10 companies that are transforming healthcare infographic created by Accelerated BSN Degree Programs highlights how these companies are reshaping healthcare.
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Below is an overview of the 10 companies highlighted in this infographic visualization:
1. MedStartr
– Healthcare innovation crowdfunding platform
– Healthcare-related projects are hosted on the site, seeking private contributions to help meet the project’s goals
– These can include: Medical devices, new therapies, health campaigns, healthcare apps, drug development, funding for improvements
– Sample success stories:
– The Walking Gallery
– Raised: $10,948
– Reconstruction Bras For Breast Cancer Survivors and Previvors
– Raised: $10,135
– Avado: Patient Relationship Management
– Raised: $7,585
2. Epocrates
– Point-of-care mobile software connecting medical providers with on demand drug-to-drug interaction information
– Available on iPhone, iPad, Blackberry, and Android
– 200,000: Annual number of deaths from medical errors
– 16.6 million: Number of adverse drug reactions Epocrates helped avoid in 2011
– More than 1 million active members
– Including 50% of U.S. physicians
– Ranked as the #1 most innovative healthcare company by Fast Company
3. Voxiva
– Delivers interactive mobile health services
– Mobile education: Text4Baby
– Sends regular pregnancy-related health messages to expecting mothers
– Other areas of education: Smoking cessation, diabetes, children’s health, general well being
– Voxiva’s awards:
– Ranked #3 most innovative healthcare company by Fast Company
– Department of Health and Human Services Innovation Award
– Public Relations Society of America Silver Anvil
4. SafePoint
– Delivers safe, single-use syringes
– Provides education to medical practitioners around the world about the risks of reusing syringes
– Annual effects of unsafe injections
– HIV infections: 230,000
– Hepatitis infections: 21,000,000
– Hepatitis C infections: 1,000,000
– Deaths: 1,300,000
– Every 24 seconds someone dies from an unsafe injection
5. General Electric
– Vscan: A palm-sized ultrasound machine providing instant visuals of internal organs
– Works quicker, more efficiently, and more effectively
– Streamlines patient care
– Clinical applications
– Cardiac
– Abdomen
– Urinary bladder
– OB/GYN
– Pediatric
– Allows doctors the ability to more quickly provide a diagnosis and treatment options
6. NeuroVigil
– The iBrain headband is worn during sleep, recording and analyzing brain waves to help identify disease
– The technology merges neuroscience with a non-invasive wireless brain recording device and advanced algorithms
– 2 billion: Global number of people suffering from a brain or nervous system disorder
7. IBM
– Watson: A powerful artificial intelligence computer system capable of communicating in natural language
– 500 GB: Amount of data Watson can process each second
– That’s the equivalent of 1 million books!
– Watson can access far more medical research than any single physician can, allowing for the best diagnosis and course of treatment
– In one study, doctors are confronted with an average of 1,100 questions each day
– 64% are never answered
8. Esri
– “Geo-medicine”
– Esri provides interactive maps that can be programmed with region-based health risk information
– “Disease surveillance” helps track a disease’s spread geographically
– This innovative approach to public health delivers:
– Cost savings
– 10% – 30%: Average savings after implementation
– More informed decision making
– Increased public health
9. Ossur
– Smart prosthetics powered by bionic technology
– Onboard computers adapt to individual movement styles, such as gait
– Capable of functioning in multiple environments and terrains
– The onboard computer can learn and improve and adapt
10. Athenahealth
– Cloud-based management solution
– athenahealth takes care of the life-jeopardizing inefficiencies of administrative and recordkeeping tasks, freeing healthcare providers to see more patients
– Streamlines and saves:
– 12%: Average increase in revenue
– 3.8%: Average increase in patient volume
– 16%: Average decrease in no-shows
– 38,145: Number of medical providers already using athenahealth
