Carenostics, Inc.
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A Carenostics, Inc. is a healthtech startup that develops AI-based solutions to enhance the early detection and management of chronic diseases by integrating machine learning models into healthcare systems.
- Context:
- It can (typically) create AI-based diagnostics solutions that operate within electronic health record systems to identify undiagnosed chronic diseases, such as chronic kidney disease (CKD) and asthma.
- It can (often) collaborate with pharmaceutical companies, care management organizations, and academic research institutions to integrate its solutions into a broader ecosystem of chronic disease management.
- It can range from focusing on specific chronic diseases like CKD with its flagship tool CKDx, to expanding into other domains, including opioid use disorder with personalized treatment recommendations:contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}.
- It can support the goal of improving health equity by addressing disparities in care, particularly for minority populations, using advanced predictive analytics:contentReference[oaicite:2]{index=2}.
- It can leverage its team’s expertise in healthcare AI, evidenced by over 60+ healthcare AI patents and 20+ FDA-approved products launched by its leadership team:contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}.
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- Example(s):
- In 2021, founded by Bharat Rao and Kanishka Rao.
- In 2022, received a grant that helped expand its clinical research and product validation, setting the stage for broader deployment in health systems.
- In 2023, raised $5 million in a seed funding round led by M13, joined by GreatPoint Ventures, Gaingels, and Kurt Hilzinger, chairman of Humana, which enabled the expansion of their CKDx solution into larger healthcare systems.
- In 2024, partnered with AstraZeneca and expanded its technology to new therapeutic areas, securing recognition as a key player in early diagnosis and chronic disease management.
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- Counter-Example(s):
- Health Catalyst, a healthtech company focusing on data warehousing and analytics, which offers broad healthcare solutions without the specialized AI-based diagnostic focus of Carenostics.
- Evidation Health, a company that uses data from smart devices and patient engagement to improve health outcomes but lacks direct EHR integration and AI diagnostic tools like Carenostics.
- Optum, a major healthcare technology company that offers analytics and clinical decision support but operates on a much larger scale, often targeting different use cases and solutions.
- See: Healthcare AI, Predictive Analytics, Chronic Disease Management