MedCity News May 11, 2021
The companies are supporting 12 culturally competent healthcare startups in a new accelerator. Two of them will get up to $200,000 in grant funding.
A new accelerator launched by Johnson & Johnson and Village Capital is focusing on health equity by focusing on startups delivering culturally competent care.
A dozen startups will join the program, with each taking its own approach to connecting patients to providers and solutions that consider their cultural context.
“Coronavirus has further exacerbated and really called attention to health inequities that we see in the U.S.,” said Heather Matranga, Village Capital’s senior director of strategic innovation in a Zoom interview. “So much of that is around structural issues within the healthcare system as well as...