Midsize Hospital Systems Taking The VC Plunge

BY DAVE BARKHOLZ

Spectrum Health wants to help shape healthcare delivery of the future, not react to it.

The 12-hospital health system based in Grand Rapids, Mich., has just created a $100 million venture capital fund to invest in personalized medicine, information technology, population health management and other emerging technologies. It’s looking for companies offering solutions to providing better, lower-cost care, said Roger Jansen, Spectrum’s chief strategy officer.

“We’re looking to invest in great ideas that we can use,” said Jansen, a former researcher in the field of brain trauma.

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