America is home to thousands of cities, towns and municipalities. Yet, only 15 are home to two medical schools. Even fewer offer a top-rated pharmacy school, dental school, six accredited nursing schools, and two veterinary schools.
Participants were tasked with developing a targeted intervention effectively addressing social isolation in the aging adult population centered around loneliness. This year’s challenge, which focused on interventions to address loneliness in the aging adult population, took on new significance, as issues resulting from social isolation continue to rise in prominence as we navigate the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Focused on finding innovative technology to reduce the costs of care by reducing the need for health services through education and preventive care.
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Focused on patient-provider unification through data streams delivered in real-time to patients and consumers in the modality/device of their choice.
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Focused on providing assistance to those with chronic health conditions due to diabetes by addressing social determinant barriers that improve their health experience, behavior and outcome.
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Focused on forward-thinking tech support to address inequitable health disparities and highlight the need to support affordable health solutions that are accessible to all.
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NOLAHI is made possible through the generosity of the following partners:
Medical Schools: Louisiana State University School of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine (a third is in our neighboring Jefferson Parish)
Pharmacy School: Xavier University
Dental School: Louisiana State University
Veterinary schools: Tulane University and Delgado Community College
And did we mention a 1,500-acre BioDistrict in the heart of downtown, created with more than $2.5 billion in investment? It is designed to develop a biosciences industry that fosters world-class research and development; local, regional, and global healthcare delivery.
In short, thanks to bio-innovation investments, a unique community of top-rated universities, and medical curriculums, not many U.S. municipalities can boast a dynamic Bio environment like New Orleans.
New Orleans Bio: Top Talent. Breakthrough Innovation. Elite Facilities. Aggressive Incentives
“World’s Best Hospitals 2019” - Newsweek, 2019
Lowest Cost of Doing Business
1 of only 15 U.S. cities with two medical schools
New Orleans is #1 for biggest job growth in the healthcare industry from 2007-2017
Health Services is the third largest employer in the city and provides a spectrum of jobs with attractive career opportunities.
The average annual wage locally is approximately $89,700 for this cluster.
While many research and medical positions require advanced education and training, ancillary positions – for example, in facilities such as hospitals – need only high school diplomas or the equivalent.
Prepared Health
Predict Health
EDP Biotech/Coloplex
Pack Health
Our challenge is to develop a targeted intervention effectively addressing social isolation in the aging adult population that is scalable and affordable. The intervention focuses on loneliness in this group and, if effective, would be expected to improve health care utilization and outcomes.
- Elnaz Sarabchian, MedAux founder and CEO