Former Media Lab director laying groundwork for new healthcare IT startup, Atelion
Moss says Atelion is "a cloud-based platform" aimed at helping doctors and patients work together more closely to manage chronic diseases like diabetes, HIV, or hypertension. "We're focusing on how patients can be actively engaged and become part of the team," as well as helping physician practices and a new breed of healthcare provider called an ACO (accountable care organization) use data to keep their patients healthier. "As we move from fee-for-service payment to doctors being paid on performance, and accountable care, there's a real gap in the IT that's available to these ACOs and physican practices," says Moss.
Moore, a doctor who will earn his PhD this June at MIT, has been testing early versions of the software platform with the Boston Medical Center, the Joslin Diabetes Center, and the Mayo Clinic.
Atelion hasn't yet raised money, and it's based in MIT's Trust Center for Entrepreneurship.
Moss tells me he is also involved with a 3-D printing startup that he wasn't ready to name. It'll focus on "infrastructure software" that will simplify the process of "distribution fabrication" using 3-D printers, he says.
I last wrote about Moss in 2010 as he was departing the Media Lab directorship. Below is a video overview of the CollaboRhythm project:
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