“You talk about solving this big problem; why don’t you just go do it?” a Vanderbilt professor told entrepreneur Jessica Harthcock. That problem came out of Harthcock’s personal experience pursuing recovery following a gymnastics-induced spinal injury at age 17 that left her paralyzed from the chest down. “I wasn’t given any chance of recovery,” says Harthcock. […]
Sinead Miller was an Olympic-bound competitive road cyclist and member of the national USA Women’s Road Cycling team for a decade. But in 2010, during a race in the Netherlands, Miller crashed. The accident resulted in multiple injuries, including broken bones and a traumatic brain injury at just 20 years old. That life-changing moment led […]
At a hackathon last year, Georgia Tech students Manav Sevak and Kunal Naik paired up with Harvard medical student Nisarg Patel to form a team and solve a technical challenge. Following the event, the team decided they wanted to use their talents to tackle the issues behind medical adherence for chronic health patients. They founded Memora Health, a personal assistant platform for […]
Medication adherence is a serious issue for care providers — especially in light of recent statistics that show drug overdoses deaths are now the leading cause of accidental death in the U.S., surpassing automobile accidents, guns, and HIV. It’s important for doctors to track the prescriptions they’re doling out, especially of potentially-addictive medications like painkillers. […]
Medical bills are one of the easiest payments to fall through the cracks — unlike a monthly bill, there’s rarely a reminder system, and between handling unexpected illness or injuries and coordinating with health insurance, you can easily forget. One in five Americans with medical insurance have unpaid, past-due medical bills — many reported that they were unaware of any […]