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TechSpring

Baystate Health

AcceleratorHealth system acceleratorHospital or health systemActive

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Program at a Glance

Program type
Accelerator
Program category
Health system accelerator
Organization
Baystate Health
Organization type
Hospital or health system
Location
Springfield, Massachusetts
Company stage served
Early stage
Cohort or participation model
Not publicly documented
Investment or funding offered
Not publicly documented
Published investment terms
Not publicly documented
Equity or fee model
Not publicly documented
Clinical or hospital connection
Yes
Application status
Active
Founded
2014

Public description

About the program

TechSpring is Baystate Health's technology innovation center, founded in 2014 in Springfield, Massachusetts, and positioned at the intersection of healthcare delivery and innovative technology. Its model is to connect clinicians who understand care delivery problems with technology innovators who can build solutions, giving startups access to real clinical validation. TechSpring runs four program tracks: Insights, in which clinicians and patients give structured feedback to startups; Projects, in which startups work with innovation partners to validate solutions; Analytics, in which startups execute projects using Baystate Health data; and Interfaces, which builds digital health infrastructure with technology partners. It serves early-stage digital health companies as well as Baystate clinicians and staff who submit needs and ideas. Outside companies engage as sponsors, innovation partners and startup participants in these tracks.

What the program publicly emphasizes

Focus areas and features

Innovation center
  • Category: Health system accelerator

Publicly documented people and network

Program leadership and alumni

Notable alumni named in public materials
Received an $80,000 grant from the Massachusetts Digital Health Initiative in June 2017; partners have included Cerner, InterSystems, Dell, NTT Data, Imprivata, CarePort and Twine Health; launched a development environment based on the InterSystems platform

Sources

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  1. mehi.masstech.org
  2. techspringhealth.org
  3. techspringhealth.org
  4. intersystems.com