Celebrating 1 Year of Inlightened
August 12, 2021
Michelle Higginson
Today — August 12, 2021 — marks one year since we launched the Inlightened platform. As we all know, a lot can happen in a year.
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Our expert community of healthcare professionals and clinicians spans disciplines, 40+ medical specialties, and experience levels, across all 50 states. And it’s growing every day.
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Client companies of all sizes and stages have validated concepts, run diligence, navigated pilots and pivots, and launched products and go-to-markets.
- Read the case studies.
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Our advisors have offered their insights:
- Dr. Kevin Ban on the valuable expertise healthcare innovators are missing
- Ari Sussman on serving the needs of fast-growing healthcare companies
- Gina Thomas on effective governance for healthcare executives
- Lawrence Vernaglia on U.S. healthcare law considerations for new entrants
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Inlightened has been featured
Build[ing] a diverse innovation team via MedCity News- Advancing the importance of diverse experts guiding healthcare innovation via Forbes
- Impacting healthcare through diversity and inclusion via Crunchbase
- Shaking up the industry via Thrive Global and Authority Magazine
- Launching to match startups with healthcare expertise via BostInno
On the airwaves:
- Democratizing access to insights on Radio Entrepreneurs
- Healthcare innovation on Smarter Healthcare
- The elements of innovation on Touch Point Podcast
- Diverse perspectives in healthcare innovation with Digital Medicine Society (DiME)
& alongside experts:
- Dr. Rob Fields in Medical Economics
- Dr. Deborah Vinton in Electronic Health Reporter
- Dr. Kameron Matthews in Managed Healthcare Executive
- Dr. Jonathan Yoder in Health IT Answers
- Dr. Douglas McKee in MedCity News
- Dr. Erkeda DeRouen in Healthline
- Dr. Kinjal Patel in Healthline
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We’ve had the privilege of highlighting the efforts and causes that set our key opinion leaders and Bright Lights apart:
- Melyssa Allen on lifestyle medicine for healthcare professionals
- Diane Carazas and Drs. Arlen Meyers and Nicholas Risko on empathy, isolation, and academia
- Drs. Kevin Ban, Ali Khan, and Kameron Matthews on vaccine hesitancy, equitable access, and the importance of accurate information
- Dr. Arlen Meyers on strategic success through side gigs
- Rani♡Nani with Dr. Kinjal Patel
- WeBelieve Health with Dr. Ayòbámi Olúfadéjì
- Life coaching with Dr. Karen Leitner
- Doctors for Health Innovation with Dr. Yatin Patil
- Music as medicine with Dr. Seth Gemme
- Tour for Diversity in Medicine with Drs. Kameron Matthews and Alden Landry
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To our esteemed advisors, strategic partners, and engaged and ever-expanding community of experts and innovators: we see you, we thank you for your ongoing participation, and we can’t wait to show you what’s next.
August 12, 2021
Michelle Higginson