Cleveland Clinic, Israel Launch Digital Health Accelerator

The business innovation arms of Cleveland Clinic and Maccabi Health Services, one of Israel’s largest HMOs, have agreed to establish an accelerator to identify, support and commercialize Israeli digital health companies.

The new entity—eHealth Ventures, LLC—will provide early-stage digital health-care companies with an undisclosed amount of seed funding, guidance and access to medical and business partners in both health organizations.

“We believe that in Israel, the start-up nation, there is an endless source of innovation that will help the world deal with the challenges of health systems in an era of soaring costs and aging populations,” Talor Sax, CEO of ...