StartUp Health at Frontiers Health 2019
This week, StartUp Health joins 600+ health innovators in Berlin at Frontiers Health 2019, a premier conference in the digital health space.
Today, 600+ health innovators from investment funds, life science companies, digital health hubs, insurance companies, and health tech startups are converging in Berlin’s Axica Conference Center to kick off the 2019 Frontiers Health conference. The event has fast become one of the premiere conferences in the digital health space. In addition to offering a vibrant backdrop of culture and history, the German-capital is ground zero for the country’s recent efforts to modernize their healthcare system. After decades of stagnancy, the German healthcare system opened its public health market to digital innovations this year, with the passing of the DVG (Digital healthcare law) in parliament.
“Frontiers Health has become a true platform for the digital health innovation ecosystem to thrive,” said Roberto Ascione, CEO at Healthware Group and former Chairman at Frontiers Health in an interview with StartUp Health last year. “It’s a unique global gathering of people driving the digital transformation of health and fostering collaborations and convergence between industry players in pharma, consumer health, device, insurance and innovative start-ups.”
The conference runs through Friday, Nov 15. This year’s agenda includes showcases and panel discussions on rising health tech like VR and robotics, pitches and discovery demos by startups, and deep dives into regional and trend-specific health innovation topics like Asia’s evolving healthcare system and the rise of strategic venture in U.S. healthcare. This year, StartUp Health is represented at the event by the below entrepreneurs from our global army of Health Transformers who are sharing their vision for health innovation.
If you’re in Berlin, look us up.
Rachel Trobman
Co-Founder & CEO of Upside Health (Ouchie)
Trobman is on a moonshot mission to eliminate the devastation of chronic pain. Ouchie’s patient app delivers targeted educational content, rewards for functional achievements and an active community, enabling suffers to be connected to a support system to help them manage their conditions. Upside Health’s app also lets patients monitor and record their pain up-to-the-minute so they can see how certain treatments affect their symptoms. Ouchie’s corresponding provider dashboard allows patients’ clinicians to remotely monitor treatment progress and make adjustments to increase efficacy, enabling them to make money while supporting patients better. Ouchie is already in use by thousands of patients and is the official patient engagement app of the U.S. Pain Foundation.
Message Rachel via email at upsidehealth@startuphealth.com.
Leon Eisen, PhD
Co-Founder & CEO, Oxitone Medical
Eisen is on a mission to keep people healthier at home with the help of hospital grade, digital continuous care. Founded in 2010 with Co-founder and CTO, Ofer Harpak, Eisen’s Israeli-based medical device company, Oxitone Medical, enables at-home care using the world’s first FDA-cleared wrist pulse oximetry monitor. The device is equipped with an AI-powered early disease detection and alert system, helping high-risk patients who are likely to develop comorbid conditions or associated health complications manage their health. Their companion mobile application connects patients to Oxitone’s care provider cloud portal, enabling real-time data tracking, predictive analytics tools, timely clinical intervention and patient rehab and support services. Partnerships include the Texas Medical System, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Drexel University, and Cigna, among others, with sleep apnea, COPD, and lung transplant patient studies underway.
Message Leon Eisen, PhD via email at oxitone@startuphealth.com.
Nilesh Jain
Co-founder & Director, CliniVantage Healthcare
With a goal of “One Citizen, One Record,” CliniVantage is a smart future facing healthcare solution that was designed to transform the way healthcare stakeholders interact with each other. This digital data mobility platform empowers consumers with mobile applications and health providers with an end-to-end PaaS-based solution that integrates operational, clinical, administration, financial, and consumer-centric services. With presence in India and expansion into Africa, CliniVantage already reaches 6.5 million patients with its future-facing system.
Message Nilesh Jain via email at clinivantage@startuphealth.com.
Marina Borukhovich
Co-founder & CEO, YourCoach
Borukhovich is on a moonshot to have nine billion people live healthy lifestyles. At YourCoach, she’s developed a client management solution that empowers health coaches to build their businesses while surrounding their clients with the expertise needed to live a healthy life. The platform serves as a refueling station for coaches, offering them a digital space to connect and be mentored by their peers. It also creates a common ground for groups of coaches (called Squads) to form around individual clients in order to deliver coordinated, personal care from any combination of health and wellness professionals, be it a nutritionist, a meditation expert, or therapist; the kind of personalized care Borukhovich says she wishes she’d had in her early years of building her own health coaching career. With complete workflow and administration features for new client signup, payment, and outcomes tracking, in addition to video chats, texts, and scheduling tools, she and her team at YourCoach have created what has the potential to be the first one-stop-shop for health coaches. Currently, coaches and educators have to bounce between various associations and digital toolkits to gather the resources needed to do their jobs effectively.
Message Marina via email at yourcoach@startuphealth.com.
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