The Record - Issue 19: Winter 2020

129 PUB L I C S E C TOR The company developed a way to unify all the assets to put hospital staff in control and ena- ble them to improve workflows. Using digital twins technology along with the Azure Cloud, IoT, machine learning and other technologies, ThoughtWire’s Smart Hospital solution focuses on three key areas: EarlyWarning, designed to predict emergency situations and ensure care is provided pre-emptively; SynchronisedOps which focuses on improving staff workflows; and RapidResponse to ensure that clinicians are available when a patient needs attention. The goal is to improve staff satisfaction and reduce burnout, while also improving patient experi- ences and care. Mother of innovation In 2014, Donovan Casey, CEO and founder of Rapid Response Revival, was faced with a seem- ing insurmountable task: keep his 41-year-old partner, Sarah, alive with CPR while the para- medics raced to their home. Sarah survived the ordeal thanks to Casey’s CPR and the paramed- ics use of a defibrillator. After the incident, Casey made it his mission to reduce the amount of deaths from sudden car- diac arrest. He created Rapid Response Revival and hired a team of experts to bring to market CellAED, a portable, inexpensive defibrillator that can be used by anyone at any time. As our populations continue to age and the number of clinicians declines, innovative solu- tions will be an important part of our evolving healthcare delivery systems. These companies have taken very different approaches to tackling some of the most pressing and important scenar- ios facing providers, payers and patients today. Sally Frank is worldwide lead for health and life sciences at Microsoft for Startups