Doctors 2.0 & You announced the 2015 winners of the digital health start-up contest, CanSurround, represented by Meg Maley, CEO and Liza Bernstein advisor in first place and MedClinik, the runner-up represented by Claire Kamoun, CanSurround is based in Wilmington, Delaware and MedClinik in Montreal, Quebec.
CanSurround will speak at the sister conference of Doctors 2.0 & You, Stanford Medicine X, on September 27, 2015. The team will be accompanied by Denise Silber, founder of Doctors 2.0 & You, who will keynote "the European round-up" at Stanford Medicine X. Both CanSurround and Medclinik will return to speak and exhibit at the 6th edition of Doctors 2.0 & You on May 26-27, 2016 in Paris.
Key selection criteria in the Doctors 2.0 & You start-up contest were the importance of the problem to be solved and the probability of success. The start-up pitch session was chaired by Tal Givoly, CEO of Medivizor from Israel, the 2014 first-place winner and jury member. The international jury included Michael Dillyhon (Vital Connect-Switzerland), Michael Kelly (HealthXl-Ireland, Dr Anne Li (University of Illinois), Melanie Peron (ButterflyEffect-France), Dr Brandi Sinkfield, (Stanford Medicine X-USA). Additional contestants included start-ups based in France: 360 Medical, Ignilife, and NeMoHealth, the UK: the Selfcare People, and Saudi Arabia: Junnah. See the descriptions here.
CanSurround presented its "technology enabled solution that reduces distress and creates emotional well being for people living with cancer." "This recognition is very special and exciting for all of us on the CanSurround team," said Meg Maley. "Each of us has a passion for helping people through intensely difficult chapters in their lives and easing pain and suffering. At CanSurround, peace is our purpose."
Medclinik presented TAVIERX, "the world's first clinically validated VirtualNurseTM platform, with personalized and interactive patient coaching to optimize treatment adherence." Claire Kamoun mentioned: "Doctors 2.0 & You has been an incredible stepping stone for us that brought us international visibility, commercial leads and inspiration from international best practices in eHealth presented by amazing speakers hand picked by the Doctors 2.0 team. We were lucky to be recognized in the start-up contest categories for the VirtualNurse, which has brought us the keen interest from leading industrial players to kick start commercial deployment and research partnerships. We look forward to coming back next year and would definitely recommend this event to eHealth focused companies with international development plans."
Tal Givoly noted: "As in previous years, the startup contest did not fail to impress. Doctors 2.0 & You Startup Contest consistently brings a collection of the most promising healthtech startups and entrepreneurs to battle head to head for recognition. I was honored this year to moderate the exciting session and be among the judges. We are confident the startups that win this competition have what it takes to succeed, which in this field, means both business success and have a profound world-improving impact."
Denise Silber remarked: “The portfolio of finalists is quite different each year, as new digital health tools appear all the time. Yet because the Doctors 2.0 & You start-ups have to demonstrate their ability to execute and scale up as regards the problem they have set out to solve, the finalists we select represent 'realistic innovation in digital health.' Having observed the eHealth arena over the years, I consider that sort of practicality rare and priceless."
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About Doctors 2.0 & You
The Doctors 2.0 & You global digital health conference series, founded by Denise Silber the first conference to adhere to the patient-included charter. Doctors 2.0 & You brings together, from around the world, healthcare stakeholders (patients, professionals, the health and technology industries, payors and government) interested in understanding how social media, mobile applications, connected objects, and artificial intelligence are concretely disrupting healthcare. The 6th edition will take place in Paris on May 26-27, 2016. Doctors 2.0 & You also organizes customized events and trainings.