Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge Names Eleven Finalists
December 16 2019 - 8:29AM
Business Wire
Companies selected for innovative
technology-driven solutions to improve how people access, manage
and finance healthcare
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has named 11 companies as
finalists for the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, which
brings together leading-edge startups with prominent health
companies to tackle some of North America’s greatest health
challenges.
Attracting more than 2,200 startup applicants in its first three
years, the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge supports
innovative approaches and solutions for improving the way people
access, manage and finance healthcare in North America.
“This annual HealthTech challenges creates an exciting
opportunity to connect healthcare incumbents with emerging
businesses to drive health system evolution focused on improving
the lives of consumers and clinicians by enhancing access,
affordability, quality and experience,” said Brian Kalis, managing
director of digital health and innovation services at Accenture.
“We are all looking forward to the final round and awards ceremony
on February 6, 2020 in Houston when the finalists will present to
an exclusive panel of healthcare executive judges.”
Among the innovative solutions being developed by this year’s
finalists is a digital coaching program that uses evidence-based
methodology to monitor and motivate people working through drug
addiction, as well as a solution that harnesses social determinants
of health (SDoH), economic, behavioral and environmental
information to help payer and provider organizations achieve
profitable growth while optimizing healthcare delivery and
outcomes.
The finalists were selected by a panel of leading executives
from some of the world’s largest health companies during regional
events held recently at Accenture’s Innovation Hubs in Boston and
San Francisco. The finalists are:
- Capital Rx. New York City-based Capital Rx is a pharmacy
benefit manager redefining prescription drug pricing for employers,
unions and government entities. Capital Rx’s Clearinghouse ModelSM
connects pharmacies and employers to establish a marketplace for
drug pricing to reduce costs and create a better experience for
both plan sponsors and patients.
- Carrot Health. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Carrot Health
provides consumer data analytics to highlight SDoH, engage
healthcare consumers, close gaps in care, and optimize performance
for payer and provider systems. Its MarketView platform leverages a
consumer database — which includes social, economic, behavioral and
environmental information — and predictive modeling to deliver a
360-degree view of individual patients/members.
- Cleo. Based in San Francisco, Cleo combines technology with
human assistance to provide a support system that fills gaps within
the healthcare system to help guide families through the journey of
parenthood.
- DynamiCare Health. DynamiCare Health’s digital coaching program
uses evidence-based methodology to monitor and motivate people
struggling with drug, opioid, alcohol and tobacco/nicotine use.
Based in Boston, DynamiCare provides a comprehensive suite of
services — tailored to the individual and accessible anytime,
anywhere — that address the underlying factors of use and retrains
the brain, breaking the cycle of addiction.
- InsightRX. San Francisco-based InsightRX helps hospitals and
health systems transition from one-size-fits-all drug dosing to
individualized dosing based on patients’ unique pharmacology. With
an end-to-end precision dosing solution, InsightRX provides tools
to predict and optimize dosing regimens, reach and maintain
clinical targets, measure performance, and monitor clinical
outcomes.
- Lantum. A company that has had success in the UK's National
Health Service and now doing business in North America, Lantum
provides a workforce management platform for healthcare and helps
hospitals and hospital systems reduce overtime spend, improve staff
utilization and retention.
- Mira. Washington, D.C.-based Mira is building the
next-generation health delivery network starting with preventative
and urgent care. The company teams with urgent care and primary
care clinics to bring affordable prices to its members, who
typically can’t afford health insurance and don’t qualify for
state-based Medicaid programs.
- Orderly Health. Denver-based Orderly Health uses machine
learning to identify and repair inaccuracies in healthcare provider
directories, providing up-to-date information to inform healthcare
decisions.
- Paloma Health. Based in New York City, Paloma Health is an
online medical practice helping hypothyroid patients better manage
and treat their chronic condition. Paloma offers the over 25
million Americans diagnosed with hypothyroidism access to thyroid
testing, specialized treatment, and ongoing management.
- TCARE. St. Louis-based TCARE is an evidence-based family
caregiver support program that reduces long-term care claims for
Medicaid and Life/LTC insurance carriers by delaying and preventing
nursing home placement.
- Xealth. Based in Seattle, Xealth scales digital health
programs, enabling clinicians to integrate, prescribe and monitor
digital health tools for patients from their electronic health
record workflows.
The final round and awards ceremony will take place at the
Accenture Innovation Hub in Houston on Feb. 6, 2020. The judging
panel will comprise executives from globally recognized health
companies, providing the finalists with exposure and access to
industry-leading companies to help bring their ideas to market.
The Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, from Accenture’s
Health practice, is tied to Accenture Ventures, which is focused on
accelerating the adoption of early stage enterprise technology
innovations.
About Accenture
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) 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 492,000
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.
Accenture Disclaimer
Accenture’s support of the selected companies will help them as
they further develop their solutions and products. In supporting
such initiatives, however, Accenture is in no way promoting or
intending to market any one particular solution or product or
otherwise offer or market a medical device or clinical solution.
Each company uses its own operations to ensure compliance with
applicable laws and regulations.
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