Meet the Founders Making Interoperability in Healthcare a Reality

Thanks to these 17 StartUp Health companies, the era of digital health information has finally arrived.

We’re more connected, more digital and more flooded with data than ever. So why is interoperability still a problem in our healthcare systems? That’s the question the founders of the 17 startups below are asking, in hopes of improving patient health outcomes, streamlining services and payments, and empowering individuals with greater access to their own medical records.

They have plenty of momentum behind them. In 2016, congress passed the 21st Century Cures Act, drafted to promote innovation and testing of new solutions to promote health data sharing. Last year, the US Department of Health and Human Services introduced new rules to improve data exchange; among other things, the rules indicate that electronic health information should be available to patients at no cost.

But while the Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) used by most hospitals and care providers should make it easy to manage and share data, these systems can be cumbersome to use, requiring doctors to spend hours each day behind their computer screens instead of face-to-face with patients. And believe it or not, most medical data sharing still happens via fax machine. As a result, information is siloed in networks and devices, communication is sluggish and patients too seldom receive the timely care they deserve.

These founders from the StartUp Health portfolio are moving beyond the limitations of our outdated health systems and connecting patients, care providers, insurers, researchers and innovators with the valuable information they need. WIth their help, interoperability in healthcare is no longer out of reach.

Aschkan Abdul-Malek

CEO, AlemHealth

Aschkan is on a mission to make radiologists available everywhere, for everyone. AlemHealth has developed a low-cost AI “radiologist in a box” that connects hospitals, imaging centers and radiologists to a global provider network and provides them with AI at the point of care, all at a price they can afford.

Message Aschkan via email at alemhealth@startuphealth.com.

Dr. Rick Pionkowski

Co-Founder & CMIO, Julota

Julota is the “glue” connecting organizations to patients in order to promote a holistic treatment that addresses a person’s health, wellness and social needs. The company’s platform is designed to allow health and personal information to be shared securely in order for community-based organizations, such as social service organizations, transportation providers and shelters, to find patients, identify problems, perform assessments, manage consents and build cross-sector, community-wide care teams.

Message Rick via email at julota@startuphealth.com.

James Hilton

COO, Clusio

Clusio is a desktop and mobile platform designed to store, track and validate medical procedures. The platform gives clinicians the only software they will ever need to manage their clinical competency simply and effectively.

Learn more about Clusio: https://www.clus.io/.

Eran Kabakov

CEO, Docola

At Docola, transforming doctor-patient communication is all about less repeating and more treating. The company’s responsive web platform collects content from a provider’s computer, mobile phone, YouTube, or Docola’s integrated patient education marketplace; combines content into courses to “prescribe” to patients; and allows providers to collect participation data in order to optimize clinical and business workflows.

Message Eran via email at docola@startuphealth.com.

Grace Chen

Co-Founder & CEO, LucidAct Health

At LucidAct, Grace and her team have developed a workflow and machine learning technology to automate administrative manual processes and dramatically improve accuracy and efficiency. LucidAct’s AI assistant enables administrators and care teams to do the right thing at the right time, or take a more optimal step that obviates several inefficient and/or ineffective steps in order to streamline clinical care.

Message Grace via email at lucidact@startuphealth.com.

Donald Vetal and Stacy Pervall

Co-Founders, LyfLynks

Donald and Stacy believe family caregiving is the keystone to improving population health. For family caregivers who struggle balancing work and life with caring for their aging parents, LyfLynks is a care hub that integrates smart monitoring technologies, a 24x7 call center, and a vetted support network that delivers high-touch, high-tech advocacy to simplify lives and reduce the stressors of caregiving.

Message Donald and Stacy via email at lyflynks@startuphealth.com.

Santiago Troncar

CEO, FutureDocs

FutureDocs is on a mission to provide every patient and doctor with free mobile health technologies and digital education. Its platforms improve chronic disease outcomes by providing free technologies to empower both patients and their care providers.

Message Santiago via email at futuredocs@startuphealth.com.

Dimas Francisco Silva, Jr.

Founder & CEO, Medcloud

Medcloud is on a mission to revolutionize the patient experience around imaging. The company’s care coordination solution replaces outdated PACS systems to improve workflows for providers and care for patients.

Message Dimas via email at medcloud@startuphealth.com.

Ben Flynn

Founder & CEO, Zeleo

Zeleo is creating a world where everyone has the tools and knowledge necessary to take care of themselves and their loved ones. For healthcare providers who are looking to increase patient awareness and compliance, Zeleo is a platform that automates a workflow for a patient and their care team.

Message Ben via email at zeleo@startuphealth.com.

Brian Weirich

Founder & CEO, imoonlite

imoonlite is on a mission to eliminate hospital readmissions for chronically ill and elderly patients by 2028. The software platform makes it possible for healthcare systems to effectively schedule home visits for these vulnerable populations.

Message Brian via email at imoonlite@startuphealth.com.

Anupam Khandelwal

CEO, SageSurfer

SageSurfer is a behavioral and healthcare management platform and mobile app with patented AI and machine learning features that discovers trends, collects latent data and anticipates problems. The company’s unique approach streamlines the engagement of professional and non-professional caregivers in treatment through technology, provides interventions in real time and informs care teams about progress and care immediately.

Message Anupam via email at sagesurfer@startuphealth.com.

Matías Spanier

CEO and Co-Founder, Omnia Salud

Matías is on a moonshot to bring all healthcare in Latin America into the digital era. For Latin American medical providers, the vast majority of whom live by paper records, Omnia Salud is an integrated billing, scheduling and EHR solution platform that fully digitizes their practice.

Message Matías via email at omniasalud@startuphealth.com.

Tatyana Kanzaveli

Co-Founder, Open Health Network

Open Health Network is empowering healthcare organizations through a Patient Experience Management System. The system enables rapid development of AI-powered chatbots and mobile and voice apps, and it includes an enterprise-grade content management system to keep everything updated automatically.

Message Tatyana via email at openhealth@startuphealth.com.

Paulo Gusmão, Sergio Gusmão and Dr. Cid Gusmão

Co-Founders, OTAWAhealth

OTAWAhealth and its partner oncology clinic, Centro de Combate ao Câncer (CCC), have cranked out a suite of digital healthcare management platforms for hospitals, clinics and medical teams, with a focus on oncology. OTAWAonco, an oncology-specific CMS, and its mobile app, OTAWAcare, promote collaboration between clinicians, hospitals and payors, which in turn helps to simplify the complexity of the healthcare system, eases the strain on limited resources and automates adherence to regulations.

Message Paulo via email at otawa@startuphealth.com.

Jesús Miguel Perez

Founder, TedCas

TedCas is radically transforming the operating room for surgeons who need hands-free access to equipment. Their plug-and-play device controls any medical computer using only gestures and voice commands. TedCas has been used by over twenty surgeons across seven hospitals, has distribution agreements in six countries, and has partnered with HCA Healthcare, La Paz, AMC and CUN.

Message Jesús via email at tedcas@startuphealth.com.

Kelli Thomas-Drake

CEO & Founder, MyPurpleFolder

MyPurpleFolder is on a mission to make healthcare information access simple, free and seamless. The MyPurpleFolder app integrates with EMRs to provide patients and their care providers with a “master key” that unlocks all patient portals. Patients can simply open the app and receive all of their health information right at their fingertips.

Message Kelli via email at mypurplefolder@startuphealth.com.

Deepak Patri, Madhav Puvvena and Chandrika Manepally

Co-Founders, LeaLabs

For providers that care for chronic disease patients, LeaLabs’ population health platform provides targeted and customizable portals and apps to providers and patients to enable high-touch intervention for multiple conditions. The platform provides deep insights through a tailored AI engine to improve outcomes for both patients and providers.

Message Deepak via email at lealabs@startuphealth.com.

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