NINTH ANNUAL EVENT HELD AT ADOLPHUS HOTEL IN DALLAS
Innovate and Accelerate is the theme for the two-day, invitation only event. Dallas Innovates is on the scene and giving you a look at what goes on behind the scenes, during the speaker and panel sessions, and at the Health Innovation Pitch Competition.
On Wednesday, the first-ever Health Innovation Pitch Competition, organized by Health Wildcatters, took place at the annual conference.
“We are thrilled to have so many ground-breaking companies that are creating a new era of healthcare apply to the competition,” said Health Wildcatters CEO Hubert Zajicek. “Since 11 of the 15 selected are from outside the Dallas region, we have a chance to highlight the strong health innovation environment in North Texas.”
“We are thrilled to have so many ground-breaking companies that are creating a new era of healthcare apply to the competition.”
– Hubert Zajicek.
Fifteen health-care startups (including four from North Texas), chosen from nearly 100 applicants, had five minutes to make their pitch for a chance to win $5,000 from Health Wildcatters and a legal services package from Polsinelli, a law firm that focuses on early stage and healthcare industry companies.
Here’s a list of the companies pitching at the competition:
- Admetsys is a novel artificial pancreas (automated blood glucose control system) for hospital and surgical care that improves health outcomes at lower cost.
- Agewell Biometrics, cloud-analytics means quantified vitality for seniors and improved value for care providers.
- Cariloop, @Cariloop, provides comprehensive services and tools that help families plan for and manage the care of aging loved ones.
- EverlyWell’s, @everlywellness, vision is to be the Amazon of diagnostic testing; a direct-to-consumer health testing company that provides innovative, at-home test kits, and redesigned lab results.
- Flow MedTech, @FlowMedTech, is a medical device startup focused on preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation.
- Innovator Health, @innovatorhealth, is a physician-led company that believes health care is about relationships, not technology.
- Iris Plans, @Irisplans, delivers disease-specific advance care planning via telehealth to patients with serious chronic illness, reducing cost by 25 percent with better outcomes.
- Loren Medical Devices has developed a patented catheter that permits a smaller needle to increase flow rate in a less invasive, less damaging, and less painful manner.
- MedZed, @MyMedZed, is where primary care comes home.
- Noninvasix, is a noninvasive alternative for brain oxygenation monitoring in the NICU.
- Pacient, @pacientcare delivers easy-to-understand information to help people navigate healthcare with confidence.
- Socrates Health Solutions, @SocratesHealth, Companion is a small, inexpensive device, which measures a diabetic’s blood glucose level without a finger prick, blood drop or a strip.
- teleCalm, @teleCalm, is a caregiver-managed home phone service designed for seniors living with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
- VaultMR, @VaultMR, is the intuitive way to manage a patient’s medical journey in one collaborative and secured system.
Winners will be announced at a reception Wednesday evening. Come back here for all the latest coverage and be sure to check out our photo gallery, which will be updated regularly.
The conference will continue through Thursday.
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SOCIAL MEDIA
Here’s our latest roundup of top tweets from the Healthcare Dealmakers Conference. For up-to-
Impressive lineup at Healthcare Innovators Pitch Competition! Congrats to @Polsinelli @HWildCatters #2016HDC
— Rob Topping (@ToppingCapital) May 25, 2016
"A medical device preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation" @FlowMedTech #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/S2SvBE0r16
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
Great time today at #2016HDC in #Dallas, thanks to @HWildCatters and @Polsinelli for including us!
— Cariloop (@Cariloop) May 26, 2016
Check the full recap of the #2016HDC Pitch Competition from Dallas Innovates! https://t.co/bArCt8umIi pic.twitter.com/OxiG7HNboe
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 27, 2016
Congrats to @SocratesHealth for winning the Pitch Competition at the 2016 Healthcare Dealmakers Conference. #2016HDC pic.twitter.com/OLL9F16CtQ
— Polsinelli (@Polsinelli) May 26, 2016
#2016HDC – Economic Update – "people in their 50's moving in with their parents" pic.twitter.com/SYEDGScZvt
— Hubert Zajicek (@HubertZajicek) May 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/rjallen1108/status/735880140459147264
"We have to understand big data in a meaningful way so we can use it and know the risk that's identified." Jane Arnold @Polsinelli #2016HDC
— Dallas Innovates (@DallasInnovates) May 26, 2016
HC remedies w/ the greatest impact address socioeconomic determinants vs interventions or preventions #2016HDC pic.twitter.com/XAaHwHF7ff
— Celine Garrett (@HCBizDevGenXer) May 26, 2016
"One of the models of care is creating a convenient access point for the patient to come to you"-Warren Skea @PwC_LLP #2016HDC
— Dallas Innovates (@DallasInnovates) May 26, 2016
"85% of doctors say that wearables are helping to connect patients to the doctors, improving American's health", @CamdenPartners1 #2016HDC
— Dallas Innovates (@DallasInnovates) May 26, 2016
https://twitter.com/JuliaTCheek/status/735629453406048256
"A noninvasive alternative for brain oxygenation monitoring in the NICU" @noninvasix #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/yYVwxLjONK
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"Cloud-analytic fall prevention program for the caregivers of seniors" Agewell Biometrics #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/AXWaeZU7sp
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
The intuitive way to manage a patients medical journey in 1 collaborative system @VaultMr #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/DPyPcdrWJ8
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
A caregiver managed home phone service for seniors living with Alzheimers @teleCalm #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/GyUuIWW3IS
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
A patented catheter that uses a smaller needle to increase flow rate in a less invasive way @Loren_MD_2015 #2016HDC pic.twitter.com/EFxAP6ohmf
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"Who has not written a check?" @HubertZajicek at Healthcare Innovators Pitch Competition, happening now. @Polsinelli @HWildCatters #2016HDC
— Quincy Preston (@QuincyPreston) May 25, 2016
An artificial pancreas for hospitals & surgical care that improves health outcomes at lower cost @admetsys #2016HDC pic.twitter.com/rOx6WVvvOS
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"A medical device preventing strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation" @FlowMedTech #2016HDC Pitch Competition pic.twitter.com/S2SvBE0r16
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"@irisplans offers disease specific advance care planning via telehealth" #2016HDC pitch completion pic.twitter.com/5PvJh80oKV
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"Creating a new global standard for planning & managing transitions in life"-@Cariloop #2016HDC pitch completion pic.twitter.com/bIUB2RRNtp
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
"You can order EveryWell at home test kits online" -@everlywellness #2016HDC pitch completion pic.twitter.com/50T0ZhASPG
— Health Wildcatters (@HWildCatters) May 25, 2016
#2016HDC @HWildCatters mentor @DrDave01 – "smart phones – remote control for your life – your healthcare terminal" pic.twitter.com/x5KdPHHKzd
— Hubert Zajicek (@HubertZajicek) May 25, 2016
#2016HDC love this cartoon. Thanks Polsinelli and David Albert pic.twitter.com/MZT2d3gSQA
— Rob Topping (@ToppingCapital) May 25, 2016