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Oatmeal Health was selected for MassChallenge’s 2023 HealthTech Cohort.
Oatmeal Health joins 37 startups invited to participate in this year’s program.
SAN DIEGO CA, MARCH 20TH, 2023 – Oatmeal Health was selected to participate in the MassChallenge 2023 HealthTech Sprint. Oatmeal Health was one of over 200 startup applications for this year’s program.
Jonathan Govette, Co-Founder / COO of Oatmeal Health
Jonathan Govette, Co-Founder / COO of Oatmeal Health
“Ty Vachon, M.D., and I are looking forward to working alongside Mass Challenge’s partners and fellow startups to build some remarkable innovations that will change the fabric of healthcare forever.”
By participating in this accelerator, Oatmeal Health will receive unrivaled access to a global network of partners, experts, and mentors. Throughout the program, we will join 37 startups that will benefit from integration into healthcare ecosystems through MassChallenge partnerships and the Medicare and Medicaid curriculum by MITRE to support federal opportunities.
What is Oatmeal Health:
Oatmeal Health is a tech-enabled clinical service focused on improving patient outcomes for underserved patient populations by providing AI-enabled early-detection cancer screenings and case management for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) and Health Plans.
Why did you create Oatmeal?
In 2013, Ty Vachon’s mother would have met the screening criteria to get a CT but she did not get scanned and in September of that year her stage 4 lung cancer was identified and she died shortly after. Jonathan Govette lost both his grandparents to lung cancer, and recently his mother died of another debilitating chronic disease.
The founders of Oatmeal Health decided it was time to change the status quo and make changes to how healthcare preventatively screens our loved ones so no one else has to die needlessly.
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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 is veteran-owned and clinician-led, please visit www.oatmealhealth.com.
About MassChallenge
MassChallenge is a global network for innovators. Headquartered in the United States with eight locations worldwide, the non-profit’s mission is to help bold entrepreneurs disrupt the status quo and create sustainable change. Since launching in 2009, MassChallenge has run programs in 24 countries, supported more than 4,000 startups worldwide, and awarded over $18M in equity-free cash and prizes. Learn more about MassChallenge at masschallenge.org.
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Author:
Jonathan Govette is a seasoned healthcare and technology executive with more than two decades of experience building, scaling, and advising digital health companies. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Oatmeal Health, an AI-driven Lung Cancer Screening and Diagnostics company focused on expanding access to early detection for underrepresented populations, particularly patients served by Federally Qualified Health Centers and value-based health plans.
With a background in engineering, product development, and strategic partnerships, Jonathan has founded and led multiple health technology ventures across clinical care delivery, regulated medical software, and AI-enabled diagnostics. His work sits at the intersection of medicine, technology, and health equity, with a consistent focus on translating complex clinical problems into scalable, real-world solutions.
Jonathan has spent much of his professional life dedicated to improving outcomes for marginalized and underserved communities. He has designed and implemented frameworks that align clinical quality, reimbursement, and technology to sustainably advance health equity at scale. This mission is deeply personal and informs his leadership philosophy and long-term vision for healthcare transformation.
In addition to his operating experience, Jonathan is an author and long-time writer in the healthcare domain, with over 20 years of published work covering digital health, medical innovation, and healthcare systems. He is a frequent mentor to early-stage founders and regularly advises startups on product strategy, partnerships, and go-to-market execution in regulated healthcare environments.
Before entering industry full-time, Jonathan nearly pursued a career in medicine with an early path toward cardiothoracic surgery, an experience that continues to shape his clinical perspective and respect for frontline care delivery.
CEO | Oatmeal Health | AI Lung Cancer Startup | Engineer | Writer | Almost Became a Doctor (Cardiac Thoracic Surgeon) | 3x Health Tech Founder | Startup Mentor | Follow to share what I’ve learned along the way.
