Remote monitoring to identify and address high-risk pregnancies (Babyscripts). Making blockchain part of a diabetes management platform (Healthcoin). Wearables that can diagnose and treat neurobehavioral health issues (DOT). These are some of the members of Texas Medical Center Accelerator‘s fourth cohort of healthcare startups, according to a press statement.
The program is part of the TMC Innovation Institute,
In addition to domestic digital health entrepreneurs seeking to make their mark, healthcare accelerators have a lot of appeal for non-U.S. companies seeking to penetrate one of the largest healthcare markets. This cohort includes a handful of health IT and medical device startups from Australia as part of a Biobridge initiative between TMCx and the Health Informatics Society of Australia that functions as an exchange program.
CNSDose from Melbourne developed a way to use genomics to speed up the identification of suitable antidepressants. Another Melbourne company, Ward Medication Management, has a clinical-decision support tool to provide evidence-based prescribing recommendations.
Personify Care, which hails from Adelaide, produced a mobile platform to support remote monitoring as patients recover from hospital stays.
Here’s a look at the rest of the digital health startups in the cohort:
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
Arterys is an automated, intelligent software that uses real-world clinical data to make imaging more accurate and data driven based in San Francisco. Last month the company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its cardiac imaging system in the cloud, Cardio DL.
Avalon AI is a London-based machine learning business to automatically measure key features from brain MRI scans to increase speed and accuracy of neuroradiology diagnosis.
Clipboard Health provides an online marketplace connecting nursing staff with medical systems for tailored job placement and is based in San Francisco.
ConsultLink The Houston company has a mobile workspace for care team members to streamline and improve patient care.
Glidian in Palo Alto offers an electronic portal that streamlines prior authorizations for medications and procedures.
InContext Reporting in Houston has a quality management and clinical decision support tools powered by cognitive computing. Its goal is to cut down on the number of denials and increase productivity by reducing phone call follow-ups.
InsightRx developed a quantitative pharmacology and machine-learning enabled precision medicine platform. It is based in San Francisco.
Lantern has personalized programs that combine daily exercises and professional coaching to strengthen emotional well-being in San Francisco. Last year it raised $16 million and added University of Pittsburgh Medical Center as a validation partner.
M&S Biotics in Scranton, Pennsylvania, uses artificial intelligence and RFID technology to improve resource utilization and efficiency.
ManageUP PRM from Santa Clara, California offers a communication and collaboration solution to improve the ability to deliver quality patient care.
Medable provides a fast path to secure, HIPAA-compliant healthcare applications for researchers, startups, pharma, payers and academia and is based in Palo Alto.
Medifies crafted a platform to improve the hospital waiting room experience by keeping families informed through real-time updates. The business is based in San Francisco.
NeuroLex Laboratories in Atlanta has a voice analysis platform to detect health conditions before advanced symptoms appear.
Oncomfort uses virtual reality to manage patients’ stress, pain and anxiety in their medical journey. It has offices in Houston and Brussels, Belgium.
Psious from Barcelona harnesses virtual reality as part of an immersion therapy for mental health disorders.
SensorRx in Houston developed a patient-centered application to improve outcomes for migraine sufferers.
Stroll Health produced an electronic health record integrated referral platform and is based in San Francisco.
Vios Medical, with a presence in Minneapolis and Bangalore, India, uses patient management information systems focusing on clinical workflow automation and remote patient care services.
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