@article{._2018, title={2nd Annual Innovation Ignition Competition 2018}, url={https://blockchainhealthcaretoday.com/index.php/journal/article/view/68}, abstractNote={<p>The competition invited entries focusing on the following areas:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Reducing health systems and patient out-of-pocket costs</strong></li> <li><strong>Designing for the level of a patient’s mobility</strong></li> <li><strong>Educating patients on new technology, use, application, and outcomes</strong></li> <li><strong>Enhanced standard of care for care-giving, remote care, elderly care, and urban care</strong>  </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> <p>1. AmericanTelephysicians (ATP)<br> 2. BitMED_io<br> 3. Cohealth<br> 4. Debut mHealth’s Debut Protocol<br> 5. Digipharm’s Reimburse<br> 6. Happify<br> 7. Health Innovation’s WillChain <br>8. Knowmadics  </p> <p>We congratulate the<em> <strong>2nd Annual </strong><strong>Innovation Ignition Competition Winners</strong>:</em></p> <p>1st Place: <strong><a href="https://happify.com/health/">Happify Health</a></strong><br> 2nd Place: <strong><a href="https://www.bitmed.io/">BitMEd</a></strong></p> <p>Honorable Mention: <a href="https://twitter.com/willchain_live"><strong>WillChain</strong> </a></p> <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><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/arkwrightbt">Bryan Arkwright</a> </strong>Managing Consultant / Professor, Schumacher Clinical Partners / Wake Forest University School of Law</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/fennie_wang.1ymfy4un">Fennie Wang</a> </strong>COO and Chief of Regulatory, OpenWater Capital</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/gadecker"> Anton Decker</a> </strong>President, Health Innovation, Bon Secours Mercy Health</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/gary_german.1xuvp8k4">Gary German</a> </strong>Founder, and CEO, Nonnatech</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/gil.alterovitz">Gil Alterovitz, PhD</a> </strong>Faculty, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Medical School</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/jhalamka">John D. Halamka, MD, MS</a> </strong>John D. Halamka, MD, MS, CIO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Chairman, New England Healthcare Exchange Network (NEHEN), Co-Chair, HIT Standards Committee, Professor, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess System</p> <p><strong><a href="https://convergetoaccelerate2018.sched.com/artist/karim30">Karim Babay</a> </strong>CEO & Chief Investment Officer, Intrinsic Value Investment Partners</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>}, journal={Blockchain in Healthcare Today}, author={., .}, year={2018}, month={Nov.} }