Bloodbuy Working With Over 150 Hospitals→
September 28, 2018 / Chris Godfrey
Dallas-based Bloodbuy is now working with over 150 hospitals to optimize their blood supply.
Bloodbuy's largest financial backers include North Carolina-based Premier, Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC) and Providence St. Joseph Health System.
The company's founder & CEO, Chris Godfrey, sat down with the Dallas Business Journal to talk about where the company is headed next.
September 28, 2018 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
InnovationFWD features Bloodbuy→
April 08, 2018 / Chris Godfrey
Approximately 36,000 units of red blood cells are needed every day in the US, according to the Red Cross. A single car accident victim can require up to 100 pints of blood. Many hospitals, however, face recurring blood shortages due to the localized nature of blood supply and distribution.
April 08, 2018 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
Bloodbuy wins Emerging Company Innovation Award→
August 29, 2017 / Chris Godfrey
Tech Titans, the largest technology trade association in Texas, in conjunction with the Dallas Business Journal, have announced Bloodbuy as the winner of the 2017 Tech Titans Emerging Company Innovation Award!
While an ice storm didn't freeze out fans from Super Bowl 45, held in 2011 at Cowboys Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers and local hospitals saw big losses.
August 29, 2017 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
Dark Daily features Bloodbuy→
There's something new and exciting in the world of blood banking and medical laboratory medicine. It's a unique approach to matching the availability of blood products to the demand for those same products and it's catching the attention of medical laboratory directors and blood bankers in many of the nation's hospitals.
RAND Study Recommends HHS use Bloodbuy
November 30, 2016 / Jarrian James
In a new independent study from RAND Corporation, researchers cited numerous factors challenging the sustainability of the nation's existing blood supply framework. Researchers at RAND analyzed data pertaining to blood product supply and demand, reimbursement rates, and unit costs from the CMS, CDC and FDA. They also conducted interviews and focus groups with representatives from ten blood centers, eight hospitals, and eleven corporations that supply equipment and services to the blood industry.
November 30, 2016 / Jarrian James/ Comment /Source
WIRED Magazine features Bloodbuy→
October 16, 2016 / Chris Godfrey
Bloodbuy is featured in the 2016 Design Issue of WIRED magazine, currently on newsstands. Pick up a print edition of the globally acclaimed technology magazine and read about Bloodbuy in the article entitled Priceline for Platelets. The article focuses on Bloodbuy's cloud-based technology platform, which is being utilized to connect hospitals and blood centers across the country in an effort to create a more cohesive network, and thereby efficient, blood supply ecosystem.
October 16, 2016 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
Business Insider features Bloodbuy→
In the midst of an era of blood shortage fewer than 10 percent of eligible donors roll up their sleeves to give blood. All things considered, it's not only that, there's a major logistics gap in the industry. The issue is -- most hospitals depend on regional blood centers. Meaning blood -- well, it isn't flowing freely across the country. In comes Bloodbuy, a healthcare information technology company that uses a cloud-based platform interfacing hospitals and blood centers across the country.
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PharmExec Magazine features Bloodbuy→
September 21, 2016 / Jarrian James
Sometimes a change in the weather can be life-changing. So it was for Chris Godfrey, a Dallas-based investment professional whose new start-up is attracting plaudits—and investment-grade partners—for addressing a persistent gap in the US medical supply chain. His company, Bloodbuy, is using innovative data management technologies to create a transparent and consistent process for exchanging price and supply information around the core commodity of healthcare: blood.
September 21, 2016 / Jarrian James/ Comment /Source
TechCrunch features Bloodbuy→
June 30, 2016 / Chris Godfrey
Earlier this year, the White House made a bold bid against cancer, announcing a new, nationwide "Moonshot" initiative to do away with the disease — once and for all. Mark Zuckerberg also made headlines recently by promising to bankroll research efforts. Billions of dollars in increased funding and more brainstorming toward a cure is a very good thing. With the costs of cancer care hovering around $157 billion a year, heart disease/stroke at $315.4 billion and the human toll of both at 1.2 million per year, these unrelenting illnesses need the most attention.
June 30, 2016 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
Bloodbuy to Showcase at Premier's Innovation Celebration→
June 22, 2016 / Bloodbuy/ Jarrian James
Bloodbuy selected to showcase its cloud-based blood product procurement platform at Premier Inc.'s annual Breakthroughs Conference
Bloodbuy's cloud-based blood product procurement platform is one of fourteen medical innovations that was showcased in front of thousands of healthcare providers at Premier Inc.'s 2016 Breakthroughs Conference and Exhibition on June 21.
June 22, 2016 / Bloodbuy/ Jarrian James/ Comment /Source
Bloodbuy Wins Harvard Healthcare Innovation Award→
April 08, 2016 / Jarrian James
BOSTON—Bloodbuy, the Dallas-based company whose technology connects hospitals and blood centers nationwide to ensure the efficient flow of lifesaving blood products to patients in need, has been recognized by the Harvard Forum on Healthcare Innovation, a collaboration of Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School, as the winner of the first Harvard Health Acceleration Challenge.
April 08, 2016 / Jarrian James/ Comment /Source
Bloodbuy is Runner-Up in athenahealth MDP Challenge→
Bloodbuy, Runner-Up in More Disruption Please Innovation Challenge presented by athenahealth
The goal of the More Disruption Please Innovation Challenge was to attract entrepreneurs to healthcare. This year's More Disruption Please Innovation Challenge attracted over 70 teams in a challenge that asked them to step up to the challenge of building cloud-based solutions that solve hospitals' biggest pain points.
Harvard Business Review features Bloodbuy→
The conventional wisdom is that it takes far longer for many potentially beneficial innovations to be widely adopted in health care than in other industries, especially consumer markets. An oft-cited example is the iPhone — more than 700 million have been sold since the first model went on sale eight years ago. By comparison it can take 10 to 20 years for a new health care practice to go from development to widespread adoption, according to some estimates.
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Becker's Hospital Review features Bloodbuy→
Four finalists have been selected for Harvard's "Health Acceleration Challenge," a competition focused on helping healthcare delivery improvement solutions grow. The finalists share a $150,000 prize among other networking and funding opportunities. The original pool of nearly 500 applicants was narrowed to four by a panel of 50 judges, and the winner will be selected in April 2016.
Here are how the finalists stack up, as presented by Harvard Business Review.
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FierceHealthcare features Bloodbuy→
Tired of the slow nature of healthcare innovation, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School have taken matters into their own hands, creating a contest to help transform care delivery. The Health Acceleration Challenge, issued in the fall of 2014, has identified four organizations that offer solutions to different problems in the care delivery process, according to the article.
Bloodbuy CEO in DBJ's "Who's Who in Healthcare"→
July 02, 2015 / Chris Godfrey
For the past several years, the Dallas Business Journal's Who's Who in Health Care list has recognized those North Texas leaders who specialize in the business aspects of health care. This year, we're honoring 30 professionals — ranging from CEOs of prominent medical systems to lawyers to technologists to professors — and quite a few doctors, of course — who are innovating and affecting positive change in DFW's health care industry.
July 02, 2015 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
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MedTech Boston features Bloodbuy→
The Harvard Forum on Health Care Innovation, a joint collaboration between Harvard Business School and Harvard Medical School, was recently held in Cambridge, Mass, on April 15-16, 2015. This private, invitation-only event assembled an elite group that included HBS and HMS alumni and faculty, as well as other key opinion leaders in healthcare.
Meet us at the Harvard Forum on Healthcare Innovation→
March 25, 2015 / Chris Godfrey
Bloodbuy is featured as a finalist in Harvard's Health Acceleration Challenge, a healthcare innovation initiative sponsored by Harvard Business School (HBS) and Harvard Medical School (HMS), and will be engaging with healthcare leaders at this year's Harvard Forum on Healthcare Innovation Conference.
We will be a featured presenter during the conference and serve as the focus of an HBS Case Study taught by renowned Harvard professor John Quelch during an interactive session.
March 25, 2015 / Chris Godfrey/ Comment /Source
NPR Marketplace features Bloodbuy→
"It's not like if you run out of milk you're fine, we'll go without milk," says Chris Godfrey. "If you run out of blood, there are lives at risk, so the stakes are very high." Most hospitals rely on regional blood centers, which is why Godfrey started Bloodbuy. It's like Priceline, but for blood products – a cloud-based platform connecting supply with demand in a multibillion-dollar industry.
To listen to the radio excerpt from Marketplace, please click here
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