NYCEDC and Health 2.0 Announce 11 Winners of $1 Million Pilot Health Tech NYC, a Competition to Pilot New Technologies in Healthcare Settings
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"The healthcare sector creates more jobs in
The winning partnerships are:
GeriJoy /
The GeriJoy Companion is a tablet-based pet avatar that provides the health benefits of pet therapy and talks with its owner about news, family photos and more, all the while reporting data to caregivers via web portal and phone.
QoL Devices and the
Nonnatech / ElderServe
Nonnatech and senior care provider ElderServe will focus on the early detection and intervention of physiological changes in an effort to prevent hospitalizations. By using Nonnatech's system of smart sensor technologies, the pilot will measure seniors' medication adherence and monitor activities such as eating, fluid intake, sleeping, toileting, and socialization patterns. This is all done while allowing the patients and residents to retain their dignity and privacy. Looking at the cost across the continuum of care, it will also create cost savings by way of more efficient use of staff in the Managed Long-Term Care Program and in the Assisted Living environment.
Fit4D/
Fit4D and
AllazoHealth /
ACCGNY will implement a medication adherence program powered by AllazoEngine's predictive analytics, which reviews patients' claims, demographic and intervention data to anticipate the need for intervention and identify the most cost-effective method. In a joint pilot, the team will focus on ACCGNY's 6,353 attributed beneficiaries, 63% of whom are intellectually or developmentally disabled (IDD). Despite their low medication adherence rates and high costs, IDD patients have largely been overlooked by medication adherence programs and academic research, making this pilot critically important. The pilot will evaluate the accuracy of the predictions, the impact of interventions and the savings associated with adherence.
Canopy Apps / Visiting Nurse Service of
Canopy Apps and VNSNY will seek to improve communications with non-English speaking patients using the Canopy Medical Translator app. The app will enable VNSNY nurses and physical therapists to access a library of pre-translated medical phrases in 15 languages to communicate with patients during home visits. The pilot will seek to measure patient and provider satisfaction with patient-provider communication, as well as increased efficiency in the VNSNY workflow.
Healthify / VillageCare
The Heathify platform screens patients for their needs, connects them to the appropriate resources for treatment, and engages them through text messages. Sixty percent of a person's health is affected by social issues like food insecurity, unsafe housing, domestic abuse and other issues. VillageCare's Health Home case managers will utilize the Healthify platform to connect patients with the services they need to address these "social determinants of health." Moreover, VillageCare case managers will utilize the Healthify resource database to rate and review different community and government resources so VillageCare can direct their patients to the best possible help.
Tactonic Technologies / NYU Langone, Rusk Rehab Center
Tactonic Technologies is partnering with
Pilot Health Tech NYC is an important piece of the City's ongoing effort to leverage recent momentum and position
In March, over 300 face-to-face lightning meetings took place between startups and healthcare institutions at Matchmaking Days curated by NYCEDC and Health 2.0. From this, the pairs applied for funding and, ultimately, 11 winners of the Pilot Health Tech NYC competition were selected by a panel of expert judges. Each winner received up to
"The health care and technology communities are key sectors of our City's economy and are responsible for many innovations that have improved our quality of life. EDC's Pilot Health Tech NYC competition has brought representatives from these communities together to develop technological solutions that will improve our health care and reduce its cost," said Queens Borough President
"Partnering efficiently with large health care organizations is one of the biggest challenges facing health technology start-ups today," says
"Pilot Health Tech NYC helps technology startups develop critical partnerships with major healthcare organizations and secure proof-of-concept results with real patients," says
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