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Health TIE
Health TIE is an innovation hub that is a bridge between health and human service organizations and innovative entrepreneurial partners.
Upcoming Highlight
Health TIE​ ​is a grassroots effort with the goal of connecting healthcare organizations, funders and changemakers with entrepreneurs who have products and services which will make healthcare more accessible and lower costs.
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Next Health TIE Healthcare Highlight:
July 2024 - Fishability with Captain Jack Finnegan
Fishability
July 2024
CEO and founder of Fishability, Jack Finnegan has made significant progress since he first presented the idea of building a specialized tour boat especially for people for disabilities in July 2022. The boat is on its way to being built and, as you might suspect, its been quite a journey.
August 2024
With the tag line "strength - community - life", Vivo is focused on offering live and interactive classes so that seniors can maintain their strength, mobility, balance - and independence.
Upcoming Health TIE Highlights
Health TIE Executive Director and Advisory Board
Jacqueline Summers
Executive Director
Melanie Lucas-Conwell
Past Chair
Jared Fuller
Chair
Nikki Holmes
Past Chair
Gloria Burnett
Member
Eric Boyer
Member
Jillian Blount
Vice Chair
About Health TIE
Health TIE is a healthcare hub connecting health and human service organizations with innovative entrepreneurial partners. Health TIE creates opportunities for changemakers to collaborate and facilitates Alaska-based pilot projects.
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Health TIE matches the creative energy of changemakers with Alaskan healthcare organizations to catalyze and implement systemic improvements. Health TIE is particularly focused on working with community-based social service and healthcare organizations which provide critically needed healthcare support services but have fewer resources for accessing, or being exposed to, break-through technologies or innovations.
Partnerships | Supporting Organizations
Health TIE is a proud community partner of Alaska Startup Week
Health TIE matches the creative energy of changemakers with Alaskan healthcare organizations to catalyze and implement systemic improvements. Health TIE is particularly focused on working with community-based social service and healthcare organizations which provide critically needed healthcare support services but have fewer resources for accessing, or being exposed to, break-through technologies or innovations.
