Companies earn $1 million prize to implement groundbreaking response to opioids
Channel: Tech Ohio
Date: 2019-08-27

Imagine a world where hospitals help prevent opioid use, overdoses are avoided with the push of a button, those in recovery are rewarded for meeting their goals, and babies experiencing withdrawal are soothed by their beds. Thanks to the Ohio Opioid Technology Challenge, each of these technologies are $1 million closer to becoming a reality. Four companies — University Hospitals, Brave Technology Coop, DynamiCare Health and Prapela, Inc. — were announced as grand prize recipients of the competition. The Challenge launched in 2017 as a partnership between the Ohio Third Frontier and global science and technology network NineSigma, asking innovators to use technology to help solve the global opioid epidemic. Each winning company has a groundbreaking plan to fight the crisis from within Ohio.

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