2nd Annual Innovation Ignition Competition

<p>The competition invited entries focusing on the following areas:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Reducing health systems and patient out-of-pocket costs</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Designing for the level of a patient’s mobility</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Educating patients on new technology, use, application, and outcomes</strong></p></li><li><p><strong>Enhanced standard of care for care-giving, remote care, elderly care, and urban care </strong> </p></li></ul><p>Applicants were asked to demonstrate how products and services directly impact the telehealth and blockchain health technology sectors. Products/services had to be GDPR and/or HIPAA compliant. Contestants submitted detailed applications from which judges selected eight (8) finalists for a 5 minute lightning round pitch conducted at ConV2X. </p><p>The Finalists, in alpha order, by company are:</p><ul><li><p>1. AmericanTelephysicians (ATP)</p></li><li><p>2. BitMED_io</p></li><li><p>3. Cohealth</p></li><li><p>4. Debut mHealth's Debut Protocol</p></li><li><p>5. Digipharm's Reimburse</p></li><li><p>6. Happify</p></li><li><p>7. Health Innovation's WillChain</p></li><li><p>8. Knowmadics </p></li></ul><p>We congratulate the 2nd Annual Innovation Ignition Competition Winners:</p><ul><li><p>1st Place: Happify Health</p></li><li><p>2nd Place: BitMEd</p></li><li><p>Honorable Mention: WillChain </p></li></ul><p>Judges used six criterion to select winners: (1) identification of medical problem, (2) technical solution, (3) relevance to healthcare sector and technology, (4) ability to monetize, (5) caliber and expertise of team, and (6) overall impression. </p><p><strong>Judges</strong>:</p><p><strong>Bryan Arkwright</strong> Managing Consultant / Professor, Schumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law</p><p><strong>Fennie Wang</strong> COO and Chief of Regulatory, OpenWater Capital</p><p><strong>Anton Decker</strong> President, Health Innovation, Bon Secours Mercy Health</p><p><strong>Gary German</strong> Founder, and CEO, Nonnatech</p><p>