Accenture Calls for Applications for the HealthTech Innovation Challenge
June 08 2017 - 8:33AM
Business Wire
Program, now in its second year, fosters
next-generation technology and innovation in the healthcare
industry
Accenture (NYSE:ACN) today announced it will continue to serve
as a catalyst for identifying and engaging with emerging innovators
and disruptors with the second annual Accenture HealthTech
Innovation Challenge. Building on the success of the inaugural
program in which 500 startups participated, the Accenture
HealthTech Innovation Challenge brings together leading-edge
startups with prominent health and life sciences companies to
tackle some of the world’s greatest health challenges including
access, affordability and transparency.
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As part of Accenture’s broader HealthTech Innovation program,
startups will compete to bring innovative technology and creative
solutions forward to improve the way people access and manage
healthcare. Selected finalists will present to an exclusive panel
of judges, comprised of senior executives from globally-recognized
health and life sciences companies, gaining exposure and access to
these industry-leading companies to bring their ideas to market.
Startup businesses can enter by clicking here until September 1,
2017.
“Our global innovation program brings together startups and top
tier life sciences companies and healthcare providers to tackle
some of the world’s key digital challenges, providing the
components needed for meaningful transformation through curiosity,
co-creation and collaboration,” said Anne O’Riordan, senior
managing director of Accenture Life Sciences and co-author
of Healthcare Disrupted. “Engagement last year was
overwhelmingly positive and the success of the Accenture HealthTech
Innovation Challenge is a testament to the role we play with our
clients and in the industry at large as we help them rotate to the
NEW.”
The four categories startup companies can enter in
the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge are:
- Help ME better manage my
health where applicants address how consumers (patients,
caregivers or families) can get the right health information and
services at the right time; how people’s lifestyle needs be better
understood to optimize care.
- Help ME get better
faster where applicants address how services can be
provided to support care plan adherence and improved outcomes; how
real world evidence and/or non-traditional data streams can be used
to improve patient outcomes.
- Help ME have better and easier
access to healthcare where
applicants address how the underserved or remote
populations get access to better trained and skilled healthcare
workers and the right treatment for improved health and lifestyle
needs.
- Help keep MY information private and
secure where applicants address how personal health information
can be kept both private and secure while enabling information
sharing and improved experience.
Key criteria applications should address when applying include
providing an innovative solution, design quality of the solution,
disruptive business model, potential impact on patient outcomes and
a scalable solution.
“Accenture works as a bridge maker that connects fresh ideas
from startups with a broad spectrum of stakeholders to help
accelerate ideas and drive rapid, low-cost solutions to the
industry’s toughest challenges,” said Brian Kalis, managing
director of digital health and innovation services, Accenture. “We
look forward to continuing to facilitate open innovation as
startups around the globe further demonstrate the momentum of
digital innovation in healthcare.”
Three initial pitching sessions will take place in Singapore on
October 26; London on November 3; and Boston on November 9.
Selected startups will be invited to pitch to an exclusive panel of
judges that includes senior executives from leading health and life
sciences companies. The established health and life sciences
companies involved in the program will gain exposure to fully
vetted, cutting-edge technologies as they evolve and potentially
disrupt the healthcare industry.
The final judging round will take place at the StartUp
Health Festival in San Francisco during the JP Morgan
Healthcare Conference January 8, 2018. Accenture is the Lead
Innovation Partner of the festival which brings together over 2,000
of the world’s leading healthcare innovators and investors. The top
entrants in each category will gain exposure and access to leading
companies in their target market or therapeutic area. They
will also be offered the opportunity to participate in StartUp
Health’s Moonshot Academy program.
This program from Accenture’s Health and Life Sciences
practices is tied to Accenture Ventures, which is focused on
accelerating the adoption of early stage enterprise technology
innovations.
About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company,
providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy,
consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched
experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries
and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest
delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business
and technology to help clients improve their performance and create
sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately
401,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries,
Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and
lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.
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