The Aegis Digital Consortium
The Aegis Digital Consortium is a collaboration of 11 leading regional health systems across the U.S to develop cutting edge healthtech solutions that address healthcare’s most pressing challenges
ChatGPT marked a turning point—we’ve now entered the era of applied AI, where change is exponential. In fifty years, healthcare will be unrecognizable. Foundation models will become utilities, like the cloud and electric grid, leveling the field for everyone. Health systems possess the necessary assets to lead this revolution: trust, patient relationships, deep workflow expertise, and rich clinical knowledge. By embracing AI, they will reimagine care, making it more accessible, empathetic, and effective. We’re honored to partner with leading health systems to help shape this future.
Murray Brozinsky
Partner
We build companies alongside health systems to solve key clinical and operational problems
The 11 leading health systems of the Aegis Digital Consortium represent a significant and diverse cross-section of the American healthcare landscape
$100B
In operating revenue
~7%
Of the US health system market
~450k
Employees
Health systems must play a central role in designing the next generation of healthtech innovation, and I am honored to serve at the helm of this initiative. Our focus is to address the fundamental challenges in healthcare through a unified, innovative approach, and accelerate the translation of ideas into tangible solutions that put patients at the center and address growing burnout among healthcare workers.
John Noseworthy, MD
President & CEO Emeritus of Mayo Clinic and Chairman of the Aegis Digital Consortium
Our portfolio speaks for itself but so do our partners
Working with Aegis means having a partner who thinks at the system level while moving at startup speed. They provide exceptional end-to-end support, from securing early customers and top-tier talent to raising capital.
Ash Zenooz, MD
Venture Partner at Aegis, Board Chair at Caregentic
Working with Aegis means having a partner who thinks at the system level while moving at startup speed. They provide exceptional end-to-end support, from securing early customers and top-tier talent to raising capital.
Ash Zenooz, MD
Venture Partner at Aegis, Board Chair at Caregentic
Participating in the Aegis Digital Consortium has allowed IU Health to partner with like-minded health systems in building and investing in new solutions at scale. Together we are addressing common problems and creating new businesses that will transform health care.
Nicole Paulk
Chief Strategy Officer, Indiana University Health
Participating in the Aegis Digital Consortium has allowed IU Health to partner with like-minded health systems in building and investing in new solutions at scale. Together we are addressing common problems and creating new businesses that will transform health care.
Nicole Paulk
Chief Strategy Officer, Indiana University Health
At Memorial Hermann, we view innovation as a disciplined pathway to solve real operational and clinical problems—not just to experiment, but to scale what works in how healthcare is accessed, delivered, and experienced. The Aegis Digital Consortium has been a valuable forum for pragmatic insight-sharing and peer learning among health systems, helping shape scalable solutions to shared challenges
Feby Abraham
EVP, Chief Strategy and Innovations Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System
At Memorial Hermann, we view innovation as a disciplined pathway to solve real operational and clinical problems—not just to experiment, but to scale what works in how healthcare is accessed, delivered, and experienced. The Aegis Digital Consortium has been a valuable forum for pragmatic insight-sharing and peer learning among health systems, helping shape scalable solutions to shared challenges
Feby Abraham
EVP, Chief Strategy and Innovations Officer at Memorial Hermann Health System
Our collaboration with Aegis Ventures has exemplified what's possible when you combine leading clinical, technology, and business resources to advance healthcare innovation. Together we've fast-tracked the creation of cost-effective, validated solutions that solve important challenges across our enterprise and can now be replicated with health systems across the country.
Michael Dowling
CEO and President of Northwell Health
Our collaboration with Aegis Ventures has exemplified what's possible when you combine leading clinical, technology, and business resources to advance healthcare innovation. Together we've fast-tracked the creation of cost-effective, validated solutions that solve important challenges across our enterprise and can now be replicated with health systems across the country.
Michael Dowling
CEO and President of Northwell Health
Aegis has been instrumental in expanding our data network by forging partnerships with leading health systems, providing strategic guidance on our business model, and helping us scale initiatives with biopharma and medical researchers to improve and enhance life-saving treatments.
Ryan Tarzy
CEO and Founder of Avandra
Aegis has been instrumental in expanding our data network by forging partnerships with leading health systems, providing strategic guidance on our business model, and helping us scale initiatives with biopharma and medical researchers to improve and enhance life-saving treatments.
Ryan Tarzy
CEO and Founder of Avandra
UPMC Enterprises’ partnership with the Digital Consortium has been a valuable opportunity to continue building deep relationships with peer health system leaders. Together, we navigate health care challenges and collaborate to develop meaningful solutions and scale innovative companies that advance health care.
Brent Burns
Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises
UPMC Enterprises’ partnership with the Digital Consortium has been a valuable opportunity to continue building deep relationships with peer health system leaders. Together, we navigate health care challenges and collaborate to develop meaningful solutions and scale innovative companies that advance health care.
Brent Burns
Executive Vice President, UPMC Enterprises
As they work towards a more sustainable future, health systems can and must play a central role in architecting the next generation of healthtech innovation. I am thrilled to support Aegis as we partner closely with health systems to reimagine the experience of healthcare for patients and caregivers.
David Feinberg, MD
Executive Chairman at Aegis Ventures
As they work towards a more sustainable future, health systems can and must play a central role in architecting the next generation of healthtech innovation. I am thrilled to support Aegis as we partner closely with health systems to reimagine the experience of healthcare for patients and caregivers.
David Feinberg, MD
Executive Chairman at Aegis Ventures
What sets Aegis apart is how they think like operators, not just investors. They've been in the trenches with us - from refining our go-to-market strategy to making the introductions that led to our first million in ARR. It's the kind of partnership that actually moves the needle.
Russ Johannesson
CEO of Caregentic
What sets Aegis apart is how they think like operators, not just investors. They've been in the trenches with us - from refining our go-to-market strategy to making the introductions that led to our first million in ARR. It's the kind of partnership that actually moves the needle.
Russ Johannesson
CEO of Caregentic
We have created an enduring partnership of trusted people working together, for the reason they all went into healthcare in the first place — which is to provide better care to patients, families and communities.
John Noseworthy, MD
Chairman of the Aegis Digital Consortium
We have created an enduring partnership of trusted people working together, for the reason they all went into healthcare in the first place — which is to provide better care to patients, families and communities.
John Noseworthy, MD
Chairman of the Aegis Digital Consortium
Aegis had the conviction to back Hume’s vision from our earliest days and was an incredible partner as we defined our early product and go-to-market strategy. After four years, Aegis remains an integral strategic partner, helping us apply our latest breakthroughs in affective computing and multimodal AI to bring to market AI tools that advance human well-being.
Alan Cowen, PhD
CEO & Chief Scientist of Hume
Aegis had the conviction to back Hume’s vision from our earliest days and was an incredible partner as we defined our early product and go-to-market strategy. After four years, Aegis remains an integral strategic partner, helping us apply our latest breakthroughs in affective computing and multimodal AI to bring to market AI tools that advance human well-being.
Alan Cowen, PhD
CEO & Chief Scientist of Hume
Our partnership with Aegis has been a key success factor in our mission to deliver faster, easier, and more equitable disease screening by accelerating our footprint with leading US health systems and global partners.
Jeff Dunkel
CEO of Optain Health
Our partnership with Aegis has been a key success factor in our mission to deliver faster, easier, and more equitable disease screening by accelerating our footprint with leading US health systems and global partners.
Jeff Dunkel
CEO of Optain Health
Collaborating with Aegis has given Ascertain access to diverse distribution channels, workflows, and data—resources we believe will unlock new levels of efficiency for healthcare workers to help usher in the healthcare workforce of the future.
Mark Michalski, MD
CEO of Ascertain
Collaborating with Aegis has given Ascertain access to diverse distribution channels, workflows, and data—resources we believe will unlock new levels of efficiency for healthcare workers to help usher in the healthcare workforce of the future.
Mark Michalski, MD
CEO of Ascertain
Aegis has created an exceptional talent environment — one that attracts operators, clinicians, and technologists who could thrive anywhere, but choose to build together here. It’s a rare blend of intellectual rigor, humility, and shared purpose that defines how great companies get built.
Clinton Browning
Partner, ECB Star Group
Aegis has created an exceptional talent environment — one that attracts operators, clinicians, and technologists who could thrive anywhere, but choose to build together here. It’s a rare blend of intellectual rigor, humility, and shared purpose that defines how great companies get built.
Clinton Browning
Partner, ECB Star Group
How We Work with Our Partners
Through the Aegis Consortium, we are building an enduring community that fosters connection, shared learning, and alignment.
Launch new companies together
Partners provide market signal and real-world insights to help identify and shape the next generation of healthcare ventures.
Drive early adoption and scale
Consortium members serve as early adopters and collaborators, helping refine and validate emerging technologies.
Convene the ecosystem
Aegis fosters collaboration through leadership retreats, networking events and on-site gatherings at health systems.
A Community of Practice
By working closely together, leaders align on healthcare challenges, accelerate the responsible adoption of AI, and shape a shared vision for the future of care.
