Janssen Connected Care Challenge seeks transformational transition care ideas and offers awards totaling $250,000 to develop winning solutions
Washington D.C. (January 26, 2012)-Today Janssen Healthcare
Innovation , a team within Janssen Research & Development,
LLC., (Janssen), announced the Janssen Connected Care
Challenge at the Health Care Innovations Summit in
Washington, D.C. The Janssen Connected Care Challenge calls
for technology solutions to improve the coordination of
care for patients as they are being discharged from the
hospital. Janssen Healthcare Innovation will
award a total of $250,000 to support further development of
the top three ideas that improve healthcare
outcomes.
The challenge finalists will benefit from funding and
external expert collaboration while retaining independence
and ownership of their business concepts. By working with
outside experts, Janssen is able to tap a wider range of
expertise, capabilities and resources to bring new advances
and solutions in healthcare.
"Within Janssen, we support continuous innovation - both
internally and externally - to develop the tools,
frameworks and standards that will transform healthcare,"
said Diego Miralles, M.D., Head of Janssen Healthcare
Innovation. "We hope that the Janssen Connected Care
Challenge will inspire the best and the brightest
entrepreneurs to develop effective, scalable solutions that
can be deployed and truly make a meaningful impact in
patients' lives."
Janssen Healthcare Innovation identified care transitions
as an area in critical need of improvement. The team
designed the Janssen Connected Care Challenge as a
crowdsourcing-inspired effort to rally entrepreneurs' best
ideas. The goal of the challenge is to improve the
navigational process of transitioning patients out of the
hospital with the use of technology. Janssen
Healthcare Innovation is collaborating with the National
Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC), which is providing
input to the evaluation criteria for submissions as well as
identifying care transition experts to participate in the
panel of judges.
"The National Transitions of Care Coalition is proud to
support this important initiative by Janssen Healthcare
Innovation," said Cheri Lattimer, Executive Director of
NTOCC. "We believe the Janssen Connected Care Challenge
addresses vital issues within healthcare delivery that are
aligned with NTOCC's seven considerations for improving
transitions of care and reinforces the essential elements
of improved interventions NTOCC has identified in our Care
Transitions Bundle."
The challenge was announced by Kimberly Park, Partner,
Janssen Healthcare Innovation from the stage at the first
ever , a conference co-hosted by the Center for Medicare &
Medicaid Innovation, The West Wireless Health Institute,
and Health Affairs in collaboration with the Office of the
National Coordinator at Health & Human Services.
Janssen was invited by the collaborators to participate in
the event designed to facilitate dialogue and drive action
toward "better care and better health at lower
cost through continuous improvement." A of the event is
available starting at 8:15 a.m. Eastern.
"The organizations presenting challenges here today
are pushing the best minds in the country to create a
better healthcare system. They represent exciting
solutions to help address some of the Nation's most urgent
health needs," said CMS Acting Administrator Marilyn
Tavenner.
Submissions for the Janssen Connected Care Challenge will
be accepted from February 27, 2012 until March 25,
2012. Three finalists will be awarded $50,000 each
and have the opportunity to work with healthcare experts to
refine their solution. Each will present their ideas
to a panel of esteemed judges at a Demo Day in May.
The final winner will be selected on May 23, 2012 and
awarded $100,000 to help develop their concept in the
market.
About the Care Innovations Summit
Sponsored jointly by the Department of Health and Human
Services, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
Health Affairs, and the West Wireless Health Institute, the
Care Innovations Summit brings together more than 1,000
healthcare leaders, entrepreneurs, innovators, government
officials, and finance experts to stimulate investment in a
high-quality, sustainable healthcare system. Made
possible by the Affordable Care Act and the Obama
Administration's commitment to open government, the Summit
represents a new opportunity for industry and government to
work together to help spur innovation in the public and
private sectors to improve healthcare quality as never
before and lower costs through improvement.
National Transitions of Care Coalition (NTOCC)
The National Transitions of Care Coalition is a 501(c)(4)
dedicated to addressing a serious U.S. health care issue:
filling the gaps that occur when patients leave one care
setting and move to another care setting. These transitions
include patients moving from primary care to specialty
physicians; moving or transferring patients from the
emergency department to intensive care or surgery; or when
patients are discharged from the hospital to home, assisted
living arrangements, or skilled nursing facilities.
Working in conjunction with 450 Associate Member
organizations and over 3,000 individual professional
subscribers, NTOCC has developed tools and resources made
available to everyone in the health care industry including
providers, payors, patients and consumers. For
more information, visit .
Janssen Healthcare Innovation
Janssen Healthcare Innovation is an entrepreneurial team
within Janssen Research & Development, LLC, (Janssen), one
of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies. Through
collaborations, Janssen Healthcare Innovation is developing
products and services to deliver high-quality,
cost-effective healthcare to all. The team's current
initiatives include solutions to address three emerging
markets of healthcare: optimizing healthcare delivery, the
maintenance of health, and innovative financing of
healthcare. It also has projects that will enhance the
company's existing business by improving patient adherence
to treatment regimens, applying personal genomics to drug
development, and modernizing clinical trials.
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Contact:
Meghan Marschall
Janssen Global Services, LLC
201-323-0578 or mmarscha@its.jnj.com
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