Pitch Perfect Startup Contest

Watch the most promising startups in Patient Engagement pitch to judges.

During the Pitch Perfect contest at MedCity ENGAGE, promising startups offering innovative approaches and tackling the biggest problems in patient engagement will pitch LIVE. Participating startups have been pre-selected by a panel of investors. Startups will have 4 minutes to present their strategy and business plans followed by 4 minutes of q&a with the judges.

2018 Pitch Perfect Startups

Health IT

Ataia Medical

https://www.ataiamedical.com/

Ataia Medical is empowering patients with the freedom to speak through a universal, retrofittable communication aid for patients undergoing noninvasive ventilation therapy (NIV). Nearly half of all ventilated patients undergo NIV as an alternative to intubation, but the treatment has a high failure rate of 30%. Allowing patients to communicate while continuing to wear their NIV masks will improve patient experience, medical outcomes, and hospital efficiency. The device consists of a disposable patch that can be attached to the outside of virtually any hard-plastic hospital mask and connects to a reusable communicator that outputs the patient’s voice through a speaker.

Boundlss

http://www.boundlss.com/

Boundlss provides patients with their own ‘recovery buddy’: part AI part human, the recovery buddy acts a health coach. The coach aims to minimize preventable readmissions by helping patients prepare for procedures, guiding them through their recovery and supporting behavioral change, using chat in a mobile app.

genneve

@mygenneve
https://genneve.com/

genneve is the first-ever women’s digital health company that provides data, digital resources and telehealth personalized to a woman’s midlife health changes associated with declining hormones. We’re on a mission to demystify menopause and empower women to take control of their health in midlife.

GenXys

https://www.genxys.com/content/

GenXys provides the world’s most comprehensive precision prescribing software to solve healthcare’s most pressing challenges. Our precision prescribing software & pharmacogenetic solutions prevent adverse drug reactions, among the largest killer in developed countries, and personalize drug selection to dramatically increase drug efficacy. Powering every prescription with our proven software improves medication safety, efficacy & healthcare cost

Litesprite

http://litesprite.com/

Litesprite is a platform that uses games to engage patients. Our data allows clinicians to conveniently and cost-effectively monitor patients and improve health outcomes for a variety of chronic health conditions. The first game – Sinasprite – uses evidence-based treatment methods, including CBT-based and mindfulness strategies, to help people manage stress, anxiety, and depression. Litesprite is trusted today by the chronically ill during their greatest hour of need. We are changing people’s lives by giving them access to important mental health tools.

Medumo

@MedumoInc
https://www.medumo.com/

Medumo helps hospitals, surgical centers and care teams automatically guide patients throughout their care journey. Its patient navigation platform ensures that patients appropriately schedule, show up on-time, have all of their pre-appointment tasks completed, and continue to follow instructions when they go home after their surgery, procedure or clinical appointment

NeuroFlow

https://www.neuroflowsolution.com/

Health care providers are our heroes. They’re responsible for helping those who need it most, which can be a tough challenge when patients struggle with mental health conditions, often resulting in poor engagement, motivation, and treatment compliance. NeuroFlow’s HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based platform empowers health care providers to objectively assess, track, and engage patients using evidence-based practices to support their mental health. Our suite of tools enables remote monitoring and behavioral health integration across the continuum of care, including psychology, primary care, and pain management settings. NeuroFlow’s mission is to be a resource and asset to health care providers in their tireless pursuit to help patients feel better faster.

Nicolette

nicolette.com

Nicolette is a patient empowerment company. They build visual, audio, and interactive displays of medical data and research to enable patients to understand their health quickly and with enough confidence to serve as their own healthcare advocate. Nicolette’s entry point is the NICU, where new parents are in high-stakes, high-anxiety situations and typically do not have the capability of understanding their baby’s diagnosis, plan of care, and progress. This leaves them to defer completely to others and hope for the best. Nicolette’s dashboards translate raw EHR data so well that these same parents understand complex topics within minutes, then efficiently move through treatment options and ultimately a collaborative decision with their baby’s healthcare team. Empowering patients in this way leads to better health outcomes, and leads to higher revenue, reduced risk, and increased productivity for healthcare providers.

OcuMedic, Inc.

http://ocumedic.net/

OcuMedic is developing a timed drug eluting contact lens/corneal bandage with extended 7 day ware replacing eye drops for post cataract, LASIK & Corneal Abrasion markets. Technology rests on 9 issued patents and excellent in vivo data. solving the problems of drop wash out w/<5%of drop therapy getting to target tissue with poor compliance driving $70B in complications. Available eye drop market $16B (CAGR~8%) A 5% share of targeted indications is $100M

Savvy Cooperative

https://www.savvy.coop/

Savvy Cooperative accelerates the development of patient-centered products and solutions by providing a marketplace for patient insights. Companies can connect directly with diverse patients to participate in market research, user-testing, discussion boards and co-design opportunities. Using a unique co-op model, Savvy Cooperative is the first patient-owned platform that empowers patients to use their health experiences to advance research, resources and product development.