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When "Shark Tank” and Health Tech Meet, Innovation Thrives

When "Shark Tank” and Health Tech Meet, Innovation Thrives

Have you seen the show “Shark Tank?” I had the chance to act as a “shark” this week for an innovative challenge where entrepreneurs took to the stage to pitch their best health tech ideas. I have the privilege of representing the AMA as the secretary of the eHealth Initiative (eHI), a non-profit multi-stakeholder organization committed to improving health and healthcare through information technology. The group just held its iTHRIVE Challenge, receiving 60 “pitches” from entrepreneurs. The pitches were viewed online 15,000 times and 1,000 people voted on the pitches to select 12 finalists who presented them in Washington, D.C.