9 Startups Selected for Health IT Accelerator Reflect Growing Emphasis on mHealth

Six of the nine health IT startups selected to participate in a four-month accelerator program led by DreamIT Ventures are mHealth companies, representing the growing focus on and interest in mobile technology in the healthcare industry.

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The Baltimore-based accelerator, DreamIT Health, and partners Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University, Northrop Grumman Corporation and BioHealth Innovation offers selected startups $50,000 in seed funding along with access to potential customers and guidance from the industry-leading partners.

The selected companies include:

  • Aegle (Baltimore): Wearable biometric devices
  • Avhana (Baltimore): Next-generation clinical decision support for the electronic health record
  • Cognuse (Talinn, Estonia): Cognitive rehabilitation of stroke and traumatic brain injury patients through mobile games
  • EMOCHA (Baltimore): Mobile capture of data for medication adherence and clinical trials
  • Protenus (Baltimore): Digital management of patient consent and other administrative workflows
  • Respi (Athens, Greece): Smartphone-based spirometry and respiratory data platform
  • Patient Feed: (Pittsburgh and New York City): Collaboration tool for inpatient care
  • Phobious (Barcelona, Spain): Treatment of behavioral health issues through mobile, augmented reality
  • The Smartphone Physical (Baltimore): Integration and distribution of clinically-relevant mobile health devices

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