Boston Children's Hospital has joined forces with digital health venture fund Rock Health to help quicken the development of pediatric health technologies and digital startups.
Rock Health will fund and support digital health startups, and Boston Children's will serve as a clinical advisor and help pilot technologies in the pediatric market.
"We're excited to form this collaboration with the leading digital health early-stage venture capital firm," said John Brownstein, PhD, chief innovation officer at Boston Children's. "It's easy for our innovators to get lost in the commercialization process, and most can't carve out the time to move an idea forward. With this partnership, they will have access to strategic guidance, funding and resources to accelerate project development."
Boston Children's is Rock Health's only pediatric partner, and the hospital will support Rock Health's existing portfolio to identify emerging technologies in the pediatric space.
"We want to make healthcare massively better for every child," said Halle Tecco, founder and managing director of Rock Health. "With its clinical expertise, its deep investment in digital health and its passionate clinicians, Boston Children's is the ideal pediatric partner for us."
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