Author: Brian Perry

Over half of Americans fail to receive health screening tests that could potentially save their lives, and the percentage is much higher among underserved populations. The founders of mPATH® set out to test a theory: Would more patients choose to have screenings if it were as simple and convenient as booking an airplane flight online? Clinical studies found that the answer was a resounding yes. mPATH’s cloud-based solution allows patients to learn about and elect to receive screenings – all thanks to a prompt from a text message. With 85% of adults owning a smart phone, this method has...

Announcing the Winners of the Health Equity Innovation Challenge Concord, NC – August 2, 2024 — The Health Equity Innovation Challenge winners were announced by the Flywheel Foundation. The cohort is underway under the leadership of our title sponsor Atrium Health – Greater Charlotte North Area and other collaborating organizations. The Challenge is in its second year and received over 80 applications. Twenty companies were advanced to the semifinalist round by a screening committee including sponsors and community organizations focused on the challenge priorities, which include...

Neal Shah has experienced firsthand the stormy world of caring for family members with health crises. He couldn’t stop thinking that there must be a better way to help people with home care. Much of the home care he found was expensive, inconvenient, and of uneven quality. It was difficult to find quality help for services such as companionship, cooking meals, and doing light housework. “Not to offend anyone,” Shah says, “but the home care industry is really broken.” So the former Wall Street hedge-fund manager made an abrupt career change by founding CareYaya, an online registry that...