Looking back at the RWJF Challenges

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By JOHN EL-MARAGHY

Catalyst is proud to stay at the top of innovation, commercialization, and impact — and that includes updating our means of communication. You all know and read about the amazing challenges the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation posed to address issues in substance misuse and artificial intelligence, so now hear about it in the words of healthcare gurus Matthew Holt and Indu Subaiya as they interview our six champions!

RWJF Opioid Challenge: Grand Prize Sober Grid is a social network designed to support, assist, and educate those suffering from all kinds of addiction. The Sober Grid platform incorporates a suite of geolocated support, a “burning desire” distress beacon, and coaching. For those looking to get help and support, the Sober Grid platform is a fantastic free utility.

RWJF AI Challenge: Grand Prize Buoy is a virtual triage chatbot designed to work on any browser. All too often we rely on the quick search for information and get what we pay for– inaccurate and sometimes harmfully misdiagnosed information. The Buoy system takes a more conversational approach and emulates the same techniques a doctor would use when diagnosing your symptoms. We still recommend following up, but this AI solution is an amazing first step.

 

 

RWJF Opioid Challenge: Second Prize ResQ is a behavioral journal that promotes resilience to relapse by through gamification and social assistance.

 

 

RWJF AI Challenge: Second Prize INF Robotics RUDY is a fascinating in-home care, natural language processing, and general assistance robot for the elderly to age with dignity.

 

 

RWJF Opioid Challenge: Third Prize Team Hashtag is a wearable device designed to help identify and blast an SOS when a wearer overdoses.

 

 

RWJF AI Challenge: Third Prize Patient Price, an extremely useful platform with an ability to gauge costs as a base offering for a whole suite of services aimed at making healthcare easier to navigate and more transparent.

 

 

A huge congratulations to our grand prize winners, and all our our participants! Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content as more interesting solutions come to the top of the healthcare hopper.

 

 

John El-Maraghy is a Program Associate at Catalyst @ Health 2.0 that focuses on cultivating and creating positive and lasting healthcare partnerships.

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