QuantHealth, an Israeli AI-enabled medical trial-design startup, introduced that David Dornstreich is becoming a member of the corporate as its basic supervisor and chief business officer of U.S. operations, which marks its entry into the U.S. market. 

Dornstreich beforehand held the position of senior vice chairman of enterprise growth at healthcare information firm ConcertAI, vice chairman of strategic initiatives and information partnerships at healthcare IT firm Allscripts (now Veradigm), and chief business officer at medical intelligence platform Dr. Proof. 

Alongside the manager management crew, Dornstreich will work to scale QuantHealth’s enterprise globally and oversee the corporate’s operations within the U.S. 

QuantHealth affords medical trial-simulation software program that makes use of AI-enabled drug growth information software program. Its Medical-Simulator helps researchers predict how particular person sufferers in a medical trial will reply to therapy.

“Becoming a member of QuantHealth is a end result of my profession in life sciences, the place I’ve been lucky to play an integral position in scaling firms that contact each single nook of the trade – from payers to information and analytics firms,” Dornstreich mentioned in a press release. “After three years of advising Arnon and Orr, I’m excited to affix them in reworking QuantHealth from an Israeli startup to a worldwide firm.”

Rural hybrid care supplier Homeward is including Centene govt Brent Layton to its board of administrators. 

Layton labored for Medicaid managed care group Centene in varied positions, together with president and chief working officer, head of enterprise growth, and overseer of supplier community growth and well being plan market enlargement. He retired from Centene this yr and is becoming a member of Homeward to help in its enlargement from beneficiaries of Medicare to these inside Medicaid, ACA and business networks. 

Homeward, which launched last year with a $20 million investment from Common Catalyst, supplies healthcare providers to rural communities by way of its touring cellular items, in sufferers’ houses or nearly. 

“Brent brings a wealth of experience in managed care, having supported the event and scaling of enterprise items that have been necessary to Centene’s development technique and rise in place inside the Fortune 100,” Dr. Jennifer Schneider, cofounder and CEO of Homeward, mentioned in a press release.

“He provides one other dynamic element to Homeward’s world-class crew and additional validates our trade management and alternative forward. Now, greater than ever, we’re in a robust place to proceed advancing our mission whereas delivering the absolute best care expertise to our members.”

Bend Well being, a digital pediatric behavioral care supplier, introduced it promoted Dr. Amit Parikh to chief medical officer.

Parikh will deal with scaling the corporate’s pediatric digital behavioral well being providers and rising the care crew and infrastructure to implement a pediatric collaborative care mannequin. 

“Offering entry to high-quality pediatric behavioral healthcare to youngsters and their households is an pressing and unmet healthcare want in our nation,” Dr. Parikh mentioned in a press release. “Bend’s digital pediatric behavioral well being platform helps these needing providers achieve entry to behavioral well being care rapidly, and I’m dedicated to extending this lifeline to extra households.

“The present psychological well being disaster additionally impacts suppliers, and we’re actively addressing the drivers of burnout, fostering development, streamlining duties, and offering mandatory sources for distinctive care.”