Forbes April 24, 2024
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The U.S. healthcare system is not set up to take care of a kid with a rash or a fever at 2 a.m. who may not be sick enough for the emergency room, but whose parents could use a doctor. That’s where Summer Health comes in. The New York-based startup, which announced an $11.65 million Series A this week, offers 24/7 message-based nationwide access to a pediatrician within 15 minutes. “Our mission was to radically simplify access to care,” cofounder and CEO Ellen DaSilva told Forbes. “We wanted to make it dramatically easy to get care for your kids in a moment of need.”
DaSilva is a...