So was the HLTH event last week in Las Vegas, the hottest and most important healthcare event to date? It promised the much needed dialogue and disruptive innovation. The slate of speakers was undeniably the movers and shakers. And the event did not disappoint when it came to announcements. View the action on #HLTH2018. In case you missed it, here are just a sampling of them.
The Success of MyCode Community Health Initiative
Adding DNA sequencing to routine patient care gives patients even more control of their health care, as @GeisingerHealth President Dr. David Feinberg explains #HTLH2018 https://t.co/0SryRBdaAA
— Geisinger (@GeisingerHealth) May 8, 2018
Town Hall Ventures to Focus on Building Companies Driving Higher Quality and More Affordable Care for Most Vulnerable Americans – New Partnership Is Led by Andy Slavitt, Trevor Price and David Whelan
Promising new VC startup from @ASlavitt: focusing on “companies that are trying to improve lives for the most at-risk populations” https://t.co/NtXZQzybg3
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) May 8, 2018
Change Healthcare Teams Up with Adobe and Microsoft to Put the “Consumer” in Healthcare Consumer Engagement
Change Healthcare Teams Up with #Adobe and #Microsoft to Put the “Consumer” in Healthcare Consumer Engagement https://t.co/4tKtMFA3TB #hlth2018 #hlth18 #hlth @Adobe @AdobeExpCloud @Health_IT @Microsoft @Azure #consumerenagement #patientengagement pic.twitter.com/AOXkM6MF8P
— Change Healthcare (@Change_HC) May 8, 2018
Brightside Announces First Customer
Proud to announce our first customer, @comcast, our $4 mil. seed funding from @trinityventures and @ComcastVentures, and our CEO @tomspann! https://t.co/B0NwEVHme3 #HLTH2018 #healthcare meets #fintech
— Brightside (@Go_Brightside) May 7, 2018
Notable to Deliver First Wearable Voice-Powered Assistant for Physicians
Notable, an emerging leader in voice-powered health care, launched at HLTH to deliver the first wearable voice-powered smart assistant for physicians that will transform the health care experience. Available as a white labeled solution for wearables, the platform leverages artificial intelligence and voice recognition technology to automate and structure every physician-patient interaction as well as eliminate the vast majority of clinical administrative work. The Notable team consists of technology industry veterans. To date, Notable has closed an initial $3M round of seed funding led by Greylock Partners, with additional participation from Maverick Ventures and 8VC.