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The hottest health tech startups at CONVERGE past and future

In the run-up to the sixth annual MedCity CONVERGE conference, here's an update on some of the progress Startup Showcase alumni have made.

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We’re in the run-up to the sixth(!) annual MedCity CONVERGE conference, which will have a special focus on cancer this year. From the beginning, health tech entrepreneurs have been part of the conference and this year is no exception. So let’s take a look at some of the businesses that have taken part in the Startup Showcase at this Philadelphia conference over the years and see what kind of milestones they’ve achieved.

Among the early and growth stage companies that will grab the spotlight in the Startup Showcase at this year’s event are digital pathology business Proscia and breast cancer diagnostics business UE Lifesciences.

Deep 6 AI (2016), which uses artificial intelligence to speed up clinical trial recruitment and took part in the conference last year, inked a deal with oncology contract research organization Translational Drug Development. The two businesses will set up a network of the top Phase 1 and 2 sites in oncology clinical trials.


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RightCare Solutions (2012), which developed a care coordination platform to identify high risk patients to ensure they received appropriate post discharge support, was acquired by Cardinal Health subsidiary naviHealth.  Eric Heil, who cofounded RightCare and was CEO, is already on to his next business in the behavioral health space called BehaveCare.

Specialty pharmacy business Genoa snapped up telemedicine business 1DocWay (2012) in 2015. The company, which has since been renamed Genoa Telepsychiatry, improves access to behavioral healthcare for federally qualified health centers, hospitals, correctional facilities and accountable care organizations, particularly in underserved areas.

Applied VR (2016), a healthcare startup enlisting virtual reality to reduce pain and anxiety for hospitalized adults and children, is collaborating with Samsung on some pilots with hospitals assessing the technology.  This year Matthew Stoudt, Applied VR cofounder and CEO, will be on the main stage at CONVERGE in a talk about how VR is being used for cancer patients.

Canadian health IT business Memotext (2013) works with pharma companies, hospitals and payers to provide medication adherence tools.  Last year formed a spinoff called A4i to provide a digital intervention for people newly diagnosed with schizophrenia and for “borderline cases”. The business is part of a collaboration with Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. A4i will reside at Johnson & Johnson’s latest center for innovation in Toronto.

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