Surgo Health is a new healthcare technology company dedicated to personalized care. The new entity, formed as Public Benefit Corporation (PBC), is developing a revolutionary socio-behavioral analytics platform and generating novel, real-world data designed to inform and improve health equity and outcomes by enabling a greater understanding of the complex factors that influence how individuals engage in their healthcare.
Using novel, proprietary data and algorithms developed by its team of data scientists and behavioral scientists, Surgo Health will capture, compile, and leverage the company's original research to help healthcare companies develop interventions and strategies that improve engagement in care, especially for underserved populations.
The initial products will be tailor-made for pharmaceutical firms, healthcare payors, and providers in need of personalized solutions to engage patients effectively across a range of healthcare activities – from clinical trials for testing new therapies and interventions for diagnosing, preventing and treating illness to programs that help patients adhere to their medications.
Surgo Health draws its ideas from the work done by the Surgo Foundation. In 2020, the Foundation spun off Surgo Ventures, a non-profit organization focused on solving health problems by using data to design precisely targeted programs. Surgo Ventures' novel data, algorithms, and data products for the underlying vulnerabilities to COVID-19 have been recognized and used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), departments of health, pharmaceutical companies, and health providers. It has also worked in the areas of tuberculosis, reproductive health, and maternal and child health.
"We've demonstrated that a people-centered approach with novel big data leads to more equitable care and better health outcomes," said Dr. Sema Sgaier, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Surgo Health in a news release. "This new entity will allow us to scale our solutions and ensure even more people get access to the personalized care they deserve."
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