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Lyle Berkowitz

CEO of KeyCare. Physician, Informaticist, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Virtual Care Expert and Venture Investor.

Chicago, Illinois

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2022

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2022

    Founder and CEO. KeyCare offers health systems access to a network of independent virtual care providers working on KeyCare's Epic-based platform. Learn more at www.keycare.org.

  • Founder and CEO

    1996

    Strategic advisory services for digital health startups, health systems, payors, pharma, and VCs/PE - with a general thesis to use IT and Human Centered Design thinking to help make life easier for physicians and better for patients at the same time. Focus areas include Workflow Automation, Virtual Care and Precision Medicine.

  • Managing Director

    2020

    Investing in companies looking to change the world and provide exponential returns if they do.

  • Founder and Executive Director

    2007

    One of the nation's earliest healthcare innovation programs, we have a mission to use creative thinking and diverse technologies to produce a better healthcare experience for physicians, patients and their caregivers.

  • Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

    1995

    Professorial appointment at one of the top medical schools in the country. Lead teacher for “Organization & Economics of Medicine”, “Delivery of Optimal Care” & “Disruptive Forces in Healthcare”.

  • Physician, Informaticist, Innovator

    1995

    Served as a primary care physician, informaticist, innovator and health system executive for over 20 years. Helped grow a small group of internists into the largest primary care group in Chicago; Implemented and optimized both Cerner and Epic ambulatory EMRs; Helped launch multiple innovative programs including Care Coordination, Navigator System, Medical Home, Executive Health, and a variety of Telehealth programs. Created the non-profit Szollosi Healthcare Innovation Program in 2008 to study and share how to better innovate in healthcare. Founded and named the Direcor of NM's Department of Innovation, with a vision to find, fund and facilitate innovative technologies, processes and business models that increased value for Northwestern Medicine.

2016 - 2023

  • Board Member

    2016 - 2023

    Oneview Healthcare delivers an innovative, integrated, multi-channel solution focused on improving the inpatient experience. Publicly traded.

2021 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2021 - 2022

    Patient engagement solution. Merged in 2022 with UpFront Health.

  • Founder and Chairman Of The Board

    2011 - 2020

    Founded and helped lead healthfinch from idea to exit. We built an award-winning automation and delegation rules engine, saved doctors millions of hours and improved the quality and efficiency of care delivered. Successful exit with a $40M+ sale to Health Catalyst in 2020.

2018 - 2020

  • Chief Medical Officer & EVP of Product Strategy

    2018 - 2020

    Led clinical operations and product strategy at one of the largest telehealth companies in the world - helped grow visits by 500% while doubling patient satisfaction, tripling provider satisfaction, creating an in-depth quality program and lowering the cost of care per visit. 2021 Exit to Cigna >$1.5B