AdhereTech Wins the Super-Utilizer Health Innovation Challenge, Created by Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) and Kaiser Permanente

The Center for Health Care Strategies (CHCS) is a national nonprofit health policy resource center focused on promoting innovations in publicly financed health care, especially for individuals with complex, high-cost needs. This wonderful organization recently worked with Kaiser Permanente to create a national health-tech competition called The Super-Utilizer Health Innovation Challenge. CHCS reports:

In April 2015, CHCS launched the challenge calling on digital entrepreneurs and developers to design health technology to improve care and outcomes for high-need, high-cost, low-income patients — who commonly have multiple medical, behavioral health, and social needs.

And:

[This] first-of-its-kind competition [is] made possible by Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit through its funding of the Innovations in Complex Care program.

AdhereTech is beyond honored to be selected as the grand prize winner of this competition:

First place ($25,000): AdhereTech’s smart pill bottles use wireless sensor technology to guide improved medication adherence. The simple pill bottle design reminds an individual when to take their medications, contacts the patient via text message or phone call if dosages are missed, and shares real-time medication usage data with clinicians. 

And here’s the most exciting part:

As first-place winner, AdhereTech will potentially have the opportunity to meet with Kaiser Permanente, the Association of Community Affiliated Plans, and the Alliance of Community Health Plans to discuss prospective piloting opportunities.

Rachel Davis, senior program officer and Digital Health Initiative lead at CHCS, shares her thoughts on the competition:

“The tools and approaches showcased in this challenge offer novel strategies for improving health outcomes and reducing health care costs for patients with complex needs. We congratulate the developers for creatively addressing the needs of this population through digital health tools.”

AdhereTech is inspired to provide continued care to those who need it most!