Concierge medicine for the masses. Computer-assisted psychotherapy. A social networking-based application for making “cancer suck less.” Those are just a few of the challenges being undertaken by the latest class of New York-based Startup Health, a health and wellness focused startup academy and community that launched in June 2011. With the newest class, the program would have 22 companies as part of its portfolio. The latest class reflects a growing diversity of markets, points out Unity Stokes, co-founder and president of Startup Health. From tele-health and physician engagement to social health information and managing health expenses, “we want to show the entire community what’s possible,” he said. The program, which is chaired by former TimeWarner CEO Jerry Levin and co-founded by Stokes and Steve Krein, aims to create 1,000 sustainable businesses in 10 years.
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