2024 Fuel for Your Health Accelerator Part 2 The Bentonville Beacon

Summary
In this special three-part series of The Bentonville Beacon, host James Bell meets with cohort members of this year’s Fuel for Your Health Accelerator, a program that matches scalable health tech startups with enterprise partners to expedite the adoption of transformative medical technologies. James kicks off the episode with Tom Douglass, Fuel’s Entrepreneur in Residence, and is then joined by Rand Ragusa, Co-Founder of QuickTake Health; Erin Keyes, Co-Founder and CEO at Telegenixx; Dr. Bechara Saab, CEO and Chief Scientist with Mobio Interactive; and Natalie Shew, Founder and CEO from EmployWell.

New Orleans, Louisiana-based QuickTake Health provides innovative vital sign workflow automation and patient engagement kiosk solutions, revolutionizing the way healthcare facilities manage patient intake documentation and interactions. Dedicated to improving healthcare outcomes and enhancing patient experiences through innovative solutions, QuickTake’s intuitive interface allows patients to easily download their content to their phone and engage with personalized health resources, empowering them to take an active role in their own well-being.

New York-based Telegenixx is a digital health marketplace that unifies regenerative health physicians, laboratories, pharmacies and patients into one central platform focused on accessibility, affordability and easy-to-follow care plans. Through a tiered, all-inclusive subscription model, Telegenixx offers patients affordable access to elite physicians specifically trained in cutting edge peptide- and hormone-based protocols. 

Singapore-based Mobio Interactive addresses the increased demand for mental healthcare globally with its commercialized AI digital diagnostic and psychotherapy platform. The platform serves as a stopgap for patients on waitlists for healthcare services, and contains convenient, scalable and remote monitoring tools that facilitate clinical decisions and the personalization of therapy according to real-time measures. 

Lastly, Fayetteville, Arkansas-based EmployWell helps nurses work smarter not harder with its clinic workflow, Provider Ally, which is an AI-powered assistant that maps clinic workflows and automates nurse admin tasks for better work satisfaction and productivity. By automating administrative tasks and streamlining care team efficiency, nurses are able to voice and solve their top challenges and free up their time to focus on more direct patient care.

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Show Notes
Timestamps in this blog are for the audio-only version of the podcast; video timing differs.
(0:54) Introduction to Tom Douglass
(2:12) A Fuel Success Story
(6:53) Fuel’s Local Partnerships
(7:38) Tom’s #BecauseBentonville Story
(9:22) Introduction to Rand Ragusa
(10:35) About QuickTake Health
(13:01) How Fuel and Bentonville Are Helping Helped Rand
(14:20) Rand’s #BecauseBentonville Story
(15:36) Introduction to Erin Keyes
(16:56) About Telegenixx
(18:18) How Fuel and Bentonville Are Helping Erin
(21:00) Erin’s #BecauseBentonville Story
(23:05) Introduction to Dr. Bechara Saab
(24:19) About Mobio Interactive
(27:48) How Fuel and Bentonville Are Helping Dr. Saab
(29:15) Dr. Saab’s #BecauseBentonville Story
(30:55) Introduction to Natalie Shew
(31:43) About EmployWell
(33:39) How Fuel and Bentonville Are Helping Helped Natalie
(37:19) Natalie’s #BecauseBentonville Story
(39:29) Closing Thoughts
 
‍Links
Tom Douglass
Fuel for Your Health Accelerator
Catapult Consulting
Rand Ragusa, AHIP (rand@quicktakehealth.com)
QuickTake Health
Erin Keyes
Telegenixx
Bechara Saab, PhD
Mobio Interactive
Natalie Shew, MS
EmployWell
James Bell, MBA 
Bentonville Economic Development
Greater Bentonville Area Chamber of Commerce