Sally Frank, Author at Microsoft for Startups Blog

An image of Pegasus portfolio startups presenting at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2024 conference in Orlando, Florida, including: BeeKeeperAI, Chooch, Cranium, Cynerio, dSilo.AI, GYTPOL, Karlsgate, Mapped, Outbound AI, Pangaea Data, RealizedCare, and Signal 1.

February 20, 2024
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Join Microsoft for Startups at HIMSS 2024 for Innovative Healthcare Solutions

What is HIMSS and why you should attend HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) offers unparalleled opportunities to learn, network, and collaborate with the leaders and visionaries of the healthcare sector.

September 28, 2023
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Meet the top healthcare and life science startups headed to HLTH 2023

At HLTH 2023, the Microsoft for Startups Pegasus team will be featuring 10 of our top healthcare and life science startups in the Microsoft booth, 5041 in the West Hall.

February 10, 2023
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Modernizing clinical trials through startup innovation

Sally Ann Frank is the worldwide leader for health and life sciences at Microsoft for Startups, responsible for the strategy and programs for the startups in those industries.

October 7, 2022
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Meet the startups we’re bringing to HLTH, where the future of healthcare happens

The Microsoft for Startups Health & Life Sciences team is going to HLTH to connect our top startups in HLS to enterprise customers, generating opportunities for our startups, while enabling providers, payers, and life sciences companies to accelerate innovation within their organizations.

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May 10, 2022
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Innovations in Securing Healthcare Data

Healthcare organizations are operating in an increasingly complex environment, dealing with the “Great Resignation” of thousands of healthcare workers, and a significant rise in cybersecurity attacks.

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March 10, 2022
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How Pangaea Data uses Azure for a medical AI tool that improves patient outcomes

By combining the best aspects of clinical medicine and cutting-edge computer science, Pangaea Data has developed an AI platform that can identify and diagnose diseases faster and less expensively than traditional methods.

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March 7, 2022
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Meet innovative Healthcare startups at HIMSS 2022

The HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition is the can’t-miss healthcare event of the year, where professionals throughout the global health ecosystem connect for the education, innovation and collaboration they need to reimagine health and wellness for everyone, everywhere.

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March 7, 2022
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Automating 85% of patient inquiries with Hyro’s COVID-19 virtual assistant

Hyro’s Adaptive Communications Platform leverages innovative natural language understanding to provide meaningful and actionable responses to real-world questions, without the need to build out conversational flows.

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February 12, 2022
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Meet the next generation of leading healthcare startups at ViVE 2022

ViVE merges the leadership of CHIME and the digital marketplace of HLTH to create a technology event focused on the business of transformation in healthcare.

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October 1, 2021
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Meet the next generation of leading healthcare startups at HLTH 2021

Microsoft will bring 10 healthcare startups to the Funding Founders pavilion at this year’s HLTH in Boston.

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July 15, 2021
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BioLib and the future of benchmarking for biological data science

Biolib is capturing algorithms being developed through GitHub to test ideas in biological sciences, benchmark them, and then make them widely available for others in the field.

June 29, 2021
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Top Startup Resources – Health & Life Sciences

Top resources for startups in the health and life sciences space.