The National Science Foundation’s Center for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) has announced it will become a founding member of DHITglobal.org (DHIT), a social venture dedicated to driving digital health innovation across the ecosystem and transforming North Carolina and the Triangle into a global digital health hub. They will join co-founders Bluedoor on a mission to bring together diverse stakeholders from the healthcare, technology, investor, research, business and entrepreneurial communities to play a role in driving the digital health revolution through experiential workshops, thought leadership and Open Innovation events.
Dr. Veena Misra, Director of the NSF ASSIST Center, said, “This collaboration is critical for accelerating digital health innovation and commercializing the resulting outputs. Our joint development will address key challenges facing healthcare consumers, providers and payors related to knowledge, efficiency, cost and outcomes.”
Michael Levy, co-founder of DHIT and CEO of Bluedoor, said, “We’re delighted to welcome ASSIST to the team. Joining us in this mission will leverage the potential of digital health technology to transform how healthcare is accessed, delivered and experienced by the individuals, families and communities we all serve. ASSIST brings technical expertise, energy and key relationships to help galvanize this important endeavor.”
One of the first collaborations will see ASSIST and Bluedoor bring together digital health experts from across the Triangle in November to support the US Department of Defense in a Warfighter Wearables Workshop which will identify and advance specific digital health opportunities to optimize the performance and wellbeing of our troops.
For more information on the Department of Defense workshop or for DHIT membership and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Keith Duprey at cultivate@dhitglobal.org.
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About ASSIST
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Nanosystems Engineering Research Center (NERC) for Advanced Self-Powered Systems of Integrated Sensors and Technologies (ASSIST) researches and deploys nano-enabled energy harvesting, energy storage, nanodevices and sensors to create innovative battery-free, body-powered, and wearable health monitoring systems. The ASSIST Center coordinates research across eight partner and collaborating universities, and has an 18-company Industry Advisory Board. For more information, please contact Dr. Casey Boutwell at Casey_Boutwell@NCSU.edu and see assist.ncsu.edu.
About Bluedoor
Bluedoor is a digital health acceleration and transformation firm for start-ups and healthcare organizations. Our mission is to improve people’s lives by leveraging transformative digital health solutions. We accelerate digital health innovation for start-ups and healthcare providers from ideation, solution design and rapid prototyping to piloting, validation and commercialization. For more information visit bluedoor.us.
