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[San Diego CA] – The Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) and Oatmeal Health are proud to announce their partnership in delivering patient education for underserved communities.
The initiative aims to improve the early detection of lung cancer through awareness and education.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States. People with lower income and education levels are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer, resulting in poor health outcomes.
Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) are designed to provide healthcare to underserved populations, including those without health insurance. However, FQHCs face significant challenges in providing adequate care due to limited resources and funding.
To address this issue, LCRF, and Oatmeal Health are working together to develop patient education programs for FQHCs. The programs will focus on early detection and prevention of lung cancer, targeting high-risk populations, such as smokers and those with a family history of lung cancer.
The partnership between LCRF and Oatmeal Health represents a major step forward in improving the early detection of lung cancer in underserved populations. The programs will empower patients to take charge of their health and encourage them to get screened for lung cancer.
Jonathan Govette – CEO of Oatmeal Health
“We believe that everyone deserves access to life-saving healthcare information, regardless of their income or education level,” said Jonathan Govette, Co-Founder and CEO of Oatmeal Health. “We are proud to partner with LCRF to make a difference in the lives of underserved patients.”
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About the Lung Cancer Research Foundation
The mission of the Lung Cancer Research Foundation (LCRF) is to improve lung cancer outcomes by funding research for the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and cure of lung cancer. LCRF is committed to improving lung cancer patients’ quality of life and survival rates by advancing the best new research in the field. To accomplish this, LCRF has begun implementing strategies toward its goals for the next three years. LCRF intends to have funded a total of $45 million in direct lung cancer research through 444 grants by 2024. Please visit www.lungcancerresearchfoundation.org
About Oatmeal Health:
At Oatmeal, we partner with FQHCs to provide case management services that help make lung cancer screening more accessible to patients who face barriers due to social determinants of health. We plan to implement an AI-enabled, value-based lung cancer screening platform and fundamentally change the lives of underserved patients through early identification, engagement, and comprehensive high-touch virtual care. Oatmeal Health clinician-led, please visit www.oatmealhealth.com.
Contact:
Jonathan Govette
Co-Founder and CEO of Oatmeal Health
415-404-1919
Jonathan@oatmealhealth.com
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CEO/Co-Founder @ Oatmeal Health | AI Lung Cancer Screening | Almost Became a Doctor | Engineer | Follow to Share What I’ve Learned Along the Way
I help patients get the care they need earlier, preventing late-stage cancer.
That’s been the throughline across three companies and almost 20 years in healthcare. At ReferralMD, we fixed broken referral networks so patients didn’t fall through the cracks. At Oatmeal Health, it’s lung cancer: building the diagnostic and screening infrastructure so the 85% of cases caught too late get caught early instead.
Today as CEO of Oatmeal Health, I lead a team embedding AI into radiology workflows to turn routine lung CT scans into reimbursable cancer risk assessments. We partner with FQHCs to reach underserved communities, and with health systems and payers to make early detection economically sustainable. Think HeartFlow or Cleerly, but for lungs.
Between companies, I advised at Techstars and Plug and Play, mentoring founders building in digital health. That experience shaped how I think about what separates companies that ship from companies that stall: distribution, reimbursement, and clinical trust, not just technology.
I’m a CancerX alumnus, a 3x healthcare founder, and someone who believes the biggest problems in cancer aren’t scientific. They’re operational.
We’re hiring mission-driven builders at Oatmeal Health. If you want to work on something that matters, reach out.
When I’m not working, I’m traveling, mentoring, and keeping up with one very energetic husky. 🐾
Substack – The Oatmeal Bite:
Millions of patients get less care because of who they are, where they live, or how they look. I’m fighting to change that. CEO @OatmealHealth, a startup built for the underserved. The Oatmeal Bite: intel for clinicians, investors, and advocates.
Jonathan Govette
CEO of Oatmeal Health
Substack:
https://oatmealhealthjonathangovette.substack.com/
