3rd Annual Medical Capital Innovation Competition to Take Place April 17 & 18, 2019
Summary
“Augmented and virtual reality are already revolutionizing IT, education, retail, marketing and other sectors, and healthcare is becoming the next great frontier of these technologies,” says Aram Nerpouni, president and CEO of BioEnterprise. Ideas will be judged by industry experts using specific criteria, including, but not limited to, commercial and technical viability and the strength of the team. Current healthcare-related applications of AR and VR can be found in treatment of mental health conditions such as PTSD, anxiety, phobias and dementia; surgical training and guidance; pain management; patient education; and digital diagnostics. Anil Jain, M.D., VP and Chief Health Informatics Officer, IBM Watson Health Srinivasan Suresh, M.D., Chief Medical Information Officer, UPMC Sonja O’Malley, Senior Director Commercialization, Cleveland Clinic Innovations Jeffrey Reis, Vice President, Fund Management, Healthbox In addition, BioEnterprise convenes and leads strategy for industry-building initiatives such as The Medical Capital, HIT in the CLE, and the Global Center for Health Innovation.