TECHdotMN: News about Minnesota Startups

Via News Release

“CHICAGO and MINNEAPOLIS (May 21, 2012) – Avery Dennison Medical Solutions today announced a partnership with Preventice, Inc., to produce patch-based wearable sensors for clinical monitoring of a patient’s unique physiological characteristics.

Preventice is a break-through developer of mobile health applications and patient monitoring systems that deliver continuous care, wherever an individual might be. Mobile health applications, like those developed by Preventice, improve the doctor-patient relationship by establishing a constant connection and exchange of information between care providers and their patients. This connection encourages patients to stay engaged in actively managing their health while away from their health care providers, and feeds data to clinicians about a patient’s health status without impacting their daily lifestyle.”

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A Mendota Heights health IT firm known as Healthsense is seeking to raise more investment capital — to the specific tune of $13,702,499 — according to a recent SEC filing that claims “first sale yet to occur.”

Looking back through the archives, Healthsense has been on the paper trail since 2007; it appears that $1.5m was secured in 2009, then there was a target round of $6.7m in 2010 and another $1.2 last year. The company is also in the portfolio of San Diego’s West Health Investment Fund as of 2011. From the Healthsense website:

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By Nick Nelson

Imagine that you’re stuck in the lobby of a medical clinic waiting to see your doctor, but you won’t be seeing the doctor until you first see a nurse.

And she’s running a little behind.

Oh, you’re going to need an interpreter? There’s only one available, and he’s on the other side of the building. Now it turns out the doctor had to run out because of an emergency so you’ll need to reschedule. You drove an hour to get here?

Oops, sorry about that.

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By Arundhati Parmar, MedCity News

“A Minneapolis company has created an iPhone app that will allow people to interact with their health insurance companies about everything from claims and coverage to disease management.

Warm Health, a healthcare communications and disease management company, announced Monday that the Warm Health App on iTunes is available to plan members of its insurance clients. Although it is free for anyone to download, the app works only with health plan customers of Warm Health. The company has 25 clients including Amerigroup, Medica, HealthSpring.”

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Mediyak

Via News Release

“ST. PAUL, Minn. – April 10, 2012 – 3M announced today that it has acquired CodeRyte, Inc., an industry leader in clinical natural language processing (NLP) technology and computer-assisted coding solutions for healthcare outpatient providers. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

CodeRyte helps physicians and coders deliver fast, accurate and complete coding information immediately through its advanced NLP technology. Its products include CodeAssist, CodeComplete and DataScout. Since 2009, 3M has worked with CodeRyte to bring its computer-assisted coding technology to more than 60 3M clients.”

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Last summer, we wrote about a Wayzata startup called Nomolos which had raised $155k for a mobile health platform that was still in stealth mode.  Turns out that Nomolos has since pulled in $600k for Zestar, a 24/7 mobile weight loss coach launched over the winter.

“Sustainable weight loss has to do more with what you eat than how much you eat,” says co founder Joy Solomon. “Zestar was created for those who want to lose weight over time by addressing the physiological needs of hunger and metabolism. It’s not a calorie counter, rather a ‘what to eat’ recommendation engine.

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By Arundhati Parmar, MedCity News

“A road less traveled may bring riches. At least that is the hope at Preventice, a Minneapolis software company whose association with Mayo Clinic is leading it to foray into the world of medical devices.

The company – formerly called Boost Information Systems and based near Mayo in Rochester – is building a miniature, remote body monitor called BodyGuardian.”

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Via News Release

“March 20, 2012 — The expansion of mobile technology into health care has the potential to transform care delivery, drive greater efficiency and improve patient outcomes.

A new partnership between Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure cloud-based integration and data management services and solutions, and Preventice, a leading developer of mobile health applications and remote monitoring systems brings the industry one step closer to these goals.”

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