Journal
Healthbox, a startup accelerator focused on health care, on Tuesday named the 10 companies taking part in its second session in Cambridge. Read More
April 02, 2013
MedCity News
Healthbox Boston, which kicked off with its first class last fall, is back with a second set of digital health startups that it will usher through its 16-week accelerator program. Read More
April 02, 2013
mHimss
Class is in session for 10 early-stage mHealth companies hoping to find their niche in this fast-evolving market. Read More
March 31, 2013
Global Regulatory Science
An app developed specifically for oncologists by an Irish software company has just received CE certification – the third app in the world to do so. Read More
March 24, 2013
Financial Times
High-tech business incubators are springing up away from London’s digital hotspots of Shoreditch and Clerkenwell as the capital’s entrepreneurial breeding grounds become increasingly specialised. Read More
March 21, 2013
WAFB
If there's one thing we love to do in the capital city, it's eat. But, what exactly is in that food you're putting in your body? Read More
March 21, 2013
Inc. Well
Home to a thriving startup scene, a competitive provider landscape and some of the largest healthcare corporations, Chicago is an ideal hub for healthcare entrepreneurs. Read More
March 14, 2013
Upstart Business Journal
There’s a growing number of company founders who want to make a difference in the world with whatever it is they’re building or creating. Read More
March 13, 2013
Inc.
While the accelerator and incubator models are nothing new, the enthusiastic involvement of big corporations now jumping into the fray gives college start-ups a leg up. Read More
March 11, 2013
Health Business Blog
Healthbox provides seed capital, mentorship, industry connections and guidance to startup companies in the health care field and exposes large, established organizations to innovation and entrepreneurship. Read More
March 06, 2013
siliconrepublic
An app developed specifically for oncologists by an Irish software company has just received CE certification – the third app in the world to do so. Read More
March 01, 2013
Upstart Business Journal
A partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago is helping the startup SwipeSense test a portable and data-collecting hand sanitization system aimed to reduce infection at health care facilities. Read More
February 25, 2013
Boston Globe
Healthbox and Blue Cross Blue Shield plan to run a similar start-up program for health care entrepreneurs this spring in Cambridge. Read More
February 22, 2013
WIRED
When you’re stuck waiting an hour past your appointment time at the doctor’s office you can thank those patients who decided to never show up at all. Read More
February 18, 2013
Tech Cocktail
Boston startup GeckoCap is in the middle of an Indiegogo campaign to raise funds and help the 9 million American children with asthma. Read More
February 13, 2013
BostInno
After seven years of serving as a practicing physician, MIT Sloan alum Yechiel Engelhard saw firsthand the problems plaguing parents. Read More
February 08, 2013
Vector Blog
Asthma affects nearly one in 10 children and is the cause of more than 700,000 emergency department visits and 14 million missed school days each year. Read More
February 06, 2013
MedCity News
The healthcare industry is demanding change, and thousands of healthcare entrepreneurs are vying to deliver. They’re building companies focused on changing the system by reducing waste, increasing quality, and decreasing costs. Read More
February 05, 2013
Fast Company
MIT Media Lab's 11-day health care hackathon pulled students and big companies together with a common goal: Healing a broken industry. Read More
February 04, 2013
Modern Luxury CS
With 10-plus years of business experience creating entrepreneurial ventures around the world, Nashif says she's known professionally for "making things happen." Read More
February 04, 2013
MedCity News
Boston might be the top hub for life sciences in the U.S., but there are lots of cities hot on its tail. Read More
January 25, 2013
medGadget
Medication non-adherence is a big problem in the United States. In addition to the health effects that come from not following a prescribed medication plan, non-adherence leads to over $300 billion in wasteful spending each year. Read More
January 25, 2013
Boston Business Journal
Health information technology startups that were part of the Boston area’s first two health incubator programs last year are already moving ahead at a fast clip as they chase investors, launch pilot programs and court well-heeled customers. Read More
January 23, 2013
The Guardian
The difficulty with innovation in the health sector is that the NHS isn't always aware of what's happening outside the organisation. Many health entrepreneurs remain "under the radar". Read More
January 20, 2013
HISTalk
Massachusetts-based Healthbox is accepting applications for the 2013 spring class which starts on March 18th in their Cambridge, MA offices. Read More
January 19, 2013
Boston Herald
The Healthbox accelerator program, designed to give a boost to companies that grow out of Boston’s thriving health-care technology field, is looking for a new crop of startups. Read More
January 17, 2013
medGadget
Kids being kids, its hard to make sure they take their medicine when parents are not around. Yet, forgetting to do so can put asthmatic children at risk of a severe attack. Read More
January 16, 2013
Huffington Post
In a tech landscape where we too often obsess over incrementally-improving speeds and specs of our cell phones and smart televisions, it's always refreshing to meet a company looking to solve actual, real-world problems. Read More
January 15, 2013
MedCity News
A mobile health startup has developed an app that packages tools such as chemotherapy dosage formulas and prognosis tools to help oncologists make clinical decisions in what the company believes is a relatively untapped market. Read More
January 11, 2013
nibletz
Millions of kids across the country and around the world suffer from Asthma. Fortunately, for many of them the Albuterol rescue inhaler helps them live mostly normal lives. Read More
January 07, 2013
MedCity News
Healthcare accelerators kept growing in 2012, helping startups find investors and refine elevator pitches. Read More
January 07, 2013
Vector Blog
When we think about the future of health, it’s generally medical science that captures our imagination—the source of groundbreaking pharmaceuticals, medical devices and diagnostics. But what about the business of health care? Read More
January 02, 2013
Sacramento Business Journal
Most people don't take their medicine when they are supposed to; this makes medication non-adherence one of the largest problems facing healthcare today. Read More
January 02, 2013
MedCity News
Start-ups like Abiogenix are developing smart pill boxes that remind patients to take pills and knows when they have missed them. Read More
January 02, 2013
TechCrunch
The holidays wreak havoc on our bodies, with their mandatory over-indulgence in food as well as family and reminiscences. Read More
December 31, 2012
PRLog
Gecko Health Innovations will announce their first product, GeckoCap, at the 2013 International CES. Read More
December 07, 2012
Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
Scott Danielson is co-founder and CEO of CareWire Inc., a startup that’s developed a text-messaging service to help health providers communicate better with patients. Read More
December 06, 2012
Tech Cocktail
As startups try to tackle the health care industry, Blue Cross Blue Shield has been behind the scenes watching and learning.
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December 04, 2012
MedCity News
Digital health startup Abiogenix has a solution for patient nonadherence when it comes to forgetting to take their pills. Read More
December 03, 2012
BetaKit
Recently Corengi, short for “clinical options research engine,” announced the relaunch of its health-oriented platform developed to connect patients with clinical trials best suited to their needs. Read More
December 02, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business
Nina Nashif has never held a position in which her responsibilities were defined before she took it. "Every job I've ever had has been a clean slate," she says. Read More
November 21, 2012
San Francisco Chronicle
In recognition of National Bladder Health Month, The CareGiver Partnership reviews five new products in 2012 that help people of all ages live with incontinence and manage bladder and skin health. Read More
November 18, 2012
The Boston Globe
Graduation season for New England college students doesn’t roll around until May. But for New England entrepreneurs, it seems to arrive in November. Read More
November 16, 2012
Boston Business Journal
Ten new Boston-area health care tech startups are out pounding the pavement for angel and venture investments, after graduating from the first Boston class of the Healthbox incubator program last week. Read More
November 13, 2012
Venture Village
Stressed? Students from Munich have developed a preventative early warning system for stress: SOMA Analytics. Read More
November 13, 2012
WGBH News
Kara Miller speaks with entrepreneurs trying to bring game-changing innovation to doctors' offices and hospital rooms. Welcome to Healthbox, the brainchild of Nina Nashif. Read More
November 12, 2012
Youdoc
In order to bring patients and doctors closer together, telemedicine aims to use telecommunications and information technology to deliver medical care to patients directly and remotely. Read More
November 09, 2012
CNN
The U.S. health care system is headed for a train wreck. Costs are poised to balloon from $2.6 trillion in 2010 to a whopping $4.6 trillion in 2020 – accounting then for 20 percent of U.S. GDP. Read More
November 07, 2012
Continuum Innovation
“Here’s the deal. You will wear an adult brief (which is what you think it is). No, you will not have to actually use it..." Read More
October 22, 2012
London & Partners
Seven teams of entrepreneurs from across Europe who have the potential to bring about real change to the UK health economy have been chosen to take part in a three-month business accelerator programme run by Healthbox in London. Read More
October 12, 2012
EMR Thoughts
Healthbox is known for helping new business startups by providing them with seed capital. The company has recently announced it would be expanding its services to London. Read More
October 03, 2012
CareGiver Partnership
Sensor technology is being tested for use with incontinence products, according to Lynn Wilson, Founder of The CareGiver Partnership. Read More
October 02, 2012
PC Magazine
Healthcare is at the forefront of political debate this election year. Read More
September 28, 2012
Life as a Healthcare CIO
Today, I joined Kevin Tabb (CEO at BIDMC), Alexandra Drane (Eliza Corp), Nina Nashif (Healthbox), Graham Gardner (Kyruus), and Mark Chalek (Chief of Business Ventures at BIDMC) Read More
September 26, 2012
Future Health Mission 2012
HealthBox is an accelerator, which basically means that it recognises high potential early stage businesses, and supports them to grow – and accelerate their growth. Read More
September 22, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business
Here are the entrepreneurs, financiers, mentors and coders who are leading Chicago's current tech startup wave. Read More
September 18, 2012
Xconomy
For three years running, Menlo Park, CA-based Morgenthaler Ventures has organized a fall event called DC to VC, with a focus on the conditions for health IT innovation in an era of rapid healthcare reform. Read More
September 17, 2012
Forbes
Athenahealth chief executive Jonathan Bush has a proposition for health information technology entrepreneurs: If he likes your start-up, Bush will connect you with his customers. Read More
September 13, 2012
Xconomy
“At MIT, we reject the idea that you can’t be both a student and an entrepreneur” stated Bill Aulet, Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, Read More
September 09, 2012
BostonInno
After Peter Thiel announced he’d pay students to drop out of college, the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship announced they’d pay students to stay in college. Read More
September 08, 2012
HealthLine
Many apps will help you count calories, but voice-powered Bon’App is even more user friendly by allowing you to speak your food choices. Read More
September 05, 2012
Athena Health
The health information technology (HIT) industry is going through a period of rapid change and disruption. Read More
August 30, 2012
MedCity News
Now here’s something you don’t hear every day: an innovation for the adult diaper. Read More
August 28, 2012
Arctic Startup
Founded in 2011 by Sandbox Industries – the exclusive fund manager of Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Funds, Healthbox is Europe’s first business accelerator focused exclusively on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the health sector. Read More
August 27, 2012
Market Watch
Dossia, a leading Health Management System provider, today announced a strategic alliance with the largest online dermatology service provider in the US, DermLink.md, to offer Dossia users with any dermatology issue a diagnosis remotely within 24 hours. Read More
August 23, 2012
How to Write a Business Plan
Recently at How to Write a Business Plan, we caught up with SwiftPayMD Co-Founder, David LaBorde. Read More
August 20, 2012
MedCity News
After hearing about how long a co-worker’s wife had to wait to see a dermatologist after being misdiagnosed by a primary care physician, Victor Gane had an idea. Read More
August 19, 2012
The Boston Globe
A wristband will monitor your anxiety level throughout the course of the day. A headband will help you click into a state of complete concentration. Read More
August 13, 2012
The Boston Globe
Can a 75-year old health insurer spark some radical innovation on the local startup scene? That's the goal of a new partnership between Read More
August 02, 2012
Boston Beta
Boston Beta hosted another great demo event at The Microsoft NERD center the evening of Thursday, July 19. Read More
July 24, 2012
London Evening Standard
London’s fast-growing life sciences industry received a shot in the arm today when a US venture capital firm announced the launch of Europe’s first healthcare accelerator fund, worth £750,000 in its first tranche and likely to be based in east London. Read More
July 21, 2012
CBS Chicago
Cara Health started in Dublin, but has now moved to Chicago and is among the innovators at the 1871 Incubator in the Merchandise Mart. Read More
July 18, 2012
Irish Dev
Founded in 2011 by Sandbox Industries - the exclusive fund manager of Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Funds, Healthbox is Europe's first business accelerator focused exclusively on supporting innovation and entrepreneurship in the health sector. Read More
July 16, 2012
Xconomy
Startup incubators have been multiplying so fast there’s talk of a bubble, and there’s no sign of slowdown anytime soon. Jenna Rose says the growth is justified and has come from both entrepreneur and investor demand. Read More
July 07, 2012
London Business School
HomeTouch, started by Jamie Wilson MBA2011 and Daniel Mueller MBA1996, has recently received a prestigious Best Company award at Europe's premier Aging/Assisted Living event. Read More
July 05, 2012
The Sunday Business Post
It's Kerry week in The Daily Business Post. Every day, we profile a Kerry-based startup firm. Today it's SportsClinicPlus, an online service which allows physiotherapists to create bespoke exercise programmes for their patients using videos. Read More
June 29, 2012
The Telegraph
An initial 10 small health companies will each be given £75,000 in seed capital and put on a three-month “incubation” programme that will provide advice, training and introductions to potential customers and partners. Read More
June 05, 2012
Duke University
On Tuesday, June 5th, Duke GEN held its 5th annual Angel Pitch event at RocketSpace in San Francisco. Read More
May 22, 2012
iMedicalApps
CareWire (@carewire) automatically processes scheduling data and has shown in their pilots that SMS is the best way to increase patient attendance and compliance. Read More
May 21, 2012
MedCity News
Take growing adoption of smartphones and tablets, add anxiety about regulation in healthcare and an empowered patient population, and you get an explosion of consumer-focused digital health ventures. Read More
May 12, 2012
Health 2.0
Boston was a beautiful 80 degreess today, but inside athenahealth’s headquarters, developers kept their heads cool while the competition heated up. Read More
May 11, 2012
iMedicalApps
Today employers spend an average of $629/employee every year to incentivize healthy behavior, up nearly 70 percent in just two years. That’s approximately $60 billion spent annually by employers and payer groups on health incentive programs. Read More
May 09, 2012
MedCity News
Cara Health believes that a high-tech analysis of a person’s answer to “How are you?” can predict the chance of readmission to the hospital. Read More
April 26, 2012
Information Week
I've come across three promising online tools that offer hope to patients who aren't seeing results from their current courses of treatment. Read More
April 26, 2012
Technology Tell
One of the priorities and concerns for many Americans is healthcare and the rising cost of maintaining our health. As a result, many startup companies look to provide solutions to the health crisis, but few make any significant progress. Read More
April 25, 2012
Fueled
Startup companies that cater to American health care innovation always manage to capture quite a bit of attention. This is especially true of those like Healthbox member United Preference, Read More
April 24, 2012
iMedicalApps
There is no greater challenge facing clinical trial sponsors than the recruitment of patient participants. Read More
April 19, 2012
Venture beat
My Coupon Doc, a Chicago-based startup, gives you access to coupons that can save you hundreds of dollars in prescription and over-the-counter drugs. The company launched its website today at the DEMO Spring 2012 conference in Santa Clara, Calif. Read More
April 16, 2012
Health 2.0
Besides wanting to get the most out of their human capital, there’s a good reason for companies to be concerned with how healthy their employees are.
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April 13, 2012
MedCity News
“The wellness industry is awful noisy. Some people are doing some great things, and other people are just adding to the noise.” That's what Charlie Zei Read More
April 12, 2012
MedCity News
Last month, Brandon Glenn’s post challenging the incubator model fueled a fire of debate about programs like Blueprint Health, Rock Health, Healthbox and Startup Health.
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April 10, 2012
Stevehendershot.com
Today’s Silicon City column features SwipeSense, an Evanston-based company that just completed a three-month accelerator program for healthcare businesses called Healthbox. Read More
April 10, 2012
Crain's Chicago Business
Just four months ago, SwipeSense Inc. was both an outsider and an underdog. Sure, the company had a good idea for a hand-sanitizer dispenser that hospital employees would wear on their belts. Read More
April 04, 2012
Chicago Tribune
It was 3 a.m. on a warm summer morning in 2009. Northwestern University students Yuri Malina and Mert Iseri were sitting at the deserted North Beach in Evanston trying to think of the next big thing. Read More
April 02, 2012
Hospital EMR & EHR
Today, I’m going to do something I seldom do — talk about a specific app and what it represents in terms of trends. Read More
April 01, 2012
Examiner
Norcross-based Iconic Data has announced the release of SwiftPayMD, a revenue cycle management app for the iPhone and iPad that’s designed to enable doctors to immediately bill for their services. Read More
March 31, 2012
Techli
PUSH Wellness gives employers an opportunity to provide cash incentives to their employees for meeting certain wellness related goals. Read More
March 07, 2012
Business of Health Care
For the third Business of Health Care lecture, we are proud to present Nina Nashif, a Managing Director at Sandbox Industries which is the exclusive fund manager of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Venture Fund. Read More
February 18, 2012
Techli
DermLink gives referring doctors, dermatologists and patients an easy way to reduce time spent waiting for appointments to open and conditions to be diagnosed with remote diagnosis. Read More
February 03, 2012
Techli
SwipeSense is a personal, portable hand sanitizer dispenser healthcare professionals can carry on themselves to reduce hospital-spread infections. Read More
February 02, 2012
MedCity News
Imagine a new kind of wellness gift card that employees get as a reward for participating in corporate health screenings and other activities. Read More
January 24, 2012
MobiHealthNews
Sometimes, a smartphone app is more than you need. Sometimes, it is not enough. Perhaps, the “just right” approach is simple technology like a text message. Read More
January 13, 2012
Techli
Based in St. Paul, Minnesota, CareWire hopes to bring together patients and healthcare providers in a new and innovative way through their communication tool used to help relieve some of that anxiety with well-timed messages. Read More
December 22, 2011
MedCity News
Funding for the healthcare information technology sector saw robust growth in the third quarter of 2011. According to data culled Read More
December 22, 2011
iMedicalApps
Chicago-based digital health incubator HealthBox has announced its inaugural class of entrepreneurs, the second health care accelerator to announce new sessions Read More
December 21, 2011
The Health Care Blog
Chicago-based startup accelerator Healthbox Chicago-based startup accelerator Healthbox announced the inaugural class of ten companies to begin its program in January 2012. Read More
December 21, 2011
Healthcare IT News
Healthbox, which helps accelerate the growth of healthcare startups, announced an inaugural class of 10 companies, which will receive capital and other resources to spur their development and expansion. Read More
December 20, 2011
Crain's Chicago Business
Healthbox, the accelerator program for health care startups that was founded by Chicago-based Sandbox Industries, announced the names of the 10 companies in its inaugural class today. Read More
December 20, 2011
Chicago Tribune
Healthbox, a three-month accelerator program for healthcare-focused startups that kicks off in Chicago next month, announced Tuesday the 10 companies selected for its inaugural class. Read More
December 20, 2011
Tech Crunch
Is healthcare the industry that represents the next big opportunity for startups? Many are starting to believe it is, especially considering the fact that U.S. healthcare is currently a $2 trillion business. Read More
November 17, 2011
Cambridge Elevator
A revolutionary desktop device for genetic engineering is one of 25 technologies unveiled in a Cambridge University Entrepreneurs competition designed to produce ideas that change the world. Read More
November 01, 2011
World Business Chicago
Chicago is a leader in the healthcare industry and a hotbed for tech startups. So it’s only natural that the new accelerator Healthbox will launch here this winter, seizing on the opportunity to grow the connection between these two vibrant industries. Read More
October 11, 2011
Healthcare IT News
Big ideas are often hampered by small budgets. In the world of healthcare, the drawing board is often littered with cast-away notes for projects that never saw the light of day due to lack of funding. Read More
June 21, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
With an ever-growing mountain of health-related data and a federal mandate to make more of it digital and shareable, information technology is in high demand among hospitals, physicians, insurers, government administrators and other players. Read More
June 10, 2011
Tech Cocktail
Chicago-based Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm and leading incubator for startup companies, is launching Healthbox, a business accelerator that will focus exclusively on the healthcare industry. Read More
June 08, 2011
Illinois Venture Capital Association
Through a competitive application process, ten entrepreneurial teams from around the country will be selected to participate in a three month program. Read More
June 07, 2011
TECHLI
When you think of an industry that rapidly embraces technology innovation, healthcare is probably not the first to come to mind. Well, Healthbox aims to change just that. Read More
May 27, 2011
Healthcare Finance News
Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm and leading incubator for startup companies, today unveiled Healthbox, one of the first business accelerators in the country to focus exclusively on the healthcare industry. Read More
May 25, 2011
Illinois Venture Capital Association
Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm and leading incubator for startup companies, today unveiled Healthbox, one of the first business accelerators in the country to focus exclusively on the healthcare industry. Read More
May 25, 2011
NBC 5 Chicago
More venture capital is being spread in Chicago, this time for healthcare-related startups. Sandbox Industries, a venture capital firm and incubator for startup companies, has begun Healthbox, a business accelerator focused on the healthcare industry. Read More
May 24, 2011
PEHUB
A year after helping to launch the Excelerate Labs program, Sandbox Industries, the Chicago-based venture capital firm and startup incubator, is launching a new “accelerator” focused exclusively on healthcare ideas. Read More
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Healthbox Florida 2013 Networking Events Update: Southern Florida and Gainesville events have been postponed until May.
June 06, 2013
Healthbox Boston
Healthbox Boston is hosting an investor open house in their Kendall Square office on Thursday, June 6 from 5:00pm – 7:00pm.
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June 03, 2013
Miami, Florida
Please join us for a networking event in Miami to learn more about the Healthbox Florida 2013 program
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May 21, 2013
Jacksonville, FL
Please join us for a networking reception in Jacksonville to learn more about the Healthbox Florida 2013 program
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May 13, 2013
Ann Arbor, MI
Please join us for an Ann Arbor Networking Event for Healthbox Chicago 2013 at Vellum
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May 07, 2013
Chicago, IL
Please join us for a Networking Event for Healthbox Chicago 2013 at 1871
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May 03, 2013
Jacksonville, FL
Please join us for a networking event in Jacksonville to learn more about the Healthbox Florida 2013 program
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May 02, 2013
Tampa, FL
Please join us for a networking event in Tampa to learn more about the Healthbox Florida 2013 program
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May 01, 2013
Orlando, FL
Please join us for a networking event in Orlando to learn more about the Healthbox Florida 2013 program
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April 30, 2013
Minneapolis, MN
Please join us for a Minneapolis Networking Event for Healthbox Chicago 2013, at Republic, steps away from Carlson School of Management
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April 09, 2013
Berlin, Germany
Please join us for a networking brunch in conjunction with the Charite Entrepreneurship Summit to learn more about applying to Europe's next Healthbox program!
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April 05, 2013
Healthbox Kendall Square Office
Healthbox Boston will be holding a hiring night and open house event in their Kendall Square office on Friday, April 5 from 4-6PM. This event will serve as an opportunity for companies from Healthbox Boston 2012 and Healthbox Boston 2013 to meet with potential hires, while providing others with a great opportunity to learn more about the Healthbox program and portfolio companies. Companies are seeking professionals, from young students to seasoned professionals, for full-time and part-time positions.
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April 04, 2013
Hub Westminster
Please join us for a networking event at the Hub Westminster to learn more about applying to Europe's next Healthbox program!
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March 25, 2013
Stockholm, Sweden
Please join us for a networking event at the Hub Stockhom to learn more about applying to Europe's next Healthbox program!
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February 01, 2013
Healthbox Kendall Square Office
Please join us for an open house at the Healthbox Boston office!
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January 28, 2013
Providence, RI
Come join us to learn more about applying to Boston's next Healthbox program.
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January 23, 2013
Boston, Massachusetts
Please join us for our largest networking event, at the law offices of Foley & Lardner, to celebrate the launch of Healthbox Boston 2013.
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January 17, 2013
London, UK
We are delighted to invite you to Healthbox's inaugural European Innovation Day on 17th January 2013 at the East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London.
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