HealthTech Arkansas, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional Health System, Mercy, OrthoArkansas, St. Bernards Healthcare, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Washington Regional Medical Center are hosting a virtual event on October 5, 2020 at 5:00 PM to introduce the five startup companies selected for the 2020 HealthTech Arkansas healthcare accelerator. The event will include a welcome from Governor Asa Hutchinson and Arkansas Children’s Hospital CEO Marcy Doderer, followed by short presentations from each of the five companies in the cohort.
“We are excited to offer a virtual event this year to a broader audience and to introduce the new cohort to Arkansas and the powerful teams available to them at all of our healthcare provider partners around the state,” said Jeff Stinson, director of HealthTech Arkansas.
The five companies were selected from hundreds of applicants across 14 different countries and are headquartered across the country in California, Utah, and Pennsylvania. The cohort will participate in a program that provides them the opportunity to build solutions specifically identified by Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional Health System, Mercy, OrthoArkansas, St. Bernards Healthcare, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), and Washington Regional Medical Center as areas of opportunity within their organizations, from heart health and cardiac care to medical devices and software platforms. Each company will receive seed investment as well as complete and total access to clinicians and administrators while executing their pilot projects.
HealthTech Arkansas is a third-year accelerator program focused exclusively on provider engagement with early-stage companies and works with both Arkansas-based and out-of-state companies. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission awarded a grant to HealthTech Arkansas through a program designed to increase acceleration activities in targeted industries in the state.
The virtual event is free and open to the press and public. Attendees can register for the event at http://bit.ly/hta2020event. More information about HealthTech Arkansas, including a link to RSVP for the kick-off event, can be found at HealthTechArkansas.com.