Nutrimedy Wins 4th Annual Boston Scientific Connected Patient Challenge
Summary
The challenge attracted 52 teams of innovators to an online community earlier this year, where they pitched digital health solutions for chronic care at both the population and individual levels. “The Connected Patient Challenge fosters dialogue and strengthens relationships in the digital health community that will accelerate the pace of change,” said Jodi Euerle Eddy, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Boston Scientific. “The energy of the exchanges we experienced here will promote our continued commitment and efforts to improve upon patient care, and that is the most satisfying outcome of all.” With first prize in hand, Nutrimedy won $30,000 in in-kind services from Boston Scientific and Google Cloud. She made the case for the startup by highlighting the need for nutrition to play a more significant role in preventive medicine, the large size of the market and Nutrimedy’s potential to partner with stakeholders across healthcare. In a 2017 interview with MedTech Boston, Nutrimedy founder Jonah Cohen, M.D., noted that his focus on personalized nutrition for patients with chronic conditions filled a critical gap in healthcare.