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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Aug. 10, 2017
Contact:
Molly Walsh
608-616-0840
molly@forwardfest.org
(MADISON, Wis.)—Entrepreneurs of all industries, including healthcare, technology, music and the arts, will be represented during the eighth-annual Forward Festival, which features more than 50 events taking place Aug. 17-24 throughout the city, organizers announced today.
“Forward Festival’s inclusivity has grown to now include a wider range of industries and people, and it’s become more community focused,” Laura Strong, festival committee member and president of Propagate Health, said. “With a record number of events this year, the festival truly gives the entrepreneurial ecosystem opportunities to make connections, share advice and collaborate.”
This year, to give attendees the chance to explore what the festival offers, the new Forward Summit (Aug. 22), a multi-track conference, will include access to the Forward Technology Conference, BigData Wisconsin, Social Impact Data and Healthcare Innovation, among others. James Tamplin of Google and Ben Sperry of Ionic will be the keynote speakers.
Other community-driven events during the festival include the Chat + Chomp + Plan by Heymiss Progress (Aug. 19), Pre-Pride Parade Continental Brunch (Aug. 20) and the inaugural Shaping Tomorrow’s Leaders event (Aug. 17), an event run by 14-year-old AJ Carr on how his mentoring program pairs successful business owners with young people.
On Wednesday, Aug. 23, “Dolphin Tank,” an event like the ABC show “Shark Tank,” will feature two-minute pitches, followed by constructive insights from knowledgeable professionals.
The Forward Festival is sponsored by local companies such as American Family Insurance, MG&E, Epic, Neider & Boucher, WEDC, The QTI Group, Urban Land Interests, M3 Insurance, Boardman Clark, Madison 365, Safety Net, Swink, Wisconsin Union and Ideas that Evoke.
For a detailed listing of events taking place during the Forward Festival, please visit www.forwardfest.org.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 19, 2017
Contact:
Mark Felcyn
608-467-4612
mfelcyn@kiio.com
(MADISON, Wis.)—Today Kiio Inc. announced the enrollment of the first human subjects in the company’s $1.3 million multi-year, multi-institutional Department of Defense project to develop and validate a novel protocol to assist treatment and risk assessment for chronic tendinopathy.
“Our goal is to provide a fast, cost-effective, portable protocol to inform treatment, determination of work-readiness, and prediction of injury for servicemembers as well as the general population,” Kiio CEO David Grandin said. “We are honored to be working with a stellar team of collaborators and look forward to making a substantive contribution to an issue that places a tremendous burden on our military in terms of cost, productivity and quality of life.”
The technology combines Kiio’s clinically validated force sensor (Kiio Sensor®) with a software application that automatically guides the administration of the protocol and calculates and compiles complex muscle performance metrics.
The protocol, developed in collaboration with Dr. Patrick Grabowski, MPT, PhD (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse), will be tested with 318 participants in a trial overseen by the University of Wisconsin – Madison under the direction of Dr. John Wilson, MD, MS.
“Chronic tendinopathy is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases,” Wilson said. “There is currently no efficient, standardized, objective method to quantify tendon performance, and this is a significant limitation in our ability to assess treatment efficacy.”
Data analysis and modeling will be performed at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine by a team led by Dr. Kathryn Roach, PT, PhD.
“The Kiio technology is able to quickly capture a tremendous amount of highly-accurate data,” Roach said. “We will be analyzing this data to establish a normative database and generate a decision-making algorithm that can be utilized not only in treatment but also in risk assessment and injury prevention.”
About Kiio
Kiio’s health engagement platform enables both payers and providers to leverage evidence-based medicine, mobile patient engagement, telehealth and data analytics to deliver and monitor care tailored to each patient’s needs. Kiio’s innovative programs automate the process of screening, assessment, triage, and exercise for low back pain, total joint replacement, and rehabilitation. To learn more, please visit www.kiio.com
About the Award
This work is supported by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, through the DoD Joint Program Committee 8/Clinical and Rehabilitative Medicine Research Program Neuromusculoskeletal Injuries Research Award under Award No. W81XWH-16-1-0789. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Department of Defense.
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