MARLBOROUGH, Mass.,
March 3, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Boston
Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced six finalists in
its second annual Connected Patient Challenge, an open competition
focused on turning big data into actionable intelligence that
optimizes patient care and healthcare efficiency. The event was
developed in collaboration with the physician interactive platform,
Medstro, to foster meaningful innovation that solves today's
multifaceted healthcare challenges.
The Connected Patient Challenge received 46 submissions from
innovators worldwide, whose concepts were aimed at identifying and
closing data-driven knowledge gaps to build new capabilities and
treatment paradigms. Entries spanned healthcare categories
including patient data management and security, medication
adherence, home healthcare, clinical trial support, addiction
recovery, among many others.
"Boston Scientific would like to thank participants for
answering this year's call to unlock digital health in truly
disruptive ways using big data," said Dave
Knapp, Ph.D., vice president, Corporate Research, Boston
Scientific. "All of the ideas exchanged at the Connected Patient
Challenge have the potential to address unmet needs in today's
healthcare delivery system. The application of data analytics and
artificial intelligence has matured significantly for medical
applications, and collaboration with early stage innovators in this
space is a critical component in our ability to bring novel medical
solutions to the forefront and make a difference in patient
lives."
Finalists will be honored at an event at Google's offices in
Cambridge, Mass. on March 9, 2017, when they will present their ideas
to a panel of judges, a live audience and fellow participants. The
finalists' presentations will also be livestreamed. Two winners
will be chosen by a panel of judges and will split up to
$50,000 of in-kind services to help
them further develop or pilot their ideas.
"We were truly encouraged by the level of engagement by emerging
developers and healthcare practitioners in this year's Connected
Patient Challenge," said Jim Ryan,
chief operating officer, Medstro. "We look forward to hearing more
from the finalists at the upcoming event, and continuing to be part
of a collaborative effort to improve healthcare delivery."
The six finalists and brief summary of their concepts are as
follows (in alphabetical order):
- Heartbeats uses analyses of electrocardiogram signals
centered on the rhythm of the heartbeat to support clinical
diagnosis.
- Medumo is a mobile and web-based platform that delivers
instructions and reminders to patients to help manage their care
and facilitate clinical intervention on the part of healthcare
providers.
- MouthLab, developed by MultiSensor Diagnostics,
measures the user's breathing rate and pattern, blood pressure,
temperature, pulse rate, electrocardiogram trace, blood oxygen
saturation and lung function through the mouth.
- Pillo is a home healthcare companion that combines
artificial intelligence, medication management, and connectivity
with peripheral devices to enable proactive interaction and
increased patient adherence and engagement.
- StopCKD, a proprietary data validation and harmonization
engine developed by Dive Health, consumes electronic health
record and Medicare claims data and deploys validated predictive
models to identify patients with rapidly declining chronic kidney
disease (CKD).
- Tueo Health offers a device-enabled service for asthma
management. It uses an internet-connected contactless sensor
device in the home, personalized analytics, and a smartphone
application to measure basic physiologic parameters during sleep
that reveals early changes in asthma control.
The Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge is also
sponsored by Google, PULSE@MassChallenge, MassMEDIC, OptumLabs,
Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, Partners HealthCare, Coridea,
Redmile group and STAT.
About Boston Scientific
Boston Scientific transforms
lives through innovative medical solutions that improve the health
of patients around the world. As a global medical technology leader
for more than 35 years, we advance science for life by providing a
broad range of high performance solutions that address unmet
patient needs and reduce the cost of healthcare. For more
information, visit www.bostonscientific.com and connect on Twitter
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