The MedCity INVEST conference brings together investors and executives from healthcare organizations with promising startups in the biopharma, diagnostics, medical device, health IT, and health services sectors. The Pitch Perfect startup competition is one of the highlights of the conference. To check out the agenda, click here.
The event, held at the Ritz Carlton from April 23-24 in Chicago, provides networking opportunities for investors, prominent industry players and healthcare startups and useful insights for the year ahead. Click here to register.
Last week we highlighted the finalists for the medical device track. The list of health IT startups competing this year includes technologies around physical therapy, improving access to care, predictive analytics and improving clinical workflows.
Judges for the health IT track include Adam Koopersmith, a Partner with Pritzker Group Venture Capital; Jessica Zeaske, a partner with Echo Health Ventures; and Dr. John Mattison, CMIO and Assistant Medical Director, Kaiser Permanente.
Here are the finalists for the health IT division:
Better PT wants to make it easier for patients to connect to a physical therapist. It set up a platform to provide end-to-end digital connectivity between physicians, physical therapists and patients.
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.
Clairvoyant Networks provides monitoring, data collection and predictive analysis that can be used to inform family and professional caregivers, doctors and other members of the care team across the entire progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
Datacubed Health offers software and services based on behavioral science to improve patient retention and compliance, resulting in better data and positive health outcomes.
NeuroFlow is a healthcare technology and analytics company enabling behavioral health access and engagement across the continuum of care.
OmniLife Formerly known as HealthTech Solutions, OmniLife developed proprietary software to address the organ shortage crisis.
Oshi Health is a digital platform to help patients with inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis) manage their condition.
Phraze is confronting head on the enormous challenge of excessive data entry and documentation associated with Electronic Medical Records. Its AI scribe is designed to automate data entry for physicians. It was founded by a multidisciplinary team of physicians, data scientists, and software engineers with experience taking scaleable healthcare software to market.
Prenosis seeks to transform the care of patients with sepsis in acute care environments with machine learning tech.
VasoGnosis developed a diagnostic and surgical planning tool for brain aneurysms.
Wellsheet is a Software as a Service company providing a novel clinical workflow enhancement solution to hospital systems. Using a physician-centric design and machine learning, the company’s tech is designed to augment existing EHR systems to create value for both physicians and health systems.
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