“As the next generation of founders leans into innovation that unifies medical care, it is the prime time for digital health investors to embrace oral health as integral to overall health.” CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s CFO and EVP, Denise Marks and Lee Shapiro, Managing Partner of 7wireVentures, recently teamed up to write about why the time is now for digital health investors to look toward medical and oral health integration. Insights include: -Oral health’s importance and impact on overall health -The need for and benefits of integrated care platforms inclusive of oral health -Why digital health investors should ‘put money where the mouth is’ when it comes to driving a more integrated, whole-person approach to health care Read more in Healthcare Business Today https://ow.ly/G5Nb50Tem43 #oralhealthinvesting #digitalhealth
CareQuest Innovation Partners
Hospitals and Health Care
Boston, Massachusetts 3,047 followers
CareQuest Innovation Partners validates and scales new ways to improve overall health through oral health.
About us
CareQuest Innovation Partners validates and scales transformative solutions to improve overall health through oral health. Together, with our ecosystem of leading industry partners, startups, and investors we make health care more accessible, equitable, and integrated. Joined by the shared mission to improve the oral health of all, CareQuest Innovation Partners is the for-profit subsidiary of CareQuest Institute. To learn more, visit carequestinnovation.com.
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https://carequestinnovation.com/
External link for CareQuest Innovation Partners
- Industry
- Hospitals and Health Care
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2021
- Specialties
- Oral Health Innovation
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Primary
465 Medford St
Boston, Massachusetts 02129, US
Employees at CareQuest Innovation Partners
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As part of the #SMILEHealth program, startups are matched with industry partners that help validate solutions and share insights, mentorship, and additional resources. On a recent panel, 2023 SMILE Health alum, Bill Leimkuehler, Co-founder & COO of Biolectrics, highlighted the value of the industry partnership in advancing his solution. Learn more about SMILE Health: https://lnkd.in/dCuTeH9y
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We’re #hiring! CareQuest Innovation Partners is seeking a Vice President of Strategic Ventures & Impact Investing to join our team. Apply now at https://ow.ly/R0cj50T8TfA #innovation #remote #impactinvesting
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The #SMILEHealth cohort participates in a custom curriculum of immersive workshops tailored to health innovators. In a recent session, industry leader Linda Vidone DMD from Delta Dental of Massachusetts shared insights on the connection of oral health to overall health and how to communicate value to stakeholders. Learn more about SMILE Health: https://lnkd.in/dCuTeH9y
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We’re proud to share that CareQuest Institute for Oral Health’s CFO and EVP, Denise Marks, will be a judge at The Digital Health Hub Foundation - Digital Health Awards at this year’s #HLTH! The Digital Health Awards recognize startups for their innovative use of technology to improve the health care landscape, a mission we’re working towards every day at CareQuest Innovation Partners. Learn more about the 2024 award categories, including the new dental health track: https://ow.ly/lebc50T3XQS
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"CareQuest is really helping us by bringing all of these unique technologies together that can fit into that ecosystem and it gives us a chance to evaluate the role that they play with each other." John Frymark at Young Innovations, Inc. shares his experience as an investor partner in the #SMILEHealth program. Through the 12-week semi-virtual program, investors, payers, providers, and other health care leaders have an accelerated pathway to impact and value. https://ow.ly/K9xi50T1fmO
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"The group in this cohort was the most impactful, the most well thought out, and the strongest group that I've ever paired with, and it was an honor to be a part of this cohort." Kwane Watson Kwane Watson, CEO of Kare Mobile Inc. participated in the 2023 #SMILEHealth cohort to advance the direct-to-consumer oral care delivery model. We support innovators who challenge norms and are ready to advance solutions that improve accessibility, equity, and propel the integration between oral health and overall health. Learn more about the accelerator program. https://ow.ly/3ACA50SX34f
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The #SMILEHealth program connects a diverse group of mission-aligned startups challenging the norms and advancing solutions to improve accessibility, equity, and the integration between oral and overall health. Recently, the 2024 cohort came together virtually to network and learn from one another. Learn more about SMILE Health: https://lnkd.in/dCuTeH9y
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We couldn’t agree more, Allison Cohen Neale, Maria Ryan, Marko Vujicic , and Shyam Bishen, Ph.D., MS, MBA. With 3.5 billion people impacted by oral diseases, we need to invest in the future of #oralhealth. That’s why we’re helping innovators and entrepreneurs advance the next generation of solutions to improve oral health access and outcomes for all. https://ow.ly/HRjn50SVMSp
Investing in oral health: Here’s why the time is now
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At CareQuest Innovation Partners, we transform oral health by validating and scaling innovative solutions that can make #oralhealth and #healthcare more accessible, equitable, and integrated. Learn more: https://ow.ly/sIqr50SK3Zn
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