On February 14, 2017, TechTown Detroit will host the MedHealth Summit, an event that will bring together health care organizations and innovators in an effort to catalyze the development of solutions and adoption of technologies that use digital health solutions and medical devices to solve key health care challenges in Southeast Michigan and Southwest Ontario. The MedHealth Summit is intended to serve as a platform for collaborative innovation, providing a myriad of opportunities for networking and education about medical device and digital health innovation in our region. It is a unique cross-border effort in a key cluster industry that is supported by New Economy Initiative and a number of partners, including:

- Arbor Hospice
- Beaumont Health
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
- Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
- Detroit Medical Center
- Digital Venture Factory
- GE Healthcare
- Detroit Regional Chamber – Health Care Initiatives
- University of Michigan - Fast Forward Medical Innovations
- Henry Ford Health System
- Henry Ford Innovation Institute
- in2Being
- Microsoft Corporation
- Mobile Diagnostic Services
- Michigan State University – College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Oakland County - Medical Mainstreet
- Oakland University Incubator (OU, Inc)
- TechTown Detroit
- University of Windsor
- Wayne State University
- World Health Innovation Network
- WeTech Allliance
- and more . . .

The event will also hold the MedHealth Challenge, which is an opportunity for innovators to submit medical device and digital health concepts to meet the needs of health providers. Applications are now being accepted for two tracks – early stage companies and market-ready companies – and close January 6, 2017. Finalists will be notified by February 6, 2017. Additionally, one-on-one engagements between innovators and "end-users" (payers & providers such as Henry Ford Health Systems, DMC/Tenet, Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare and more) will be conducted via a matching process for those startups that apply by January 6th.

A tentative agenda is available on the event website. In addition to the MedHealth Challenge competition, the event will have a keynote speaker, panel discussions, networking opportunities, and the debut of a "medhealth commercialization pathfinder" tool.

For more information and questions:
Contact: info@medhealthsummit.org
RSVP for Feb 14th: www.medhealthsummit.org/rsvp
FAQs: https://medhealthsummit.org/challenge-info/#faq
Apply for the MedHealth Challenge: https://medhealthsummit.org/challenge-info/#apply