UNC-Chapel Hill startup Bivarus acquired by national leader in health care performance solutions

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January 18, 2018
By Brock

Carolina startup programs helped prepare company for early success, acquisition by Press Ganey

If you notice improvements in the care you receive during your next visit to the doctor, a technology developed by a company co-founded by UNC-Chapel Hill professor Seth Glickman may be the reason why.

Bivarus, a company that developed a survey-based cloud analytics platform to gain insight into patient experiences, has been acquired by Press Ganey, a leading provider of patient experience measurement and performance analytics for healthcare organizations.

“The sale of Bivarus to Press Ganey is a great outcome for patients, the Bivarus team, their investors and UNC-Chapel Hill,” said Judith Cone, vice chancellor for innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development. “This is an example of people and programs in the Innovate Carolina network working together to support a university startup.”

Bivarus was co-founded and launched in 2012 by Seth Glickman, president and executive medical director of the UNC Health Alliance and associate professor of emergency medicine at the UNC School of Medicine.

As a clinician, Glickman experienced frustration with the inability to obtain precise, useable data around the patient experience, particularly around communication and safety. This sparked an idea – what if a survey could measure the patient experience in real-time, providing statistically reliable data that healthcare practices could use to improve clinical performance? Glickman’s idea grew, and startup company Bivarus was born.

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