[May 05, 2015] |
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Healthbox Expands Healthcare Innovation Ecosystem into South Florida
Healthbox is pleased to announce the brand new class of
innovative companies for its upcoming Miami Studio, to be kicked off
Wednesday, May 6, at The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. Healthbox
selected the companies through a rigorous, competitive process in
collaboration with anchor partner GuideWell, the parent company of
Florida Blue. Together they selected these ten companies based upon
potential impact on care delivery and further advancement of Florida's
innovation and economic ecosystems.
Through its partnership, GuideWell and Healthbox are rotating the
program across Florida with Miami as the new location for 2015. This is
the first Florida program using the new Healthbox Studio model and
builds upon its successes over the past three years across the state.
"South Florida has a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem, and we have an
exciting group of startups joining us for this studio," says Florida
Blue South Florida Market President Penny Shaffer. "These include five
companies already based here and others from out-of-state, each
recognizing that Florida is a dynamic and growing health market.
GuideWell is committed to innovative new solutions, which empower
consumers, improve health outcomes and provide economic growth."
The ten companies will debut at a reception tomorrow, May 6, at Tuyo
Restaurant, located at the Miami Dade College Culinary Institute. "We
are excited to have the opportunity to work with some very talented
entrepreneurs addressing significant challenges in healthcare through
our new model. Helping these companies build scalable businesses is our
key priority," says Maria Siambekos, Vice President at Healthbox.
In addition to its anchor partnership with GuideWell, other community
sponsors will provide support and guidance for the companies during the
eight-week program. These include the Lake Nona Institute out of
Orlando, the Health Foundation of Florida and the John S. and James L.
Knight Foundation.
Overview of the Ten New Companies
Avatar DSS - provides the ability to dynamically, and in
real-time, simulate multiple treatment options for a particular disease,
assess the results of the simulations and determine the optimal
approaches for a particular patient.
EHR
Works - helps providers manage information; its platform puts
providers in control of how they interoperate with technology, giving
them easy access to clinical information and better workflows.
HealthCentrix
- helps healthcare consumers successfully complete their plan of care
when they leave the clinical setting, providing patients with a mobile
health assistant that works with providers to execute, monitor and
evaluate the completion of the care plan.
Hindsait
- uses artificial intelligence software that leverages historical data
and clinical algorithms to enable clinicians and managers to quickly
flag requested patient services that are likely to be unnecessary.
iCare
Intelligence - produces highly focused and actionable dashboard
reports that serve as population health and risk management solutions.
Keet
- helps patients and physical therapists manage complex therapy
programs. For therapists, they save them time building custom treatment
plans and deliver them relevant data on the patient experience. For
patients, they give them an easy to follow roadmap for success.
Tesser
Health - provides a suite of products to improve patient engagement
through chronic condition management, smart triage tools and medication
adherence.
Transformair
- is a technology that completely destroys air pollutants,
converting them into trace amounts of water and carbon dioxide. This
eliminates the triggers of asthma, allergies and sickness in the air.
Sensentia
- works to reduce the cost, and improve the effectiveness, of the
healthcare system, through automation, unlocking access to information
for both consumers and providers through a new genre of natural-language
self-service tools.
Symptify
- creates a virtual doctor visit, using a patent-pending, algorithmic
engine to help users narrow the causes of their symptoms, find the
closest place to get care and give a heads-up when going to a facility.
About Healthbox
Healthbox is the preeminent source of healthcare innovation and drives
actionable collaboration between inventors, entrepreneurs and the
healthcare industry. Our studio programs offer serious entrepreneurs the
candid, unparalleled healthcare industry access and insight needed to
succeed in a complex marketplace. We also partner with leading
healthcare organizations to advance a culture of idea generation,
business creation and external collaboration. With operations in Boston,
Chicago, Florida, Nashville, Salt Lake City and London, Healthbox is
building a strong, global community dedicated to driving change in
healthcare. Healthbox has a portfolio of more than 75 active companies
and strategic partnerships with more than 30 healthcare organizations.
For more information, visit www.healthbox.com.
About GuideWell
GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation is a not-for-profit mutual holding
company that is the parent to a family of forward-thinking companies
focused on transforming health care. The GuideWell companies include:
Florida Blue (Florida's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan), GuideWell
Health (a health care delivery company), GuideWell Connect (a health
care consumer marketing company), and Diversified Service Options (an
administrative and claims processing company for state and federal
health care programs). For more information, visit www.GuideWell.com.
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