COVID-19 News Round-Up | Jul 28, 2020
Recent pandemic response news & stories from StartUp Health portfolio companies
bene : studio to Host Online Networking Event for UX in HealthTech, Featuring HealthTalk AI, MyPurpleFolder, and Aimee Health
COVID-19 has forced healthtech companies to reevaluate the importance of the user experience (UX) and shifts in users’ digital literacy. As healthtech platforms are becoming more popular, UX has to be a bigger priority to empower people to understand and utilize services efficiently. This event, featuring the founders of HealthTalk AI, MyPurpleFolder, and Aimee Health, is an opportunity to share knowledge, grow both local and international healthtech ecosystems, encourage personal development, and pinpoint ways to create a positive impact in healthcare.
Tickit Health Solution to Be Used by Schools
As students head back to school in Surrey, BC, the school district wants to know how families of their students are coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, they are using the Back 2 School Readiness Assessment tool, created in collaboration with Tickit Health. The tool addresses families’ needs through an empathic interactive screening and support tool.
Elder Care Facilities Using CarePredict Wearables and Apps for Coronavirus Contact Tracing
Nursing homes and other centers housing older Americans are turning to technology to address the spread of COVID-19. CarePredict has spent months working with senior living communities to deploy suites of technology that let staff members know who to quarantine, what to clean, and how to keep others safe. The company’s chief business officer Gerald Wilmink said its technology was key to helping facilities reopen for families desperate to see loved ones.
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Upcoming Virtual Events With StartUp Health Companies
Secure Sharing and Sending of Medical Data — What Providers Need to Know in 2020
Wed, Jul 29, 1pm ET / 10am PT
Join Linda VanHorn, Founder/CEO of iShare Medical and DirectTrust Board Member, as she discusses the ushering in of a new decade of connected healthcare in which sharing medical data is essential for patient care and new payment models. Access to a patient’s medical data helps to improve care, reduce cost, and save time.
Innovation, Advocacy and Maternal Care: Bringing New Life to DC’s Maternal Care Desert
Wed, Jul 29, 6pm ET / 3pm PT
Babyscripts recognizes the need for creative solutions for health-challenged populations and created a model in which payers could subsidize the cost of their virtual maternity solution for patients. Join Babyscripts and a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist from GW-MFA to discuss partnerships between innovators, healthcare providers, and payers to make the biggest strides toward solving the healthcare crisis.
UX & Telehealth Rapidconf
Thu, Jul 30, 11am ET / 8am PT / 4pm GMT+1
As healthtech platforms are becoming more popular, UX has to be a bigger priority to empower people to understand and utilize services efficiently. Learn from top speakers, including the founders of HealthTalk AI, MyPurpleFolder, and Aimee Health, on how to improve user experience. Build meaningful connections across the US, UK & Ireland, Benelux, Scandinavia, and DACH regions.
Grief & Loss in the Menopause Transition
Thu, Jul 30, 4pm ET / 1pm PT
Join Gennev Health Coach Katie Linville as she speaks with Kathleen Putnam, a life coach with a specialization in life’s transitions through grief and loss. Learn to heal in a safe space with an experienced guide.
Managing Budgets in a Pandemic: How to Drive Pharmacy Revenue and Provide Cost-Effective Medication Options to Patients
Wed, Aug 12, 2pm ET / 11am PT
With patient volumes returning, health systems are thinking strategically about how to recover lost revenues and return to business-as-usual. One often-overlooked opportunity for incremental revenue is the pharmacy department. Hospital and health system teams should join RxRevu for a discussion on prescribing behavior, hospital revenues, patient safety and cost-consciousness, and tools that can support pharmacy capture and revenue.
Health Transformer Showcase: Health Moonshots in the COVID Era
Thu, Aug 13, 2pm ET / 10am PT
In-person care visits are still roughly one-third lower than what was seen before the pandemic. Meet five CEOs and founders from the StartUp Health portfolio that are on a mission to achieve health moonshots by delivering innovative ways to track and manage health conditions virtually in the COVID era. Request an invite.
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