Innovations In Heathcare 2009

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2009 ABBY AWARD WINNERS 2008 2010

Innovative Approach to the Delivery of Healthcare

Watch Dakim's
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Dakim, Inc.
Dan Michel, Founder & CEO

Dakim, Inc. is the leading provider of brain fitness programs designed to help seniors reduce their risk of memory loss and dementia. The company's Dakim BrainFitness Cognitive Fitness System is a touch screen-based mental stimulation system that offers a constantly changing series of rigorous, but entertaining multimedia activities to help seniors preserve brain function. Home users can use it to combat a decline in brain function, and institutions and home caregivers can use it to provide effective mental stimulation while reducing the cost of resident care.

Innovations in Medical/Bio-Technology

Watch Osmetech's
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Osmetech Molecular Diagnostics
Jon Faiz Kayyem, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer

Osmetech's eSensor® XT-8 System detects multiple genetic variations that identify patients at risk for warfarin sensitivity, thus allowing estimation of the optimal and safe dose of warfarin, the world’s most widely-used oral anticoagulant to prevent blood clots, heart attacks, and stroke (over 30 million prescriptions in the U.S. in 2004). Its use also results in a high rate of severe and potentially life-threatening adverse effects with 70~100 severe bleeding events for every 1000 patients treated per year. The eSensor system utilizes electrochemical detection-based DNA microarray technology to genotype multiple alleles that correlate with therapeutic warfarin dose and with the frequency of adverse effects from warfarin over-dosage.

Innovations In Healthcare IT & Telecom Technology

Watch Epocrates'
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Epocrates, Inc.
Jeff Tangney, Co-Founder, President & COO

Epocrates helps support physicians’ decisions from diagnosis to treatment, by providing critical clinical information at their fingertips without having to leave the patient’s side. Epocrates is actively used by more than 800,000 healthcare professionals, including more than one in three U.S. physicians and 40 percent of U.S. medical students. Further underscoring Epocrates’ popularity and impact among the healthcare community, the successful launch of its application for the iPhone has led to adoption by more than 100,000 U.S. physicians since it became available about one year ago.

2009 ABBY AWARD FINALISTS

Innovative Approach to the Delivery of Healthcare

Watch HeartMath's
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

HeartMath, LLC
Bruce Cryer, CEO

HeartMath has earned global recognition for its research-based techniques and proprietary technology to transform the stress of change and uncertainty, bringing renewed energy to the workplace and home. HeartMath’s proven stress reduction programs result in reduced turnover and healthcare costs, and improved employee and patient satisfaction. Their programs are based on a unique combination of practical technique, innovative feedback technology, and robust scientific research. Studies performed over the last 20 years have verified that HeartMath techniques deliver measurable, sustainable results in the workplace.

Watch Kaiser Permanente's
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Kaiser Permanente
Pamela Larson, Dir., Health Portfolio, Internet Services Group

KP's My Health Manager was designed for an easy and convenient user experience, providing critical time-saving features, including online appointment scheduling and prescription refills. Users have 24/7 online access to lab results, benefits information and even their children’s immunization records. With secure e-mail, members can also communicate with their doctors at any time, from any place. Today, more than 3 million KP members are using My Health Manager. The growing number of active users, now more than one-third of KP’s 8.6 million members, demonstrates that members find the PHR to be an effective, easy and convenient way to manage their care.

Innovations in Medical/Bio-Technology

Watch Abaxis'
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Abaxis, Inc.
Clint Severson, Chairman, President & CEO

Originally developed by NASA for use in the space shuttle program, the Abaxis technology is the only chemistry analyzer to achieve CLIA waived status for complex, comprehensive chemistry. The technology is so easy that anyone can use it to conduct lab-accurate blood chemistry analysis in minutes. Abaxis' point-of-care blood chemistry analyzer systems help physicians receive immediate blood chemistry results on their patients, rather than the 2-3 day turnaround from reference labs. This helps them begin critical treatments faster, thereby improving patient outcomes and reducing exacerbation of aggressive illnesses. It also helps the clinics to improve efficiency and profitability through direct reimbursement and/or cash-pay for diagnostic services.

Watch Biomatrica's
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

Biomatrica
Judy Muller-Cohn, Co-Founder & CEO
Rolf Muller, Co-Founder, President & CSO

Biomatrica’s proprietary platform technology enables the storage, transport and assaying of DNA, RNA, proteins, cells and virus samples, reagents, vaccines, and screening applications at room temperature without degradation, allowing labs to reduce their reliance on freezers and drastically reduce shipping costs. (Currently, more than 98% of all biological materials are protected from degradation through the "global cold chain" storage -- an environment of 4ºC to -210ºC; 39.2ºF to -347ºF -- that the world spends more than $34 billion on annually.)

Innovations In Healthcare IT & Telecom Technology

Watch MedApps'
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

MedApps
Kent Dicks, CEO

The MedApps system is designed to link patients, families and healthcare professionals by providing a convenient way to remotely collect, transmit, store and report timely and accurate health information - anywhere. MedApps was granted a 510(k) market clearance by the FDA for its expanded, flexible telehealth solution, which features the HealthPAL, a small, portable personal health device, to collect and transmit readings from glucose meters, blood pressure monitors, weight scales and pulse oximeters. The collected data is automatically transmitted to a secure central server where it can be accessed by healthcare professionals, or stored to an online electronic PHR. HealthPAL is simple to use, eliminating the need for specialized hardware, expensive cellular plans, or computers to collect and transmit biometric readings.

Watch MMR Information Systems'
Finalist Presentation Video
on YouTube

MMR Information Systems, Inc.
Robert Lorsch, CEO

MyMedicalRecords.com is the first web-based PHR that is 100% patient-centric and designed to help health consumers manage personal health information from any provider they are seeing. When they enroll in the service, users receive a personal telephone number (either toll-free or fax). Providers can use this number to fax records directly into the user’s account and then file records using a comprehensive document management system, as well as share records with other providers by printing or fax-forwarding them over the Internet. In addition, it allows users to maintain a complete and accurate listing of prescriptions using the Cerner/Multum drug database as the backbone.