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Colombia innovating
the health care system

The Problem

Fragmentation has always been a complex challenge for healthcare systems around the world leading to a lack of continuity of care.
Now more than ever, we need to evolve and Latin America is at the right moments, with a healthcare coverage of almost 100% of the population and an up and coming innovation ecosystem capable of leading the transformation.

Challenge

Open Innovation Challenge

The 2030 Health Movement created the call where entrepreneurs from the region applied their knowledge to solve the following challenges

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Challenge

#1

How could we help patients and caregivers to navigate the experience, understanding it, simplifying procedures and finding financial support alternatives, increasing the chances that they will have greater continuity in the care and treatment of their illness?

Challenges
3

Applications
40

Mentors
+3

Entrepreneurs
6

Emprendedores

Meet the entrepreneurs

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AI-based telehealth platform that connects patients and their families with a network of health services.

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Software to manage patients before, during and after an appointment tour with various tools such as telemedicine.

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Application that optimizes care by storing medical and demographic information in accessories with QR codes.

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Platform that uses AI and analyzes large volumes of calls, extracting relevant information from patients.

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Platform that supports the management of the chronic population, focusing care on patients, centralizing the medical history.

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Provide health care services to vulnerable populations through low-cost annual membership.

We´re Offering

Colombia's Open Innovation Process

Colombia's open innovation challenge follow the timeline outlined below. 

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ACELERATION 
INCUBATION
SELECTION 
Application process open to the public
Development and evaluation of the solution together with partners
Validation of the solution, iteration and planning of the pilot

We're offering

Develop your idea
Receive expertise and mentorship
Expand your networking

Nuestro Nodo
Colombia

Augusto Galán, Director de Así Vamos en Salud, nos cuenta su percepción del por qué es necesaria esta transformación en el país.

"El Acceso real y oportuno de la población a los servicios de salud es una de nuestras prioridades”

Dr. Augusto Galán, Director de Así Vamos en Salud.

Research Documents

View our research documents

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Patient Journey Maps

The Colombia challenge focuses on two critical diseases - breast cancer and multiple sclerosis. We have created patient journey maps from pre-diagnosis through treatment to co-existing with the disease. 

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Colombia Innovation Challenges

Read more about each of the three innovation challenges on our public miro board. You can choose any of these three to solve for when applying for the open innovation challenge.

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Care Continuity Research Report

Download our full research report on the state of care continuity in Colombia. There are 8 key areas of opportunity related to critical painpoints in the patient journey, and are ripe for systemic innovation.

Learn more about the problem space and how these challenges were formed in our full reports.

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