It was an intensive 5-month journey in which the teams got to improve on their solutions, with the invaluable assistance of their mentors. It has been a pleasure to follow the evolution of such promising projects and we are looking forward to continuing to accompany these teams on their quest to improve the lives of patients and caregivers all over the world.
If you want to know more about the participating teams, click on their names and you'll be redirected to their webpages: Alfred Alert, AppDermis, Biel Glasses, CF Hero, Happyr Health, Heuristik, Pheal, On Wheels, StepUp Health , UVRPM and WeWALK.
And read some of what the participants had to say about the experience:
Jean-Michel Hedreux, from Alfred Alert, one of the participants of the Patient Innovation Bootcamp gave an interview to EIT Health detailing his experience in the Bootcamp:
“In short, this Patient Innovation program is just perfect for startup patients who are creating the care and management solutions of tomorrow.”
Likewise, Cornelius Palm and Nicola Filzmoser, following their participation in the Bootcamp with their solution Happyr Health, wrote an article on their website entitled “Patient Innovation: Why patients are the better innovator”.
“Who would be the best person to tackle the challenges of patients? Exactly, patients themselves. No one knows more about a patient’s problem than those who themselves suffer from the disease and its associated problems in the diagnosis, therapy or prevention.”