XLerateHealth Selects Six Healthcare Startups For First Accelerator Cohort in Flint, Michigan
Summary
The ARMM attaches a patients wheelchair directly to their walker in a safe and adaptable manner which increases the frequency of ambulation, walking confidence, and decreases the risk of falls.Crown Mallard (East Lansing, MI) is solving the problem of disposable glove cross-contamination in healthcare and food services. It serves medical offices, pharmaceutical manufacturers, hospitals, research institutions, and corporations, all seeking to make fast, affordable, high-value hires without the added time and expense of engaging a recruiting firm.Melius Outcomes (Ann Arbor, MI) has a web-based, quality improvement software platform which captures and cleanses data from an existing EHR, displays it intuitively for staff to highlight a specific quality issue, and provides 24/7 online training videos, references and tools with actionable recommendations to fix the issue. In trials of the Melius solution, hospitals have seen a reduction in infection and readmission as well as savings of up to $2M in costs annually.TheraB Medical (Lansing, MI) has created the first completely portable and wearable 360 degree phototherapy treatment for infant jaundice called SnugLit. SnugLit was designed and developed with input from over 200 nurses to create a treatment device for use in hospital and home that is better for baby, mom, and provider.XLerateHealth is an enterprise-focused early-stage healthcare accelerator that helps companies build out their commercialization strategies. The organization has been in operation since 2013 and has a history of driving positive impact on the local communities it serves to date, XLH bootcamp/intersession portfolio companies have collectively raised $35M and have created 250+ jobs.