On May 22, MedCity News will be in New Orleans, Louisiana, to host the MedCity INVEST Pop Health conference in partnership with the New Orleans Business Alliance. This is MedCity’s first event in the Big Easy.
In addition to discussions on topics like the social determinants of health, the agenda features presentations from 10 startups in the chronic disease management and population health spaces.
Following their presentation, each startup will answer queries from three judges: Dennis Depenbusch, director of BlueCross Blue Shield of Kansas’ New Ventures Initiative; Gyan Kapur, vice president of Activate Venture Partners; and Noah Kressler, shareholder at Baker Donelson.
Ultimately, the winning startup will be determined by an audience poll as well as the judges’ votes.
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Here’s a closer look at the 10 organizations presenting at INVEST Pop Health:
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- 4D Healthware, which is based in Chicago, offers a platform to help keep track of patients with chronic conditions, such as diabetes and hypertension, to name a few. The aim is to allow them to adhere to their care plans.
- Certintell offers a cloud-based telehealth platform that lets safety net providers reach underserved patient populations. The technology includes secure messaging and pictures, as well as a HIPAA-compliant video feature.
- Based in Birmingham, Alabama, Guideway Care allows various healthcare organizations like hospitals, health plans and ACOs to assist patients. Its care guidance program includes person-to-person and tech-enabled interactions.
- Helpsy Health is an online program that seeks to aid patients with chronic pain and post-treatment symptoms, among other issues. Users can leverage the company’s tool to connect to care experts.
- Atlanta-based Intent Solutions has a smart medication dispensing device called tad (which stands for “take as directed”) that pairs with an app. The goal is to reduce the misuse, abuse and diversion of prescription medications.
- Jessie Health is a women’s health company that provides an online health assistant. While it doesn’t diagnose via chat, the tool lets patients schedule video chats with practitioners, order at-home lab tests and more.
- NeuroFlow, which is headquartered in Philadelphia, seeks to promote behavioral health access. In addition to a mobile app for patients, the startup offers solutions to help behavioral health specialists, primary care providers and payers improve patient outcomes.
- Based in the Bronx, New York, Radical Health aims to address the social determinants of health in historically marginalized populations. One element of its work is bringing together healthcare providers and community members to begin a dialogue and create relationships to improve care delivery.
- Synergistic Creations offers a cloud-based platform called KnKt’d, which includes a wellness portal for providers and a patient tracking mobile app. Ultimately, the tool seeks to enable better behavioral health by connecting providers and patients between appointments.
- TAVHealth is focused on bringing health and community partners together on a collaborative platform to improve the social determinants of health. The company was recently acquired by Signify Health.
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