Catalyst @ Health 2.0: A Year in Review
The RWJF Emergency Response for the Health Care System and General Public Innovation Challenges Recap
As we wave goodbye to 2020, the team at Catalyst @ Health 2.0 is sharing some of this year’s highlights in a series of blog posts.
On November 19th, six teams competed in a virtual pitch event for the finals of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Emergency Response for the General Public and for the Health Care System Innovation Challenges. The teams - binformed | covidata, CovidSMS, and Fresh EBT by Propel for the General Public Challenge and Path Check, Qventus, and Tiatros, Inc., for the Health Care System Challenge - presented in front of expert judging panels, who evaluated the entries on impact, UX/UI, innovation/creativity, scalability and strength of presentation. (You can see the demos for all teams here)
Qventus was declared the winner of the RWJF Emergency Response for the Health Care System Innovation Challenge and received $25,000.
Meanwhile, binformed | covidata and CovidSMS tied for first place in the RWJF Emergency Response for the General Public Challenge and were each awarded $17,500.
After they had a chance to catch their breath and enjoy their wins, Catalyst caught back up with the three winning teams - hear the winners’ reflections below:
binformed | covidata - RWJF Emergency Response for the General Public Innovation Challenge Winner’s Interview
CovidSMS - RWJF Emergency Response for the General Public Innovation Challenge Winner’s Interview
Qventus - RWJF Emergency Response for the Health Care System Innovation Challenge Winner’s Interview