Last week the mobihealthnews team attended part of the Wireless Life-Sciences Alliance meeting out in La Jolla, California. One of the founding members of the Alliance, mid-market investment firm TripleTree, announced its inaugural wireless life-sciences innovation/insight/initiative awards: the I Awards.
TripleTree explained that the awards aim to "showcase companies that are delivering and developing disruptive technologies and services that demonstrate innovation, insight and initiative in the wireless life-sciences sector."
This year TripleTree awarded Proteus Biomedical, GreatCall/Jitterbug and IntelliDOT as the first recipients of the firm's awards.
The list of finalists reads like a who's who of top companies in the emerging wireless health sector. Here's the full list with links to each company's website.
Proteus Biomedical - Electronically observed pharmaceutical therapy platform (winner)
GreatCall -- Jitterbug: Simple cell phone with 24-hour live service (winner)
IntelliDOT -- Wireless workflow manager connecting caregivers with information systems (winner)
BeWell Mobile -- Multiple disease management applications
CellTrak Technologies -- Homecare automation with GPS cell phones
Diversinet -- Health Information transparency in partnership with AllOne Mobile
Epocrates -- Rx drug and formulary reference
MedApps -- Wireless health monitoring
MicroCHIPS -- Continuous glucose management system
Philometron -- PTMS program weight management system
Tagnos -- Patient flow management applications
Triage Wireless -- Wireless telemetry/vital signs monitoring
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