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Medivo Co-Founder Sundeep Bhan Selected As a ‘Healthcare Transformer’ by StartUp Health

The Medivo business program got a big vote of confidence from StartUp Health this week when the entrepreneurship-focused group named Sundeep Bhan as one of its 10 inaugural “Healthcare Transformers.” Bhan, a co-founder of Medivo, will participate in the first StartUp Health Academy for Health and Wellness Entrepreneurship, a three-year program that is designed to support innovators transforming the current healthcare model.

“The best way to transform healthcare is to support and promote entrepreneurs with ongoing inspiration, education, and access to customers, capital and other critical resources so that innovation and growth can occur more quickly,” said Jerry Levin, the chairman of StartUp Health and former chief executive officer of media giant TimeWarner.

This is certainly an area of familiarity for Bhan and Medivo, the business he co-founded to help change the current model for reporting of lab test results and to transform the way physicians and patients leverage technology on their way to improved health outcomes.

In selecting the first class of entrepreneurs, StartUp Health said it focused on “finding extraordinary and passionate entrepreneurs and innovators [who] are on a mission to solve one of the great challenges of our time: fixing a broken healthcare system in ways that significantly reduce costs and dramatically improve care.”

To read the complete press release, click here.

Sundeep Bhan Speaking at the NYEC Digital Health Conference

Sundeep Bhan, co-Founder and CEO for Medivo, will be contributing to a panel during the NYEC Digital Health Conference in New York today, December 1, 2011.  Steven Krein, co-Founder of StartupHealth will lead the 3:00pm session entitled, “Bridging the Gap Between Health & Wellness Entrepreneurs and Providers.” Sundeep along other healthcare entrepreneurs will discuss new developments in healthcare technology, and how companies like Medivo are evolving patient care.

Click here to view more information about the NYEC Digital Health Conference.

Happy New Year!

Dear Friends,

I wanted to give you an update and wish you the best for the coming year.

2010 was a great year of transition for me. I moved back to NY from Brazil and then, along with Destry and Jason, we started a new healthcare company focused on personalized medicine: Medivo, Inc. (I can’t believe it has been 4 years since we sold Medsite to WebMD!)

We are having a phenomenal first year at Medivo. In the last 10 months we acquired a company called Physicians Wellness Network, we have attracted some great talent, developed several products, signed on key clients, closed on an angel round, got great office space in NYC, and have completed over a million transactions on our platform…

In 2011, our plan is to double our size (fingers crossed), expand our team (yes, we are hiring!), raise our series A round, form strategic partnerships, and continue to work successfully with our current partners plus many new pharmaceutical, PBM, managed care, wellness and consumer-facing companies. Stay tuned for more updates. I look forward to being in touch throughout the coming year.

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2011.

Thanks,

Sundeep

Medivo’s Official Statement to the FDA Regarding Genetic Testing

This is the transcript of the statement offered during the FDA’s hearing on Lab Developed Tests in Washington, DC on Tuesday.  View the archived video version on the FDA website (Day two, approximately 2:30 PM EST). (more…)

Medivo Discusses Importance of Physician Oversight in Genetic Lab Testing

Destry Sulkes, MD, to present at FDA/CDRH Public Meeting: Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) today in Maryland (more…)

Update from DIA in Washington, DC

Last week I presented a poster on virtual lab testing at the 46th annual Drug Information Association meeting in Washington DC, with over 7,000 attendees present.

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Medivo, a NYC-based virtual healthcare startup, acquires Physicians Wellness Network

Acquisition announced at “Health 2.0 Goes to Washington” Conference today

in Washington, D.C.; Medivo is a conference sponsor

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What gets my mojo going?

-changing the world for the better
-helping improve/fix healthcare
-making a difference
-1 day a week working on ideas to improve healthcare
-building a rocking culture
-having fun
-getting constant feedback from users on new ideas
-having a low carbon footprint
-using technology to maximize efficiency

-SB

Why Medivo?

After selling Medsite to WebMD in 2006 I spent about a year at WebMD. I needed a break so I took a few years off (I had a non-compete) and moved to Brazil. (Why Brazil? That is a separate blog.) Anyway, with all the changes happening in healthcare I was itching to jump back in. As entrepreneurs we love big markets with lots of change. Healthcare is the largest market in the US with more change than we have seen in decades. So I called up Jason (Jason Bhan, MD – Family Physician and my cousin) and Destry (Destry Sulkes, MD, MBA – Friend and former colleague) and we started evaluating opportunities. We knew we had to create better access, help reduce costs and improve quality of care. It didn’t take long to come up with Medivo. Follow along…SB

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