An overview of 18 interesting health technology startups. Some are more successful than others, some are in a relatively crowded space. Slides contain an overview and insights into these emerging healthtech companies

1. 18 Interesting
Health Technology
Startups @garymonk
18 Feb 2015

2. Introduction
• 18 health tech startups
– A variety of applications interesting for differing
reasons
• Slides contain overview and insights
• Click on image to visit startup website

3. cellscope
Parents can check a childs ear,
via iPhone otoscope, when an
infection is suspected and
upload video for clinician
analysis
• Interesting to see if this will
catch on
• Limited US availability currently
• Price is fairly low at $79 with
one free doctor consultation –
then you start paying for
clinician interpretation

4. DermLink
One of the range of tele-
dermatology services available.
Dermatology, due to its visual
and surface nature has high
potential for remote
management
• How long before DrOnDemand
offers a telederm service and
disrupts these specialist
telederm companies?
• This sector of medicine must
be ripe for consolidation. There
are many fragmented offerings
in this space

5. ZIPNOSIS
24/7 online diagnostic tool for
common (and minor) medical
conditions
• Differs from traditional
telemedicine as often a simple
symptom questionnaire is all
that is required to get a
prescription for your fungal
infection
• Promise a response within the
hour and an instant prescription

6. Ginger.io
Uses a range of data from your
smart phone, such as
movement and frequency of
communication to assess
physical or mental issues. It
can alert you and family
members / care givers to help
address these issues

7. FLATIRON
Only 4% of cancer patients are
in a clinical trial. Data for the
rest is largely lost. Flatiron
aims to bridge the gap by
transmitting patients data to
one place in the cloud and
offering real time analytics

8. AgileMD
AgileMD is a web and mobile
app that gives clinicians fast
access to guidelines, protocols,
and reference information.
• The act of simply just sharing
information may well be useful
but appears limited when you
consider the potential use of
artificial intelligence in clinical
support and decision making

9. PROPELLER HEALTH
Sensor that attaches to inhaler
and provides contextual (time
and location) information
around attacks and
exacerbations
• Many pharma-co’s working on
similar inhalers
• Integrating with devices will
lead to greater adoption and
use

10. Mira rehab
Mira uses games to keep the
patient engaged and motivated
through physical therapy.
Patients can play games and
perform rehabilitating
movements at the same time
• Interesting approach where the
treatment actually becomes a
game
• Could be combined with a
community to introduce a
competitive element (A
Fitocracy model)

11. TickiT
Patients enter feedback about
the experience and their
medical condition in the waiting
room via user friendly iPad app
• Clinician can use data to
improve care
• Approach claims to improve
efficiencies

12. healthgrades
One of several tools (mainly US
based) to locate and review /
rate clinicians
• Comprehensive database with
a large amount of reviews
• ‘A trip advisor for doctors’

13. zamzee
Interesting approach to
incentivize children to be more
active
• Uses game design to motivate
• Fairly simple hardware, clips on
to clothes and uploads to
computer via USB (non
wireless)

14. lumosity
Popular brain training software
that may need no introduction
• Games cover various aspects
of cognition and support
improvement
• A limited range of available
games before you pay a
subscription premium

15. TrialReach
Essentially a clinical trials
database, easy to navigate and
search across a range of
conditions
• Global database
of trial info
• Opportunity for Pharma to
partner and make clinical trial
recruitment more patient
friendly

16. ekso BIONICS
Robotic exoskeletons that help
victims of stroke and spinal
cord injury walk again
• Imagine a future where the
technology becomes so
sophisticated they are worn by
the well to make them
superhuman

17. PATIENTS KNOW BEST
The patient is put at the center
of their care and are the
gatekeeper to their information
and electronic records
• The principle: it is the patient
who turns up to all the
appointments across a range of
clinicians and they know best
about their care
• Opportunities for Pharma
partnership

18. OMsignal
Wearable clothing that tracks a
range of health and fitness
parameters
• Main claims around optimizing
athletic performance but has
potentially broader health
applications

19. SCANADU
Health ‘tricorder’ measures vital
signs by placing against the
forehead
• Interesting device – it seems
likely the future will be
measuring these vitals
automatically / with minimal
patient effort

20. AliveCor
Patient activated ECG machine
integrated with a smartphone as
part of the casing
• Patient must activate so not
useful to record events post-
hoc
• Main focus is Atrial Fibrillation

21. thank you
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