Health Tech Innovations: Drinks & Demos

For this edition of our very popular Drinks & Demos series we will delve into health & tech. Come out on Thursday, March 26th to CityCoho's new upstairs event space for free food, drink specials, and the chance to check out some of the latest and greatest health tech innovations. The founders and developers of 6-8 innovative companies will be on hand for one-on-one demonstrations, and to answer any business or technical questions you might have.

Schedule:

6:00: Networking with snacks and beverages kicks off

6:45: Keynote Speech & Lighting Round Introduction of Demo Companies

7:15: Demos, networking and drinks

8:15: Last call for questions!

Keynote Speaker:

Tom Olenzak l @IBX (https://twitter.com/IBX)

Director of Innovation & Corporate Development; Managing Director of the Independence Strategic Innovation Portfolio at Independence Blue Cross (http://www.ibx.com/)

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Tom Olenzak is Director of Innovation and Corporate Development for Independence Blue Cross, as well as Managing Director of the Independence Strategic Innovation Portfolio. Independence is the leading health insurer in southeastern Pennsylvania serving more than seven million people nationwide, including 2.2 million in the region.

Through the Independence Center for Health Care Innovation, which seeks to develop a culture of innovation within the company, Tom leads the company’s efforts to identify external sources of innovation to support the company’s objectives; and to help lead a dialog among institutions across the health care ecosystem to address some of the largest issues impacting the cost and quality of healthcare. Tom is a Managing Director of the Independence Strategic Innovation Portfolio, which makes investments in venture capital funds and emerging health care information technology companies that support Independence’s strategic initiatives.

Tom’s past experience includes twenty years of entrepreneurial, venture capital, and senior management experience in the health care and information technology industries. He has held Corporate Development and Strategy executive roles at technology companies including First Consulting Group and Integrated Systems Consulting Group. He was a Managing Director of the First Ventures Healthcare and Life Sciences Venture Fund and a Healthcare IT Venture Partner with Safeguard Scientifics. He was a founder and CEO of Cutting Edge Computer Solutions. Tom is a graduate of Princeton University and lives in Malvern, Pennsylvania.

Demo Companies:

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Better Alerts (https://betteralerts.com/) l @MyBetterAlerts (https://twitter.com/MyBetterAlerts)

Better Alerts LLC is a medical alert app that works in conjunction with smartphones and Pebble Smart Watches to bring high-tech, leading-edge technology to caregivers and their loved ones. Founder Doug Hopkins and his team have over 20 years of experience in the medical alert industry. Throughout their careers in the field, they noticed a lack of advancement in medical alert products as other technology improved. Because of this, Doug created Better Alerts: a system that detects falls and immediately alerts caregivers, sends medicine reminders to caregivers and their loved ones, allows caregivers to set a “Safe Zone” which will send alerts with GPS tracking when a loved one leaves a designated area, allows users to contact up to 10 caregivers or contact 911 using the buttons on the Pebble Smart Watch, and sends daily activity reports to caregivers. Better Alerts strives to make the connection between caregivers and loved ones more reliable and responsive.

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ThirdEye (http://thirdeyeglass.com/) l @ThirdEye_Glass (https://twitter.com/ThirdEye_Glass)

We believe in empowering the blind with independence. Thus, we built ThirdEye: a product that uses smart glasses to verbally tell visually impaired persons what they are looking at. Let's beat biology with technology; help us convert our vision to a reality! See a demo at ThirdEyeGlass.com.

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BioBots (http://www.biobots.io/) | @BioBots (https://twitter.com/biobots)

20 Years from now, patients with kidney failure, lung cancer, cirrhosis, and other organ failures are going to be able to receive custom replacement organs built by 3D bioprinters and constructed out of their own cells. We have built a desktop 3D bioprinter that uses a new process for building with life that lets us build more complex structures than has ever been possible. We allow people to print living tissue and build with life.

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Biomeme (http://www.biomeme.com/) | @BiomemeInc (https://twitter.com/biomemeinc)

Biomeme is the first platform for personal DNA analysis anywhere. With no experience or lab equipment, you can perform private lab-grade tests to better understand yourself and your world – mutations in your genome, microbes in your biomes, infectious diseases, environmental contaminants, food-borne pathogens, GMOs and more. Our cutting-edge hand-held platform performs to the gold standard used by the world's most advanced central labs -- but at 1/10th the cost and 1/100th the size. Visit our booth to try the world's first at-home genetic test.

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EyeIC (http://www.eyeic.com/) l @EyeIC_Support (https://twitter.com/EyeIC_Support)

EyeIC is a leading digital health provider of software and systems that aid clinicians in the early detection and management of retinal eye disease in at-risk populations. Based in Wayne, PA, its MatchedFlicker software helps eye specialists more accurately detect retinal disease progression at its earliest stages using digital fundus photos by automatically generating animations that enable viewers to immediately ‘spot the difference’ between a pair of nearly identical images. Also, the EyePACS Solution enables the nearly 30 million diabetic patients in the U.S. to obtain recommended annual retinal exams for early disease detection as part of a regular primary care visit. The system utilizes standard ophthalmic photographic equipment in the primary care office, combined with remote interpretations by eye doctors via telemedicine to ensure high quality assessment of risk for vision loss due to retinal disease, but in a much more convenient and efficient manner than relying on a referral to an eye doctor.

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SurgeryTrack (http://www.surgerytrack.com/) l @SurgeryTrack (https://twitter.com/surgerytrack)

SurgeryTrack is an extremely simple tool for surgeons and care teams to obtain real-time data about their patients’ preparation and recovery from surgery. Surgeons create and prescribe treatment specific "track packs" for their patients. Patients are invited to download the app to their iOS or Android device. They are then notified throughout the recovery to answers questions to a series of asynchronous messages relating to the day of surgery. Questions like "take a picture of your incision", "rate your level of pain”, or “what is your range of motion" are typical items of a track pack. But the system is capable of allowing the surgeon to decide what to ask, and when, as part of their own personal track pack and the analytics from the data help the care team decide how people are recovering. To learn more see http://youtu.be/sVGvcHo_Lpk or surgerytrack.com

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TowerView Health (http://towerviewhealth.com/) l @TowerViewHealth (https://twitter.com/TowerViewHealth)

TowerView Health helps chronically ill patients manage complex medication regimens. Patients using our service receive pre-filled medication trays that insert into our proprietary connected pillbox, like a K-Cup fits into a Keurig coffee machine. Our pillbox senses when patients forget medication doses and sends automated text message or phone reminders to patients and their loved ones. We work directly with nurses at hospitals and insurance companies to target outreach to patients who need it most.

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