Veterans with Brain Injuries to Be Helped by New Tech & Tools Selected at Department of Veterans Affairs Competition Co-Hoste...
May 26 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
‘Brain Trust’ summit features technology
solutions to help veterans with traumatic brain injuries,
concussions and post-traumatic stress disorder
Three teams representing technology companies and a veterans’
organization will pilot their ideas to help veterans with traumatic
brain injuries.
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Former Army Surgeon General and current
Optum Military and Veterans Group CEO Patty Horoho speaking at the
VA's Demo Day (Photo courtesy of the VA).
The 2nd annual Brain Trust: Pathways to InnoVAtion summit
culminated in a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “Demo Day”
competition co-hosted by Optum at the company’s Boston facility,
where 15 teams presented their solutions before a live audience and
expert panel of judges, which included veterans, caregivers and
clinicians. The competing teams presented new services and
technologies, ranging from a software treatment platform for
traumatic brain injury to a virtual-reality device that helps
veterans with behavioral health conditions.
Three finalists were selected to test and pilot their ideas at
the VA. Their ideas included technologies that use gesture- and
voice-controlled assistance for the home or office, and a
peer-to-peer approach for healing combat trauma and moral injury.
More information on the winning teams is available at
www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/38161/vas-annual-brain-trust-summit-offers-platform-innovations-brain-health-head-trauma.
“There are unbelievable opportunities to accelerate innovation
to help veterans with brain injuries live healthier lives through
public-private partnerships like the VA’s Brain Trust,” said former
Army Surgeon General and retired Army Lt. Gen. Patty Horoho, CEO of
the Optum Military and Veterans Group. “We are honored to partner
with the VA to help ensure our nation’s veterans get the quality
care they need and deserve.”
The Brain Trust partnership brings together more than 350
federal government and private sector participants to collaborate
on prevention and treatment of traumatic brain injuries,
concussions and post-traumatic stress disorder. Optum is a partner
of Brain Trust with other leading companies, foundations and
academic institutions.
“Brain Trust is all about convening the best and brightest from
the public and private sectors to collaborate, innovate and
partner. As the VA has accomplished so many times before, these
partnerships will help advance new solutions that will improve the
prevention, diagnosis and treatment of traumatic brain injury and
other forms of head trauma for our nation’s veterans,” said Matthew
S. Collier, Senior Advisor to the VA Secretary for Strategic
Partnerships. “Leveraging the VA’s rich tradition of medical
innovation and discovery, our collective energy, creativity and
knowledge will improve health care outcomes for veterans and
advance the national discussion about head trauma.”
Optum has been a partner of the VA for the Brain Trust events
and other Pathways to InnoVAtion initiatives, with the goal of
working with the agency, industry leaders, clinicians, scientists
and veterans to create innovative pathways and solutions for
veterans in the areas of post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic
brain injuries, suicide prevention, cancer, emotional well-being
and other important veteran health issues.
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