The first track of startups has been selected for the startup contest Pitch Perfect, set to take place at the

首届初创企业赛道已选出，将参加即将举行的创业大赛 Pitch Perfect，

MedCity INVEST conference

MedCity INVEST 会议

in Chicago May 20-21 at the Willis Tower. Finalists for the Consumer/Employer health tech track focus on care coordination and care navigation, the Pitch Perfect theme for this track. Judges for the track include Helen Ciesielski, principal at

在芝加哥的威利斯大厦于5月20日至21日举行。消费者/雇主健康技术赛道的决赛选手重点关注护理协调和导航，这是该赛道的Pitch Perfect主题。该赛道的评委包括海伦·切谢尔斯基，

HC9 Ventures

HC9创投

; Amit Aysola, co-founder and managing partner at

； Amit Aysola，联合创始人兼管理合伙人

Create Health Ventures

创建健康风险投资公司

, an early stage venture

，一家早期创业公司

fund focused on digital health; and Derek Mazur, director at

专注于数字健康的基金；以及德里克·马祖尔，董事

Cedar Pine

雪松松树

, where he leads healthcare services and health

，他在那里领导医疗保健服务和健康相关事务。

tech investments as a growth equity investor.

作为增长型股权投资者的科技投资。

To review the agenda or to register,

要查看议程或注册，

click here

点击这里

.

。

Care Hero

护理英雄

seeks to transform the way families access and manage senior care, particularly the complex administrative burdens of finding quality home care. Care Hero addresses these challenges by providing a flexible, affordable platform that pairs families with vetted caregivers while managing essential tasks like payroll, taxes, and compliance.

旨在改变家庭获取和管理老年人护理的方式，特别是寻找优质家庭护理的复杂行政负担。Care Hero 通过提供一个灵活且经济实惠的平台来应对这些挑战，该平台将家庭与经过审查的护理人员配对，同时管理工资、税务和合规性等必要任务。

Using AI, it matches caregivers based on skills and availability. it also helps manage ongoing care tasks. .

利用人工智能，根据技能和可用性匹配护理人员，还帮助管理持续的护理任务。

CareYaya Health Technologies

CareYaya健康科技

Family caregivers face limited and costly options for home care and respite, managing aging loved ones, spouses with serious illnesses, or children with special needs. CareYaya is a technology platform providing an on-demand, personalized, in-home care booking services. CareYaya helps senior citizens, disabled adults, special needs children and their families find the care they need by connecting families with compassionate, motivated college students.

家庭护理人员面临有限且昂贵的家庭护理和喘息服务选择，需要照顾年迈的亲人、患有严重疾病的配偶或有特殊需求的孩子。CareYaya 是一个技术平台，提供按需、个性化的上门护理预订服务。CareYaya 通过将家庭与富有同情心且积极主动的大学生联系起来，帮助老年人、残疾成年人、有特殊需求的儿童及其家人找到他们所需的护理服务。

This provides affordable care for thousands of families and introduces tens of thousands of energetic individuals into the care workforce..

这为成千上万的家庭提供了负担得起的护理服务，并将成千上万名充满活力的个人引入护理行业。

CHADIS

查迪斯

integrates with EHRs to support online screenings ahead of doctor appointments for health, development, behavioral health, and social determinants of health for children, adults and teachers. It offers motivational interviewing guides and post-visit portals for teens separately from parents. It documents guideline-based behavioral healthcare including care plans for ADHD, anxiety, depression and suicide risk.

与电子健康记录（EHR）集成，支持在医生预约前进行在线筛查，涵盖儿童、成人和教师的健康、发育、行为健康以及健康的社会决定因素。它提供动机性访谈指南，并为青少年提供独立于父母的就诊后门户。该系统记录基于指南的行为医疗保健，包括针对注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）、焦虑、抑郁和自杀风险的护理计划。

It also does autism screening with the aid of machine learning..

它还借助机器学习进行自闭症筛查。

DUOS

双人战组合

focuses on helping older adults. It addresses critical gaps in healthcare by taking a holistic approach to health and wellness. It seeks to improve access to programs to reduce food insecurity and improve transportation to appointments, and untapped financial resources. Co-founder and CEO Karl Ulfers wants to use AI to help navigate complex healthcare decisions.

专注于帮助老年人。它通过采取整体健康和保健方法来解决医疗保健中的关键缺口。它旨在改善计划的可及性，以减少粮食不安全并改善就医交通以及未开发的财政资源。联合创始人兼首席执行官卡尔·乌尔弗斯希望利用人工智能帮助应对复杂的医疗决策。

This vision extends beyond technology, reshaping the healthcare landscape to ensure older adults and their caregivers can access the support they need. .

这一愿景超越了技术范畴，重塑医疗保健领域的格局，确保老年人及其护理人员能够获得所需的支持。

Health Concierge Inc.

健康礼宾服务公司

helps patients navigate the healthcare system through its AI-based care navigator. It finds doctors, enables users to set up appointments, fill prescriptions, and more. Its approach replicates and improves on the steps taken by individuals. The company can find a user’s ideal doctor by identifying top local doctors and calling them via its voicebot to verify availability, insurance compatibility, and relevant specializations. .

通过其基于人工智能的护理导航系统，帮助患者在医疗系统中找到方向。它能够查找医生、使用户能够预约、开处方等。其方法复制并改进了个人所采取的步骤。该公司可以通过识别当地顶级医生并通过其语音机器人致电给他们来验证可用性、保险兼容性和相关专业，从而找到用户的理想医生。

PreventScripts

防止脚本

seeks to support the drive to integrate behavioral health into primary care. By doing so, PreventScripts wants to address a growing need: guiding patients toward healthier lifestyles without disrupting their already packed clinical schedules. Primary care physicians are losing patients to consumer-based services that often fracture continuity of care.  PreventScripts simplifies integrating health behavior modification into primary care by offering a turnkey solution rooted in proven science.

致力于支持将行为健康整合到初级保健中的推动。通过这样做，PreventScripts 希望解决一个日益增长的需求：引导患者走向更健康的生活方式，同时不打乱他们已经排满的临床日程。初级保健医生正在因基于消费的服务而失去患者，这些服务常常破坏护理的连续性。PreventScripts 通过提供一种基于经过验证的科学的即用型解决方案，简化了将健康行为改变整合到初级保健的过程。

This platform enables practices to deliver a continuity of care that reaches under-targeted patients, from young adults entering Medicare with moderate health risks, to those in midlife on the brink of chronic conditions, to teens struggling with obesity, and new mothers adapting to post-partum health challenges. .

该平台使医生能够为未得到充分照顾的患者提供持续的医疗服务，从刚进入医疗保险体系、健康风险适中的年轻人，到濒临慢性病的中年人，再到与肥胖抗争的青少年，以及适应产后健康挑战的新妈妈们。

Photo:

照片：

RichVantage, Getty Images

RichVantage，Getty Images