Medentum Diagnostik

Better Diagnostics for All.

Diagnostik connects patients to primary care physicians and specialty providers across the country with one affordable, user-friendly device.
PLATFORM

MISSION

The Medentum team has a passion to promote health equity. We believe affordable,
accessible, and high-performance point-of-care health monitoring and testing solutions should
be available to everyone, regardless of geographic location.

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PROBLEM

65 million rural Americans suffer from substantial health and socioeconomic disparities compared to urban Americans
Gap between death rates in urban vs. rural areas tripled in the past 2 decades
The geographical isolation of rural areas limits patient access to doctors and hospitals to receive care
Telehealth can address some barriers but is limited by broadband availability and lack of real-time patient data
Rural vs. Urban
13.1 vs 31.2
physicians per
100,000
30 vs 263
chronic care
specialists per
100,000
20% vs 14%
chance of being
un/underinsured
for >1 year

SOLUTION: Diagnostik PLATFORM

Handheld Diagnostik Device

Incorporates camera, stethoscope and low-cost biometric sensors (temperature, pulse oximetry, and respiration rate)
Able to operate from a patient’s home without broadband internet
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AUTOMATED AI-BASED DISEASE DETECTION FOR ACUTE AND CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Patient Application

Collects patient medical history, symptoms, & sociocultural data to contextualize disease to patient zip code
Intelligently and autonomously alerts patient to use device, then predicts disease, triages, and connects patient to care
Connects rural patients to PCPs and specialty providers across the country and allows affordable, user-friendly, and intelligent disease self-management

IMPACT

PATIENT

  • Convenient
  • Affordable
  • Accessible
  • Self-managed
  • Improves access

PHYSICIAN/ PROVIDER

  • Enhances patient access
  • Increases efficiency
  • Provides real-time disease status
  • Allows billable visits

HEALTH SYSTEM

  • Improves outcomes
  • Empowers preventive care
  • Expands patient pool
  • Allows billable visits

INSURANCE

  • Improves outcomes
  • Focus on prevention
  • Decreases utilization
  • Reduces cost-of-care

TEAM

Starla Kiser, MD, MPA CEO

  • 8+ years in Health Tech
  • Entrepreneurial experience leading innovative primary care start-up
  • Two degrees from Harvard University: MD, MPA
  • Double Board- certified: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics

Vivek R. Shinde Patil, PhD COO

  • 15+ years in life sciences
  • Entrepreneurial experience leading startups. fundraising and managing global teams;
  • 1 successful biotech exit;
  • Board Member, Bioqual Inc. (BIOQ)

Chris Owens, Director of Operations

  • 3 years in educational leadership
  • 3 years science department chairman
  • 12 years teaching Chemistry, Biology, and Robotics
  • Experience in training, maintaining, and leading resources in natural disaster and wildland fire response

David Owens, Director of Engineering

  • 5 years in educational leadership
  • 11 years Math, Chemistry, and Physics Instructor
  • 5- years robotics coach (programming and build teams)