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Chicago ARC Signs UChicago Medicine and Sinai as Healthcare Partners
The Chicago ARC, being developed as the centerpiece of the health-focused $3.8-billion Bronzeville Lakefront project, has signed memorandums of understanding with the University of Chicago Medicine and Sinai Chicago as its first Founding Healthcare Partners. The Chicago ARC also officially welcomed Kate Merton as executive director.
Areas of focus and impact for the Chicago ARC include maternal and child health, chronic disease management, rural healthcare, aging in place, behavioral and mental health, and cancer diagnosis.
“We’re creating an innovation community in Chicago centered on the healthcare providers and communities they serve,” said Merton, who previously launched the digital health incubator for Anthem and ran the East coast region of JLABS, J&J Innovations’ science incubator and accelerator lab.
Chicago ARC builds upon the proven ARC model (Accelerate, Redesign, Collaborate) of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv. Sheba’s chief innovation officer, Dr. Eyal Zimlichman said Chicago ARC was “Sheba’s North American epicenter.”
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