NewCo Boston 2016

Healthcare data breaches are increasingly in the headlines and are a growing international threat to patients and providers alike. Hospitals are now looking to invest in the right tools to safeguard against internal and external risks and protect patients under their care, which includes protecting their private health information. As a result, security is top of mind for healthcare leaders across the globe. Imprivata is the leading global healthcare IT security company providing solutions to over 1,500 healthcare organizations. Imprivata leadership will address the current state of security in healthcare and efforts under way by the government and industry at large to address these growing issues

Session Title: You Can't Change the World Without Disruption


How does a small, fast-paced health technology company stay ahead of the curve, slam dunk market needs, continuously disrupt the way healthcare is delivered (and change the world in the process)? It requires trying, being willing to fail and knowing what’s around the corner before your customers. Join the conversation in this interactive session with UbiCare’s rock stars.

Suggested audience: Decision makers, aspiring rock stars

Watch a short video from Ubicare here. 

Special Message to Attendees:
UbiCare is located in the G building of the historic Brewery complex. Free parking is available or take the orange line to Stonybrook. Use the Amory Street entrance and take the elevator up one flight to the first floor. Make a left as you exit the elevator and walk down the hall. UbiCare is the first door on your left.  

Session Title: Why Telehealth Now - The Future of Healthcare Delivery in the U.S.


In this session, attendees will learn about the future of healthcare delivery in the U.S. (and beyond) aka telehealth, or the ability to see your doctor over video, on your phone.  You will hear from senior executives at the nation’s fastest growing telehealth company, American Well, about how telehealth works, why it is skyrocketing in popularity now not only among consumers but also major healthcare brands like Cleveland Clinic, CVS Health, and United Healthcare, and how our company is leading the way in terms of product innovation. You will get high level demos of our consumer-facing mobile app Amwell, as well as our newest enterprise telehealth release, AW9, which includes an industry-first mobile telehealth software development kit (SDK) and Multiway Video solution that allows for multiple people to take part in a live, video doctor visit (as in, the full care team – primary care physician and specialist, in addition to family members, translators, health coaches, etc).

Suggested attendees: tech developers, entrepreneurs, investors, product managers, health advocates 

 Session Title: A Better Match Means Better Care: How Kyruus is Reinventing the Way Patients Access Physicians

 

Selecting a physician can be one of the most important decisions in anyone’s life. Yet, for decades, healthcare has relied on antiquated systems and inaccurate information to guide patients along this critical journey, leading to millions of patients every year receiving less-than-optimal care. In this interactive session, the founders of one of healthcare’s most exciting and fastest growing companies, Kyruus, will talk about why matching patients to providers has been such a difficult problem for the healthcare industry and how they built the team and technology to solve it. Attendees will participate in a live exercise showcasing the complexities behind choosing a physician and will get a hands-on demo with Kyruus’ groundbreaking technology platform, ProviderMatch. 

 

Suggested attendees: technologists, innovators, entrepreneurs, developers, analysts, project managers, and anyone interesting in shifting the way that healthcare operates

Join us for free lunch in Kendall Square -- just steps away from the Red Line! Learn more about BIG things that InterSystems is doing in big data, big healthcare, and big science, and why we attract the biggest and best talent. Our technology has helped the European Space Agency map a billion stars, powers the world's financial trading systems, and is trusted with life-saving applications in healthcare. We have long and loyal relationships with both customers and employees, many of whom stay with us for decades. That's because we tackle big challenges together.

The tour will be hosted by Robert Nagle, Vice President of Data Platforms for InterSystems, and John Paladino, Vice President of Client Services, InterSystems.

Check out the InterSystems video here. 

Session Title: Using the 'Organs-On-Chips' technology to emulate living human biology

Emulate will demo their "Organs-on-Chips" technology inside their new innovation laboratory at The Innovation & Design Building - showing how they combine micro-engineered environments with human cells, to emulate living human biology. The system offers reserachers and product development teams a new standard for predicting human response in real-time - with greater precision and control than today's cell-culture or animal-based testing methods.

Learn and discuss how Emulate's bold new precision medicine and personal health initiative - named "Patient-on-a-Chip" - is developing unique 'human-chips' personalized with an individual's own living cells - to help transform the way each of us understand our own body, and manage our own health.

Watch a short video from Emulate here. 

Special Message to Attendees:
Emulate's Seaport facility is located at 27 Drydock Avenue(last building). Our building is just a short 5 minute walk from the garage,  and there is a Silver Line stop out front. Upon arrival, please take the elevator from lobby to 5th floor. Workspace entrance is on your left. 

Session Title: Bringing Innovation to Healthcare's Doorstep

Healthcare needs less distraction and more disruption. Through collaboration and seamless integration on an open cloud platform, More Disruption Please provides access to the world's most innovative thinking, offering solutions to help healthcare professionals thrive in the face of industry change and pressure.

This NewCo session will provide an introduction to athenahealth's More Disruption Please innovation and partnerships program. The session includes a demo of our athenahealth Marketplace and tour of our MDP accelerator and co-working space.

Suggested Audience: entrepreneurs, innovators, developers and anyone interested in disrupting the status quo in healthcare

Session Title: Disrupting the System: How Copatient is Simplifying Healthcare Expenses 

Healthcare is known to be expensive, confusing, stressful, and extraordinarily difficult to navigate. Join co-founder Rebecca Palm as she discusses copatient’s role in disrupting the healthcare industry. Copatient’s products and services were built with the simple principle that paying for healthcare should be easy. Attendees will have an exclusive behind the scenes look at copatient’s technology platform, and the customer’s experience. Plus, a session featuring tips and tricks on spotting errors and overcharges on your own medical bills, and when to bring in experts for the heavy lifting. You’ll also gain insight into how copatient is working with employers, brokers, and health plans to save money on healthcare costs, while continuing to provide guidance and education to consumers. 

Suggested audience: healthcare professionals, HR professionals, finance professionals, consumers, VC’s, companies seeking partnership opportunities 

Session Title: What you can see with Big Data
Join us for a virtual tour of some of the ways health care big data can be explored to reveal insights that improve the care you receive.  Everyone is talking about big data.  But what does it really mean?  In health care,  new data sources make it possible to look at large numbers of patients and identify those at risk for health problems, or who could benefit from particular treatments.  In this session, our CEO, Paul Bleicher will provide an overview of what OptumLabs is doing at the frontier of health care data science and discovery.  Our Innovation team, led by Sanji Fernando, will then share interactive examples of how health care big data can reveal the path to a disease, or even how the community you live in can influence your health. 

We are located at One Main Street, in Kendall Square, by the Longfellow Bridge.  You can take the Red Line to the Kendall/MIT stop and walk a few minutes to our building.  For those who prefer to drive, the Kendall Square Parking lot is just around the corner.  Their website is http://kendallsquare.org/related/parking/.  Upon arrival, please check in at the front desk on the main floor before proceeding to our office on the 10th floor.