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Best Healthcare IT Companies in Chicago, United States

The 210 best Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Tempus.

210companies tracked
$3.6Bdisclosed funding
2unicorns
86have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · HEALTHCARE IT × CHICAGO

Our analysis of 90 Healthcare IT companies

$11.7b in tracked funding; 95% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

90companies analysed
95%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
10unicorns
2018median founding year
394kcombined LinkedIn audience
45%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Healthcare IT companies in Chicago

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageEmployeesFounderTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Tempus 🦄
Developer of genomic testing and artificial intelligence tools for medicine
$1.1B44 mo agoPublic772Eric Lefkofsky
Founder & CEO
Cart FunctionalityWordPressApple iCloud Mail+33594 patents
AI-powered medical diagnostics: imaging biomarkers, liquid biopsy genomics, and cardiac ECG analysis
2RLDatix
GRC software solutions for the healthcare industry
$736M53 mo agoLate Stage1,400Dan Michelson
CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMySQL+33
3Outcome Health 🦄
Online patient engagement tool for providers
$533M107 mo agoAcqui-Hired221
4Upfront Healthcare
Provider of data analytics platform to help clinics schedule and allocate resources
$96M36 mo agoAcquired45
45 → 26 (-42%) · sector median +46%
Carrie Kozlowski
COO & Co-Founder
Froala EditorSalesforceMicrosoft ASP.NET+10
5Higi
Gamified app for personal health management
$95M71 mo agoAcquired53
53 → 75 (+42%) · sector median +46%
Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+2517 patents
Automated cuff blood pressure/arm circumference measurement devices and ocular biomolecule detection systems.
1 partnership
6Blue Health Intelligence
Healthcare data analytics empowering better outcomes, equity, and value-based care
$71M106 mo agoSeries C179
7Nucle AI
AI-assisted platform for image analysis
$60M26 mo agoSeries B9Lotan Chorev
Co-Founder and VP R&D
8TimeDoc
Provider of the chronic care management solution for healthcare professionals
$57M51 mo agoSeries B156William Boeglin
Co-Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+32
9Janus AI
AI and SaaS-based revenue cycle management tool for healthcare providers
$56M20 mo agoSeries B94
94 → 110 (+17%) · sector median +46%
Brendan Downing
Co-Founder & CEO
28 patents
Hardware security and access control solutions for computing devices and network interfaces
3 job openings · 2 partnerships
10Visibly
Online vision test technology for providers
$50M38 mo agoSeries B29
29 → 62 (+114%) · sector median +46%
Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceNode.js+1519 patents
Camera‑based ophthalmic diagnostics for refraction, astigmatism, and visual‑field assessment
11AVIA
Digital business management and networking platform for the healthcare industry
$50M89 mo agoSeries B177Linda Finkel
CEO & President
Node.jsNextAuth.jsGoogle Sign-in+292 awards
12Kalderos
Online platform to coordinate and manage drug discount programs
$50M17 mo agoSeries C110James William Schuyler
Co-Founder
WebflowSentryZendesk+212 patents
Healthcare marketplace financial transaction platforms for patient payments and secondary trades
1 partnership
13Valence Health
Provider of clinical integration and health plan services.
$45M139 mo agoAcquired503
14Apervita
Analytics platform for for reducing readmission, disease risks and improving compliance
$44M80 mo agoSeries B132 patents
Integrated electronic health record storage platform and graph transitive‑closure computation algorithms.
15Sittercity
Marketplace platform for caregivers
$43M150 mo agoAcquired38ContentfulTailwind CSSEnvoy+12
16Annexus Health
Patient access and patient engagement solutions
$43M46 mo agoSeries B156
156 → 128 (-18%) · sector median +46%
Brad Frazier
Co-Founder
WordPress Site EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+28
17Blueprint
Provider of AI-powered documentation and insights for mental health therapists
$32M14 mo agoSeries B4Danny Freed
Founder & CEO
WebflowSentryQuill+33
18KeyCare
Digital teleconsultation tool for providers and patients
45Funding top 25%News top 36%Moat top 39%Growth top 45%
All 8 signals ▾
Fundingtop 25%
Newstop 36%
Moattop 39%
Growthtop 45%
Techtop 45%
Talentbottom 49%
Marketbottom 40%
Globalbottom 37%
Funding: Raised $29.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr)
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100
$29M3 mo agoSeries A21Lyle Berkowitz
Founder & CEO
WebflowSalesforceHubSpot+18
19PatientIQ
Research and analytics platform for clinical data and PROs
$26M49 mo agoSeries B29HubSpot CMS HubMaterial Design LiteZURB Foundation+171 award
20Third Eye Health
Provider of virtual care and coordination software for hospitals
$25M33 mo agoSeries A50Lucas Baran
Co-Founder & CTO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+201 job opening · 1 partnership
21CancerIQ
Cloud-based platform to doctors, for identifying cancer risk patients and delivering care plans
$24M21 mo agoSeries B78Feyi Olopade
CEO
SkolengoSentryZendesk+171 launch
22Retrofit
An online weight management program
$23M121 mo agoDeadpooled84
23Inteneural
AI-based central nervous system imaging and diagnosis for healthcare professionals
$21M53 mo agoSeries BKris Siemionow
Co-Founder
24Lumere
Provider of supply chain management and formulary management for pharmacies and healthcare organizations
$20M88 mo agoAcquired212Will Danford
CTO
SentryAtlassian StatuspagePython+21
25Prenosis
AI-based precision diagnostic platform for acute care
$20M4 mo agoSeries A29Rashid Bashir
Co-Founder
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+2721 patents
AI-driven clinical risk prediction, dataset normalization, and personalized therapy dashboards
26Thoughtful
AI-powered healthcare administration platform to automate tasks
$20M14 mo agoSeries A16Alex Zekoff
Co-Founder & CEO
WebflowZohoYouTube+29
27Praia Health
Provider of a platform as a service technology for patient engagement
$20M19 mo agoSeries AJustin Dearborn
Founder & CEO
28Regroup Therapy
Provider of telemental health and telepsychiatry services
$20M79 mo agoSeries A35
29Dina
Provider of an AI-based senior care coordination software for healthcare organizations
$18M28 mo agoAcquired38
38 → 68 (+79%) · sector median +46%
Ashish Shah
Co-Founder & CEO
30Level Ex
Developer of medical video games for physicians
$17M82 mo agoAcquired105Sam Glassenberg
Founder & CEO
Apache HTTP ServerAmazon Web ServicesGoogle Font API+225 patents
Biometric health monitoring with secure imaging and authentication sensor technologies
31SIM Partners
Provider of a location-based marketing automation solution
$16M112 mo agoAcqui-Hired65
32SwervePay
EMR integrated patient-centric payment solution using text messages
$16M87 mo agoAcquired16Amazon Web ServicesSendgridMicrosoft 365+6
33PinpointCare
Cloud based SaaS platform for personalized care cordination
$16M128 mo agoSeries A3Tracey Powell
Founder
34Cardiosense
Developer of wearable sensor and AI platform for cardiac monitoring
$15M42 mo agoSeries A15Amit Gupta
Co-Founder & CEO
2 patents
Wearable and implantable physiological monitoring devices with data analysis and presentation.
1 launch
35SimBioSys
Provider of AI-based decision-making and cancer diagnosis tool for healthcare professionals
$15M17 mo agoSeries A46Joseph Peterson
Founder and CTO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+2712 patents
Patient-specific 3D tumor modeling and perfusion MRI-based cancer prognostics
36SonarMD
Cloud-based care management solutions for chronic conditions
48Funding top 32%Growth top 35%Talent top 38%Tech top 39%
All 7 signals ▾
Fundingtop 32%
Growthtop 35%
Talenttop 38%
Techtop 39%
Producttop 46%
Marketbottom 30%
Globalbottom 29%
Funding: Raised $14.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100
$14M4 mo agoSeries B25Lawrence Kosinski
Founder at SonarMD
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21
37Cardio Diagnostics
AI based platform offering cardiovascular medicine
$14M28 mo agoPublicRobert Philibert
Co-Founder
WordPress Block EditorCart FunctionalityBuilder.io+19
38Blueprint
Provider of patient assessment tool for behavioural medical practices
$14M35 mo agoSeries A18Danny Freed
Founder & CEO
SentryCannyApple iCloud Mail+343 launchs
39Cured
Digital marketing tool for healthcare professionals
$13M57 mo agoAcquired25
25 → 54 (+116%) · sector median +46%
Rohit Narayan
Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer
WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+20
40Vodori
Cloud based marketing solutions for life sciences companies
$12M56 mo agoSeries A38
38 → 57 (+50%) · sector median +46%
HubSpot CMS HubYouTubeEnvoy+141 job opening
41Adaptive Testing Technologies
Provider of software for mental health assessment for patients
$5M16 mo agoFunding Raised5David Weiss
Founder
42Beacon
Developer of intelligent disinfection technology for air and surfaces
$4M13 mo agoSeries AAndrea Clark
Founder & Head of Product and Research
Wix eCommerceWixSentry+191 launch
434D Healthware
Cloud based platform for chronic care management
$4M56 mo agoSeries A11
44Clinify
Provider of cloud-based EHR management software for healthcare professionals
$3M39 mo agoSeed15Nathan Pelzer
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+193 patents
Value-based healthcare decision optimization and analytics software
45Planbase
Scheduling and workforce management software for healthcare providers
$3M7 mo agoSeedJoe S
Co-Founder
1 launch
46Hucu.ai
AI and cloud-based person-centered secure messaging tool
$3M31 mo agoSeed23Syed Kazmi
Co-founder & Tech Lead
WordPressMySQLPHP+21
47HumanImage
Developer of three-dimensional imaging device for skin lesion and cancer tracking
$2M2 mo agoSeedDavid Teplica
Founder & CEO & CMO
5 patents
Three‑dimensional body surface imaging for medical and fitness avatar creation
48Altris
AI-based diagnostic solution for ophthalmologists
$1M16 mo agoSeed15Andrey Kuropyatnyk
Founder & CEO
WordPressMySQLPHP+261 launch
49Third Coast Dynamics
Developer of cloud-based solution delivering hemodynamic assessments from CT and MR angiography images
$657K21 mo agoFunding RaisedBradley Allen
Co-Founder
50Kompass Diagnostics
Provider of a portable fertility monitor for breaking barriers to fertility care
$305K13 mo agoFunding RaisedHyun-June Jang
Co-Founder

Top 12 Healthcare IT companies in Chicago

#1
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 21 employees
$29.5Mraised

Digital teleconsultation tool for providers and patients. It offers Epic-based virtual care platform which offer virtual care network, patients can book appointments through the MyChart portal or call center.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 25%
News
top 36%
Moat
top 39%
Growth
top 45%
Tech
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding: Raised $29.5M across 4 rounds · 4 rounds over 4 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Series A (Mar 2026)
News: 2 BI events in 12 mo (of 4 tracked, 2 types) · Top themes: Funding, Capital raise
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 8k LinkedIn followers — 2.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches · 1 partnerships (incl. UChicago Medicine) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Series A$27.4M
  • Apr 2025Series A$27.7M
  • Jan 2023Series A$27M
  • Mar 2022Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Lyle BerkowitzFounder & CEO
Investors
Ziegler, 8VC, LRVHealth, Spectrum Health Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Daringcapital
Tech stack
CloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsFullstoryGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2014 · 29 employees
$20Mraised

AI-based precision diagnostic platform for acute care. It offers Immunix precision diagnostics and evidence generation platform that leverages machine learning algorithms, clinical data, deep biological data, and biobanked sample to identify and treat patient with sepsis.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2026Series A$20M
  • Sep 2024Grant (prize money)$700K
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$4.8M
  • Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$4.9M
Founders & team
Rashid BashirCo-FounderBobby ReddyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
PACE Healthcare Capital, MedTech Innovator, NIH, HHS, University of California, UCI Health
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementContact Form 7DropboxGodaddy
#3
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2009 · 25 employees
$14.3Mraised

Cloud-based care management solutions for chronic conditions. It offers a care coordination program that proactively connects patients with care teams in real time and provides wrap-around services to help patients manage their individual health needs. Their platform collects patient health data through surveys and analyzes it to track the status of improvement. They generate scores from the survey and send alerts to doctors.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 48how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 32%
Growth
top 35%
Talent
top 38%
Tech
top 39%
Product
top 46%
Market
bottom 30%
Funding: Raised $14.3M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 8 yrs (0.6/yr) · Last round Series B (Feb 2026)
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Feb 2026Series B$3M
  • Dec 2024Series A$2.2M
  • Jul 2024Conventional Debt$1M
  • May 2023Series A$4.3M
Founders & team
Lawrence KosinskiFounder at SonarMDTracey PowellCo-Founder
Investors
Arboretum Ventures, BVF, KohFounders, Nueterra Capital, Blue Hour Ventures, Actions Capital
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorEmotion
#4
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2021
$1.5Mraised

Developer of three-dimensional imaging device for skin lesion and cancer tracking. The company develops AnthroCam, a 3D imaging device that creates high-resolution, life-sized avatars of skin surfaces using non-invasive visible light technology. It enables tracking subtle changes for early skin cancer detection, rooted in decades of anatomic imaging research.

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2026Seed$1.5M
Founders & team
David TeplicaFounder & CEO & CMO
#5
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2019 · 4 employees
$31.9Mraised

Provider of AI-powered documentation and insights for mental health therapists. It offers AI-assisted progress notes and treatment plans, generating these documents from session recordings. The platform provides real-time clinical assistance before, during, and after client sessions, including reminders, suggestions, and post-session resources. It integrates with existing electronic health record (EHR) systems and prioritizes data security and privacy, adhering to relevant compliance standards. The service aims to streamline workflows and improve the efficiency of mental health practices.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025Series B$15M
  • Jun 2023Series A$6.6M
  • Jun 2023Series A$9M
  • Apr 2019Seed$1.3M
Founders & team
Danny FreedFounder & CEO
Investors
Ensemble, Lightbank, Bonfire Ventures, Revolution, Tau Ventures, Data Tech Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAmplitudeCalendlyCanny
#6
Series C · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2016 · 110 employees
$49.9Mraised

Provider of an online platform for managing drug discount programs. The platform tracks and records the validation tests of data and custom validation tests. it also offers features such as compliance issues verification, claims level visibility, transparency in the drug supply chain, and communication for dispute resolution among the affected parties.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers · 54 engagements/post (2.7× cohort median)
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Model N) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Series C$26.4M
  • Sep 2022Series B$14.9M
  • Jun 2020Series B$28M
  • May 2019Series A$7M
Founders & team
James William SchuylerCo-FounderAngie FranksCEO
Investors
Mercato Partners, Bain Capital Ventures, TriplePoint Venture Growth, New Leaf Venture Partners, Valspring Capital
#7
Seed · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2022
$2.6Mraised

Scheduling and workforce management software for healthcare providers. Planbase is a comprehensive scheduling software with features such as appointment booking, scheduling dashboard, automated reminders, messaging, and waitlist management.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 759 LinkedIn followers
Activity: 3 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2025Seed$2.1M
  • 2024Seed$500K
Founders & team
Joe SCo-Founder
Investors
Y Combinator, LocalGlobe
#8
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 16 employees
$20Mraised

AI-powered healthcare administration platform to automate tasks. The company offers solutions for automating revenue cycle management, streamlining company processes, and implementing robotic process automation (RPA).

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 13k LinkedIn followers — 3.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2025PE
  • Jul 2024Series A$20M
Founders & team
Alex ZekoffCo-Founder & CEODan ParsonsCo-Founder
Investors
TriplePoint Capital, New Mountain Capital
Tech stack
WebflowYoutubeJqueryGoogle Tag ManagerPriority HintsJsdelivr
#9
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2020 · 94 employees
$56Mraised

AI and SaaS-based revenue cycle management tool for healthcare providers. It provides an end-to-end revenue cycle platform to provide operational insights, patient access, collecting data, claims management, navigating payer portals, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 15k LinkedIn followers — 3.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 3 hiring posts in 12 mo (public) · momentum +3 · hiring: Vice President of Sales, West Region, Business Analyst
Activity: 2 partnerships (incl. The SSI Group, LLC) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2024Series B$10M
  • Mar 2023Series B$45.1M
  • Dec 2021Series A$8.9M
Founders & team
Brendan DowningCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Ensemble Health Partners, Caduceus Capital Partners, Enhanced Healthcare Partners, CU Healthcare Innovation Fund
#10
Tempus 🦄
Public · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2015 · 772 employees
$1.1Braised

Developer of genomic testing and artificial intelligence tools for medicine. This organization provides molecular profiling, algorithmic diagnostic models, and digital pathology services to assist in clinical decision-making. The technology integrates clinical data with sequencing results to identify therapeutic options and potential clinical trial matches. These tools support oncology, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, and radiology by analyzing biological data to assist in patient care and drug development. The platform facilitates the identification of biomarkers and provides insights into disease progression and treatment responses.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 133k LinkedIn followers — 33.7% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2022Series G
  • Oct 2022Conventional Debt
  • Dec 2020Series G$200M
  • Mar 2020Series G$100M
Founders & team
Eric LefkofskyFounder & CEO
Investors
Baillie Gifford, Franklin Templeton Investments, T. Rowe Price, Novo Holdings, New Enterprise Associates, Revolution
Tech stack
Acquia Cloud PlatformAcquia Cloud Site FactoryAdobe AnalyticsAdobe Experience Platform Identity ServiceAdobe Experience Platform LaunchAkamai
#11
Series B · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2013 · 78 employees
$23.9Mraised

Cloud-based platform to doctors, for identifying cancer risk patients and delivering care plans. The company provides a cloud-based platform to doctors for identifying cancer-risk patients by lifestyle, clinical, and genetic assessment; improving patient adherence by engaging with them on the portal; and making decisions to improve patient's disease condition. Proposes to launch a patient-facing portal in future, which patients can access from their homes. Platform is offered in three parts to providers - genetic screening, risk assessment & prevention, digital communication.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 12k LinkedIn followers — 3.0% of this cohort's audience · 78 engagements/post (3.9× cohort median)
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2024Series B
  • Nov 2023Series B$3.4M
  • Mar 2022Series B$14M
  • Aug 2020Series A$4.8M
Founders & team
Feyi OlopadeCEO
Investors
Rock Health, HealthX Ventures, Impact Engine, Lightbank, Decathlon Capital Partners, Merck Global Health Innovation Fund
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon S3Amazon Web ServicesAngularjsApache TomcatApple Icloud Mail
#12
Series A · Chicago, Illinois · founded 2016 · 46 employees
$15Mraised

Provider of AI-based decision-making and cancer diagnosis tool for healthcare professionals. The company has developed TumorScope a digital software that uses AI-based technology and supercomputing to model the behavior of cancer in humans for diagnosis. It has tools for tumor visual on from patients MRI, PET, or other radiology scans. TumorScope software provides predictions of the tumor pre-treatment for lung cancer, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 4k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Dec 2024Series A$5.2M
  • Oct 2021Series A$15M
Founders & team
Joseph PetersonFounder and CTOJohn ColeCo-FounderTushar PandeyCEO
Investors
Genoa Ventures, AV8 Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Heritage Group, Northpond Ventures, Kleinmuntz Associates
Tech stack
Anime.JsApple Icloud MailBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js

Funding & investor landscape

$3.6Btotal disclosed funding
83companies funded
231disclosed rounds
1rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Pritzker Group7 rounds
Techstars7 rounds
HHS6 rounds
Impact Engine6 rounds
HPA5 rounds
Jump Capital5 rounds
Lightbank5 rounds
Baird Capital4 rounds
Corewell Health Ventures4 rounds
Healthbox4 rounds

Notable founders

Lyle Berkowitz
Founder & CEO · KeyCare
Rashid Bashir
Co-Founder · Prenosis
Bobby Reddy
Co-Founder & CEO · Prenosis
Lawrence Kosinski
Founder at SonarMD · SonarMD
Tracey Powell
Co-Founder · SonarMD
David Teplica
Founder & CEO & CMO · HumanImage
Danny Freed
Founder & CEO · Blueprint
James William Schuyler
Co-Founder · Kalderos
Angie Franks
CEO · Kalderos
Joe S
Co-Founder · Planbase
Alex Zekoff
Co-Founder & CEO · Thoughtful
Dan Parsons
Co-Founder · Thoughtful
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,295,976 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Healthcare IT coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH IN CHICAGO · Health & Bio

How research on Digital Health in Chicago is moving

A read on the academic research around Digital Health in Chicago — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 127 papers.

University of Illinois Chicago, University of Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago predominantly research AI, digital mental health, and mobile health applications, with concern-leaning but cautiously optimistic recent output.

127 papers · stance +0.18 · 16% breakthrough · 47% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
top institutions
  • University of Illinois Chicago68
  • University of Chicago47
  • Loyola University Chicago14
  • Chicago Department of Public Health12
  • Chicago State University2
leading researchers
Campbell, Fiona · Harrop, Deborah · Mills, Elizabeth · Orpin, Joy · Rodriguez, Alison · C. Ranganathan
prism intelligence · tone & topics
90% positive · 7% critical tone
HealthcareBusinessPublic HealthMental HealthEducationPolicy
Breakthroughs17 · 13%
▲ 0%→14% share
0 median citations100% since 2021mostly methods-led
Interoperability and SNOMED CT research newly emerged, each with 3 papers, signaling fresh standardization focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • SNOMED CT3
  • Interoperability3
  • Unstructured data3
  • Key (lock)3
  • Wearable computer3
Newly emergingSNOMED CT 0→3 · Interoperability 0→3 · Unstructured data 0→3
Landmark Cloud‐Integrated Smart Nanomembrane Wearables for Remote Wireless Continuous Health Monitoring of Postpartum Women · 18 cites
Advancements38 · 30%
▲ 0%→30% share
0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Health informatics papers surged from 1 to 5; new sub-topics added 11 more, dominating advancements.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Informatics1→5
  • mHealth1→4
  • Telemedicine1→3
  • Data science1→3
Newly emergingHealth informatics 0→11 · Health care 0→8 · Psychological intervention 0→5
Landmark Translational bioinformatics: linking knowledge across biological and clinical realms: Figure 1 · 65 cites
Concerns49 · 39%
▲ 0%→38% share
1 median citations92% since 2021mostly empirical
Health administration concern papers tripled from 1 to 8; Health care newly entered with 16 papers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Health informatics2→12
  • Health administration1→8
Newly emergingHealth care 0→16 · Public health 0→8 · MEDLINE 0→8
Landmark Implementation strategies: recommendations for specifying and reporting · 2,697 cites

Common questions

How many Healthcare IT companies are there in Chicago, United States?
Radar tracks 210 indexable Healthcare IT companies headquartered in Chicago, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States?
The Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States on this list have raised a combined $3.6B in disclosed equity funding across 83 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Healthcare IT company in Chicago, United States?
Tempus is the highest-funded Healthcare IT company in Chicago, United States, with $1.1B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States are funded?
83 of the 210 Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Healthcare IT unicorns are there in Chicago, United States?
2 Healthcare IT companies in Chicago, United States on this list are valued at $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Chicago, United States Healthcare IT companies?
The most active investors in Chicago, United States Healthcare IT companies on this list include Pritzker Group, Techstars, HHS, Impact Engine, HPA.
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