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By Lydia Baugh

Policy

FAC E S O F I N N OVAT I O N

The Future of Health Technology
CTA Members' Akili and MedHaul Advancing Health Care
Through Technology

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he idea was innovative, changing the
way health care professionals treat
cognitive impairments, while finding
new science and data-based ways to give
patients and parents hope.
Akili Interactive achieved this by devel- improve cognitive
oping an effective and safe medical
and attention disortreatment that is also enjoyable.
ders in diverse populations.
EndeavorRx™, is the first FDA approved
prescription treatment delivered
MedHaul offers a cloud-based soluthrough a video game, for 8- to 12-year
tion that makes it easy to find and
old children with attention issues or
book transportation for any patient
diagnosed with attention deficit hyperwith any need. Connecting health care
activity disorder (ADHD).
providers to specialty transport sysProviding a new collaborative experitems, they are reaching disenfranence, Akili is building relationships with
chised communities and bridging the
patients, parents and their providers.
health care disparity gap.
With the use of data tracking, parents
Inspiration for this innovative comcan become more proactive in the treatpany came from personal experience.
ment of their children, through their
Erica Plybeah, founder and CEO of
dashboard and monitoring app. Parents
MedHaul, knows first-hand how difficult
have the ability to reach an Akili
getting a loved one to an appointment or
Representative, get answers to questions,
treatment can be. Her grandmother, a
set expectations, and track
diabetic with double ampuprogress, while working
tations, had an extremely
with their physician to offer
hard time getting safe and
Digital thera- reliable transportation. In
an advanced level of care.
"Digital therapeutics
peutics allow her work with a local chilallow us to do something
us to do some- dren's hospital, she stated
never before done in medithat over 90,000 rides per
thing never
cine - to build deep relayear were needed without a
before done in reliable system in place.
tionships with our patients
medicine.
based on their specific
MedHaul works exclusively
- Eddie Martucci, PhD, CEO of Akili
data, to listen to them and
with specialty transport
to continuously adapt and
systems who are trained
evolve our products based
and have the capabilities to
on their direct feedback," said Eddie
handle chronically ill patients, such as a
Martucci, PhD, CEO of Akili.
chemotherapy patient who is weak and
Collecting multiple data points per secneeds assistance with a wheelchair.
ond, Akili endeavors to help treat as many
MedHaul understands the complexity
children as possible with ADHD through
and challenges that face disadvantaged
science and data-based protocols.
communities. They also understand that
Using data collected and sound sciinternet access may not be accessible in
ence, Akili hopes to expand and evolve
these areas, which is why they partner
their technology platform to help
directly with health care providers and
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emergency services for those individuals
who may call 911, but don't need an ambulance. These communities (low income,
chronically ill, elderly) are overlooked and
yet have a high impact on health care.
Hospitals, patients, and medical
transportation providers now have the
convenience to book medical transportation to or from various locations, while
streamlining the management of day-today transportation operations. MedHaul
is helping to create a community of service and trust in medicine.
MedHaul would like to see a policy
change that transportation needs for the
chronically ill would be a covered benefit. For the future, they hope to see about
one-third of health care providers
nationwide regularly using the platform,
while continuing to help the most vulnerable communities get reliable, efficient and safe transportation to fulfil
their health care needs.

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