NEW YORK, Sept. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Aegis Ventures announced that three leading health systems—Yale New Haven Health System, Keck Medicine of USC, and Hartford HealthCare—have joined the Aegis Digital Consortium. This collaboration includes fourteen top regional health systems across the U.S. working together to develop AI-driven healthtech solutions tackling critical healthcare challenges. Together, they will co-develop, invest in, and deploy innovative technologies to improve community care and create new revenue streams.
Yale New Haven Health Joins Aegis Digital Consortium
“Joining the Aegis Digital Consortium furthers our mission at the Center for Health Care Innovation by expanding efforts to create and scale healthcare innovations. Collaborating with other leading systems enables us to transform healthcare delivery and improve lives.”
USC Health Advances AI-Driven Innovation
“Accelerating health sciences innovation by integrating AI technologies with compassionate care is a top priority at Keck Medicine. We’re impressed by the Consortium’s progress and excited to co-develop new solutions alongside Aegis and fellow health systems.”
Hartford HealthCare Expands Its Innovation Ecosystem
“Our goal is to be the most consumer-focused healthcare system. Over the past decade, we’ve built a vibrant innovation ecosystem linking startups, academic institutions, investors, and partners. We look forward to collaborating with Aegis to accelerate innovation and advance our mission to transform healthcare.”
A Growing National Network of Leading Health Systems
- Endeavor Health
- Indiana University Health
- Memorial Hermann Health System
- Northwell Health
- Novant Health
- Ochsner Health
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
- Sharp HealthCare
- Stanford Health Care
- UPMC
- Vanderbilt Health
Leadership Perspective
“These three esteemed health systems demonstrate strong dedication to innovation and transformation at local, regional, national, and global levels. We are excited to welcome their leadership and partnership as we expand our national consortium of 14 members, working together to develop and scale the next generation of healthtech solutions addressing healthcare’s toughest challenges.”
About Aegis Ventures
Aegis Ventures, based in New York City, is a venture studio that collaborates with entrepreneurs and health systems to launch and grow impactful healthtech startups advancing healthcare. The Aegis platform leverages deep industry insights, aligned capital, and exclusive customer access to accelerate the growth and success of the companies we create. To learn more, visit our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
About Yale New Haven Health
Yale New Haven Health (YNHHS) is Connecticut’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, known for its advanced clinical care, quality, service, cost efficiency, and dedication to improving community health. The system comprises five hospitals—Bridgeport, Greenwich, Lawrence + Memorial, Westerly, and Yale New Haven—as well as multiple specialty networks and the Northeast Medical Group, a nonprofit physician foundation with hundreds of community-based and hospital-employed doctors. YNHHS is affiliated with Yale University and Yale School of Medicine’s clinical practice, Yale Medicine, the largest academic multi-specialty practice in New England. Together, YNHHS and Yale collaborate on clinical care, education, and research, delivering the latest discoveries, technologies, and treatments to patients. Learn more at www.ynhhs.org.
About Keck Medicine of USC
Keck Medicine of USC is the medical arm of the University of Southern California and one of only two university-based health systems in the Los Angeles area. Combining academic excellence, cutting-edge research, and modern facilities, Keck Medicine offers specialized care for some of the nation’s most complex patients. Its internationally recognized physicians and scientists provide care at Keck Hospital of USC, USC Norris Cancer Hospital, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, USC Arcadia Hospital, and over 100 clinics across Los Angeles, Orange, Kern, Tulare, and Ventura counties, as well as Las Vegas. Keck Medical Center of USC, including Keck Hospital and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, ranks among the top 50 hospitals nationwide in seven specialties and is listed among the top ten hospitals in California and the top five in metro Los Angeles according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2025-26 Best Hospitals rankings. For more information, visit www.keckmedicine.org.
About Hartford HealthCare
With a team of 43,000 dedicated professionals and a visionary approach, Hartford HealthCare is revolutionizing healthcare in Connecticut and beyond by improving access, affordability, health equity, and quality. Serving over 500 locations across 185 towns and cities, this comprehensive care network is designed to meet the needs of every community, every day.
Hartford HealthCare includes world-class hospitals—such as two tertiary teaching hospitals, an acute-care community teaching hospital, an acute-care hospital and trauma center, and three community hospitals—alongside a wide range of services including behavioral health, multispecialty physician groups, urgent and virtual care, surgery centers, home care, senior care, rehabilitation, and mobile neighborhood health programs.
Every day, Hartford HealthCare impacts the lives of 27,000 people through its unique Institute Model, which unites leading specialists in neuroscience, cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular care, orthopedics, and urology & kidney health to deliver coordinated, high-quality care at affordable costs.
Nationally recognized for patient safety and clinical excellence, Hartford HealthCare is the only health system in the U.S. to receive the prestigious “Quest for Quality Prize” from the American Hospital Association and holds Leapfrog A-ratings across all its hospitals—ranking it among the safest healthcare systems in the country.
Join Hartford HealthCare’s mission to transform healthcare by visiting www.hartfordhealthcare.org and following their newsletters and social media channels.
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Kara Spak for Aegis Ventures
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