 | | Health | July 22, 2016 |
Startup Highlight: JumpStartCSR
Here is another example of a young entrepreneur doing great things, JumpStartCSR combines biosensors with ergonomics to help customers from the Army to traditional orthopedic patients. The company's product, Holmz, "tracks over 80 different factors that are interpreted by it's expert system to provide evidence-based insights through an interactive user experience enabling the user and clinicians to improve performance. Holmz then goes one step farther in using this data to design and fabricate, though additive manufacturing, intelligent personalized ergonomic products designed to mitigate risks of repetitive stress injuries and improve performance."
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Quote of the Week
'At most digital health "pitchfests," it's pretty much white millennials hawking their technology to potential investors. "It's about the shiny new object that really is targeted at solving problems for wealthy individuals, the 'quantified-self' people who already track their health," Aulakh said. "Yet ....What if we could harness the energy of the larger innovation sector for some of these really critical issues facing vulnerable populations in this country?"'
- Barbara Feder Ostrov
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Click here to learn more >> | | Allison Sundberg - American Heart Association "For the 3rd year in a row, the American Heart Association in Chicago is giving away $25,000 in grant funding to startups with promising technology addressing heart disease, stroke or related chronic conditions. Applications are due August 10. See website for rules and more information. Sponsored by CVS Health." | | Mitchell Mom // Ashlee Adams - Rock Health Rock Health came out with their funding report for the first half of 2016, and they have funding dropping slightly relative to 2014 and 2015 (vs. Startup Health which had funding increase relative to both years). Check out the entire report in the link above! | | Rachel Metz - MIT Tech Review Virtual reality has been used during surgeries to calm patients down and reduce blood pressure, now it's being used as a supplement to traditional opioids. As the author mentions, "in one study, virtual reality did about as well as narcotics in reducing pain." | | Eric Wicklund - mHealth Intelligence I often include links that go over how silly Fitbits and wearables can be, so I wanted to include one about the positive impact of these technologies and how hospitals are using them to improve patient care. For example, "New York's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center is giving its multiple myeloma patients activity trackers to wear for about four months of their treatment therapy. The data collected from the trackers will be used by researchers to gauge how patients are reacting to their treatments, and to help the health system tailor the treatment to the individual." | | Stuart M. Butler - Brookings This is a great Brookings report that tries to uncover why it is that the US spends more on health care than other developed countries, yet has worse outcomes. Many are starting to think that it may have to do with, "the balance of spending in America between medical services and social services, including such things as housing assistance, food aid, and child support. Medical experts are increasingly coming to the conclusion that improving these "social determinants" often results in better long-term health than does intensive and expensive medical care." | | Barbara Feder Ostrov - NPR 'At most digital health "pitchfests," it's pretty much white millennials hawking their technology to potential investors. "It's about the shiny new object that really is targeted at solving problems for wealthy individuals, the 'quantified-self' people who already track their health," Aulakh said. "Yet ....What if we could harness the energy of the larger innovation sector for some of these really critical issues facing vulnerable populations in this country?"' | | Vanessa Mason, MPH // Erica Levine - Tincture This is part 3 of Vanessa Mason and Erica Levine's series on innovating for undeserved populations in health care. This part is all about testing hypotheses and confirming results from a potential intervention. | | | You are receiving this email because you believe that the best startup articles and videos are made by active members of the startup community. Startup Digest, © 2009-2016 by Techstars Central LLC. All rights reserved. Startup Digest is a registered trademark of Techstars Central, LLC. Privacy Policy | Terms of Use. | | |
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