Telemedicine Venture Summit Features Emerging Companies Making Waves in Healthcare

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American Telemedicine Association

Apr 30, 2014, 16:00 ET

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 30, 2014 -- The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) and the law firm of Jones Day are pleased to announce the companies selected to participate in the ATA 2014 Telemedicine Venture Summit. This event, held in conjunction with the ATA 2014 Annual Meeting and Trade Show, is designed to provide a forum for education, networking and collaboration between telemedicine and mHealth start-ups and venture capital.

A distinguished selection committee of venture capitalists, private equity investors, and healthcare strategic partners selected the following companies from a pool of over 50 applicants:

• 1DocWay
• Collaborative Medical Technology Corp.
• FlexLife Health Inc.
• HipaaChat
• InnovaTel Telepsychiatry
• InvisionHeart
• Nephosity, Inc.
• Poheme, Inc.
• Respond Well
• T-MedRobotics
• Transclick, Inc.
• Wellpepper
• Women’s Telehealth
• Zansors
• Intention Technology
• Biosign Technologies Inc.
• The Juxtopia Group, Inc.
• GeaCom, Inc.
• CiBots, Inc.
• GenieCorp
• VOXearch, Inc.
• Yu-scan ltd.
• Intelesens ltd.
• ZYTO Corp.
• Quantum Applied Science and Research, Inc.

“Given the variety of innovative telemedicine, telehealth and mHealth businesses, and growing interest among the investment community, we feel this Venture Summit is a valuable opportunity for emerging companies to establish mutually beneficial relationships and propel their product or service into the marketplace,” said Jonathan Linkous, CEO of ATA.

The Telemedicine Venture Summit will feature a morning of lessons from mentors and practice pitches from up-and-coming companies to gain tips and pointers. Following the morning preparation, selected companies will participate in an afternoon of custom networking where they will be matched with investors based on unique interests to provide one-on-one time to connect. There will also be several panels of investors and experts to provide education and guidance to participants as well as non-applicant, general attendees.

The Telemedicine Venture Summit is part of ATA 2014, the ATA Annual Meeting and Trade Show. This event (May 17-20, in Baltimore) is the premier forum for telemedicine education and exhibiting venue for companies looking to market their remote medical products and services. Nearly 6000 attendees including telemedicine professionals, institutions, healthcare providers and government agencies will attend over 500 educational presentations and view more than 250 exhibitors. For more information and to see a full list of speakers, visit http://www.ata2014.org.

ABOUT THE AMERICAN TELEMEDICINE ASSOCIATION
The American Telemedicine Association is the leading international resource and advocate promoting the use of advanced remote medical technologies. ATA and its diverse membership work to fully integrate telemedicine into healthcare systems to improve quality, equity, and affordability of healthcare throughout the world. Established in 1993, ATA is headquartered in Washington, DC. For more information, please visit http://www.americantelemed.org.

Mimi Hubbard, American Telemedicine Association, +1 (202) 664-9680, [email protected]