A smart new component of TEDMED this year will put the multi-disciplinary attendees face-to face with the next wave of innovators. The Hive, hosted in conjunction with the StartUp Health Network, will run in tandem with the conference and feature 50 innovators – from government programs to accelerators and startups – who will put their creative thinking on display.
TEDMED says it’s another way of inspiring attendees to challenge traditional thinking. If you’re going to the conference but won’t have time to check out all 50, here are 8 with particularly interesting or unique technologies that you should definitely make time to see.
- The co-founders of Beyond Lucid Technologies believed that valuable data was being lost as patients were being transferred between an ambulance and the hospital. Their MediView platform was designed to connect EMS teams with hospitals, enabling a seamless transfer of data between the two even during natural disasters when networks crash or become overloaded.
- One of the few non-IT related innovations is a glucose-responsive insulin being developed by Sensulin as a once-a-day insulin treatment for type 1/type 2 diabetes patients.
- CrowdMed makes an interesting proposition: Rather than relying on one doctor’s opinion, why not use the collective intelligence of “the crowd” and the data analyses abilities of a computer to get to the bottom of a health problem? The platform pairs real patient situations with online “Medical Detectives” and its own prediction technology to suggest diagnoses, with the intent that the results be used in conjunction with a physician’s opinion.
- So it’s not exactly a startup, but the not-for-profit organization Health Leads trains college students to work with patients on making sure they have the most basic resources needed to be healthy, like food, heat and transportation. When patients visit partner facilities like Children’s National Medical Center and Johns Hopkins Medicine, they are screened for these basic needs, and the Health Leads Advocates help connect them with the missing pieces.
- One of the sometimes overlooked benefits of crowdfunding is the built-in opportunity for early feedback from the people who will eventually use a new innovation. That’s a point of emphasis for Health Tech Hatch, a crowdfunding platform for early-stage health innovations.
- Better detection of traumatic concussions in athletes has been a huge hotspot for startups as sensor technology has advanced. Brain Sentry’s approach uses helmet-mounted sensors that light up when they register a hit that’s impactful enough to warrant a concussion assessment.
- QMedic uses sensors to enable seniors to safely age in place. Seniors wear it around the wrist, and it monitors sleep, activity and falls, sending mobile alerts to caregivers when it detects abnormal behaviors.
- Leveraging mobile technology and artificial intelligence, WellFrame translates clinical protocols into personalized to-do lists for patients to use after they’re discharged from the hospital. The company has tagged itself as a “health GPS” for patients with chronic disease.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
[Photo from Flickr user DigiDreamGrafix.com]
