New Orleans Healthcare Innovators Challenge
New Orleans' leading healthcare institutions seek digital health solutions for the city's most critical healthcare needs.
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See current challenges →New Orleans' leading healthcare institutions have come together for a second year to seek solutions for the city's most critical healthcare needs in the New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge, brought to you by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana and Ochsner Health System. In the showcase below, you will find the teams competing to win the 2019 NOLAHI Challenge and the chance for up to $36,000 and other remarkable in-kind prizes.
The four challenges for which entrepreneurs can submit digital health solutions are innovations for Social Determinants of Health, Affordable Care Choices, Real Time Results, and Access to Care. Visit the challenge information pages to read the statements in full, meet the judges, read the rules and more. Please review the ideas and share your feedback — your input, along with experts throughout the country, will determine the winning teams in the NOLAHI Challenge.
Finalists will be invited to New Orleans Entrepreneur Week in March to debut their solutions and win prizes! Thank you for being a part of the award-winning New Orleans Health Innovators Challenge!
Prizes
- $50KLead cash prize per track
- Co-working space + accelerator consideration
- Pilot programs with sponsoring health systems
Plus remarkable in-kind prizes — services from Mad*Pow, PwC, HWtrek, DataArt, McCarter & English, Sherpa Media, and Amazon Web Services, plus the MedStartr Accelerator (2-year acceleration + NYC Million Dollar Finals).
Our sponsors
Leading healthcare institutions are funding this challenge to find the innovations they need.
Challenge tracks
Social Determinants of Health
Presented by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana & Ochsner Health System
Innovations that address the social determinants of health — the conditions in which people live, work, and age that shape health outcomes.
Affordable Care Choices
Presented by Tulane Health System
Solutions that help people find and make affordable, high-value care choices.
Real Time Results
Presented by Lafayette General Foundation
Solutions that deliver clinical and operational results to patients and care teams in real time.
Access to Care
Presented by University Medical Center
Innovations that expand access to care across New Orleans' communities.
Important dates
- Applications openNov 9, 2018
- Applications closeJan 13, 2019
- Crowd review opensNov 10, 2018
- Crowd review closesMar 18, 2019
- Live finalsMar 18, 2019
Live finals — NOLAHI Summit in New Orleans
Meet the judges
Finalists are selected by a hybrid panel of MedStartr mentors, healthcare leaders, and the crowd.
How it works
Apply
Teams submit their innovations through a short structured application.
Crowd review
Patients, providers, investors, and advisors review the projects online and weigh in.
Live finals
Finalists pitch live in New Orleans; winners receive funding, pilots, and accelerator consideration.
Who should apply
- 🚀Early-stage healthcare startups
Building a digital health, medtech, or care-delivery innovation that addresses one of the challenge tracks.
- 🧪Rapid-growth innovators
With early traction looking for funding, pilots, and access to leading health systems.
- 🌍Mission-driven teams
Ready to deploy in the challenge's community and partner with its sponsoring institutions.
Get involved
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