Posted: 21 April 2023
Chicago ARC Executive Director Kate Merton and ANDHealth CEO and Managing Director Bronwyn Le Grice today announced an exciting new partnership to connect Australia’s best and brightest digital health companies with U.S. partners and market opportunities through the Chicago ARC and its healthcare partner network.
Chicago ARC partners represent over 750 healthcare delivery and training facilities across Chicago, Illinois and the Midwest United States.
ANDHealth is Australia’s only organisation specialised in the commercialisation of evidence-based digital health technologies, having supported over 700 high-growth-potential digital health companies nation-wide since 2018.
Ceremonially signed on the margins of the Health Information and Management Systems (HIMSS) conference, the new agreement defines how Chicago ARC and ANDHealth will work together to accelerate and de-risk U.S. market entry for Australian digital health startups ready to transform U.S. healthcare delivery. The partnership will also focus on exchanging best practices for implementing digital health solutions.
“Australian digital health startups and their investors look to the U.S. market as the penultimate global growth opportunity. The Chicago ARC, with its U.S. healthcare industry expertise and reach, provides the knowledge, access and networks required for Australian companies to succeed and make a real difference to patients,” said Bronwyn Le Grice, CEO and Managing Director of ANDHealth.
“This partnership represents a significant opportunity for Australian-based digital health startups that are investment-ready to capitalise upon opportunities in the lucrative U.S. market,” Ms. Le Grice said.
“Australian digital and connected health startups will have access to best-in-class collaborative learning and facilitated partner matching, which will provide both invaluable insights and a direct pathway into the US market,” said Ms. Le Grice.
ANDHealth joins a growing Chicago ARC partner network focused on health equity through innovation and collaboration.
“Working together to transform healthcare in equitable ways allows us all to go faster, and Australia is tackling the same challenges we are in the U.S.,” added Kate Merton, Executive Director of the Chicago ARC.
“Partnering with ANDHealth enables the Chicago ARC to tap into a pipeline of digital health startups across Australia to help improve access to affordable, quality care for those in the U.S. who need it the most.”
