Innovation Hits the Jackpot at the West Coast BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit

Ten early-stage health IT Innovator finalists met and matched with hospitals, major healthcare systems, and a health insurance payer in quick "blink" dating and matching sessions in Las Vegas, Nevada on February 22, 2012. The West Coast BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit also included a series of online speed dating sessions which occurred the prior week.

Opening the early morning session, Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, acting Chief Scientist for the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT, said "I'm just delighted to see you take all of all the energy and the interest and the intelligence that is in this room and apply it to some of the really, really hard problems." Fridsma is also ONC's Director of Standards and Interoperability.

Fifteen-minute online speed dating sessions the week before the Las Vegas event accelerated the innovation exchange process, giving participants the chance to meet and evaluate many of their potential partners using two-way video.

Healthcare provider participants included Community Health Network (IN), Geisinger Health System (PA), Intermountain Healthcare (UT), Kaiser Permanente (CA), Montefiore Medical Center (NY), Oregon Health & Science University (OR), Stanford Hospitals & Clinics (CA), and St. Joseph Health System (CA) as well as the health insurance payer Highmark (PA).

Innovators from across the country included Abilto (NY), CECity (PA), Coriendo (PA), Forward Health Group (WI), Health Fidelity (CA), Healthcare Quality Catalyst (UT), iLabs Medical (PA), InVivoLink (TN), MEDgle (CA), and Medical Image Mining Laboratories (NY).  Innovator Finalist Showcase

The ten finalists were selected from over 20 health IT innovators by the BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Advisory Board and West Coast Summit hospital participants. The Advisory Board and hospital participants also viewed brief videos that innovators recorded for their applications. This was the third in the series of BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summits. The first two were in Philadelphia and Indianapolis in 2011.

West Coast Summit Photo Gallery

The following companies are the Innovator Finalists who participated in the West Coast Summit. Click on a logo for company information.

The Photo Gallery for the West Coast Innovation Exchange Summit is online!  Enjoy the photos of our participants at the beautiful Dal Toro Restaurant in the Palazzo in Las Vegas, NV.

West Coast Summit Photo Gallery

Viva Las Vegas! The West Coast BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit will be held in famous Las Vegas, NV on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. 10 Innovator Finalists will look to be matched with up to 10 Hospital Participants. The goal is to increase the potential of setting up test-bed or pilot programs and we'll be looking to take steps to follow through after the event.

The event will be held at Dal Toro in the Palazzo Hotel, which has a unique and versatile event space and doubles as a luxury car showroom!

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MEDIA ADVISORY

West Coast BluePrint Healthcare IT Innovation Exchange Summit
Innovator Call For Participation

CRANBURY, NJ - The BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit Series invites early-stage Health IT Innovators seeking the opportunity to work with hospitals and healthcare systems to immediately apply for ten Innovator spots at the West Coast Regional Summit scheduled for February 2012: http://blueprinthit.com/exchange. Two regional BluePrint events in 2011 successfully matched 20 innovative companies with hospital/healthcare providers and a health insurance payer through a series of brief, structured meetings using a speed dating format and matching sessions. Building on learnings from the 2011 summits, BluePrint’s Innovation Exchange is now focused on its third regional event in Las Vegas, NV on Wednesday February 22, 2012.

The BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit Series is aligned with the innovation programs and initiatives sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to achieve better healthcare, meaningful use of health IT, and health information exchange. It’s also been recognized by the White House and HHS as part of their Startup America initiative.

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FEBRUARY 2, 2012.
APPLY HERE: http://blueprinthit.com/exchange

Application Process
To qualify start-up innovative health IT companies will need a ready-to-install product or service with zero to 15 installations. Innovators will register online with company information, answer a series of questions, and should supply brief talking head videos (using simple Webcam, Flip video or similar) about their company and product or service. Applications will be reviewed and rated by a national advisory board of health IT innovation experts and hospital participants. The top ten finalists will be chosen to participate in online, digital speed dating sessions, from which both innovators and hospitals will rank their most-likely partners with whom they would like to meet in matching sessions in Las Vegas.

During the registration process you will now have the ability to attach videos from YouTube. We highly recommend that you take advantage of this option as our advisory board and participants were very receptive to this new feature. The YouTube videos for innovators include a 20-second version which covers their company name and product and a 3-minute version that will give further details of who they are, what they are offering and the problem they solve. These videos should be designed as if you are speaking directly to the advisory board and hospital participants. Examples can be seen here…

20-second: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDcmfB8Fv8
3-minute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Coyzhb3eTbI

Selection Process
Applications and videos will be rated by the BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Advisory Board as well as the participating hospital/healthcare providers using the new BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Online Portal. The top 10 innovative companies will be invited to participate as finalists. Finalists will have 15-minute online during the speed dating meetings with each hospital/healthcare provider prior to the event using webinar-based tools.

After completing the round of 15-minute online meetings, each innovator and hospital participant will rank their counterparts in order of most likely to least likely candidates for a match. Once all of those rankings have been reviewed, up to two matches will be announced for each participant. During an early morning session in Las Vegas, finalists will get up to two 25-minute matching sessions with the hospitals with which they were matched. These matching sessions are designed to help set milestones and continued follow up after the event.

Participating Innovators will also be promoted on the BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Web site as part of a Finalist Showcase and in weekly email newsletter. Mid-West Summit Innovator Finalist Showcase:
http://blueprinthitsummit.com/innovation/mid-west-summit/innovator-finalist-showcase

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS FEBRUARY 2, 2012.
APPLY HERE: http://blueprinthit.com/exchange

Note: The ten (10) Innovator Finalists will be required to pay a fee to participate in the digital speed dating and in-person matching sessions in Las Vegas. This fee is for participation in the online Speed Dating and Las Vegas in-person matching sessions only and does not include any travel, lodging or other expenses incurred by the Innovator Finalists.

The 2012 West Coast Regional BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit preparation is in full swing, and we have already begun receiving applications from Innovator Finalist hopefuls.

The Mid-West Summit in November in Indianapolis, IN and the Mid-Atlantic Summit in May in Philadelphia, PA led to the successful matches of Innovator Finalists with Hospital/Healthcare Provider participants. The BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit Series was first in producing the unique Innovation Exchange speed dating format that matches health IT innovators and Providers to produce milestones beyond a one-day event. The format has gained recognition and interest from organizations looking to participate in the upcoming West Coast Regional event.

The West Coast Regional Summit is scheduled for January/February 2012.

Interested parties can apply below:

• Hospitals and Healthcare Providers
• Innovators
• Sponsors

As we reflect on 2011, we're reminded of all that we've learned, the successes that we've been fortunate to be a part of, the relationships we've developed and the ones that have been strengthened.
 
2011 was a great year for BluePrint as we launched the very first BluePrint Health IT Innovation Exchange Summit Series.  The first Summit of the Series which was held in Philadelphia, PA in May and the second which was held in Indianapolis, IN in November.

 
Innovation Exchange Summit Hospital/Healthcare Provider participants represented the following organizations and states:

• Alegent Health (NE)
• Barnabas Health (NJ)
• Beth Israel Deconess Medical Center (MA)
• Bucktail Medical Center (PA)
• CentraState Healthcare System (NJ)
• Christiana Care Health System (DE)
• Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (OH)
• Community Health Network (IN)
• Geisinger Health System (PA)
• Hennepin County Medical Center (MN)
• Main Line Health (PA)
• St. Vincent Health (IN)
• TriHealth (OH)
• University of Pennsylvania Health System: Penn Medicine (PA) 
• Visiting Nurse Service of New York (NY)

The Mid-Atlantic Summit included Innovator Finalists with solutions ranging from those that addressed Care Coordination to Online Portals and Advanced Analytics.

The 10 Mid-Atlantic Innovator Finalists were:

• CAREINSYNC
• CONGRAL
• CORIENDO, LLC
• DEEP DOMAIN
• HEALTHRAGEOUS
• HEALTHY HUMANS
• QUANTUM LEAP INNOVATIONS
• ROTHMAN HEALTHCARE
• SPECTRAMD, INC
• YOURNURSEISON.COM

View the Mid-Atlantic Innovator Showcase, which includes links to each Innovator Finalist's website. 
 

The 10 Mid-West Innovator Finalists were:

• ENABLECARE
• HEALTH BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
• IGETBETTER
• INVIVOLINK
• MEDCPU
• MULTI MODAL LABORATORIES
• MEDVENTIVE
• NUVON
• RINGFULHEALTH
• SBR HEALTH

View the Mid-West Innovator Showcase, which includes links to each Innovator Finalist's website.

We were proud to gain the support and guidance of our exemplary Innovation Exchange Summit Advisory Board members who helped us to further spur Innovation from the Mid-Atlantic to the Mid-West. 

• List of Supporters
• Advisory Board Members