{"id":40045,"date":"2023-10-20T15:05:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/meet-the-startup-trying-to-keep-people-out-of-hospital-that-won-the-governments-inaugural-open-data-competition-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:05:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:05:59","slug":"meet-the-startup-trying-to-keep-people-out-of-hospital-that-won-the-governments-inaugural-open-data-competition-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/meet-the-startup-trying-to-keep-people-out-of-hospital-that-won-the-governments-inaugural-open-data-competition-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the startup trying to keep people out of hospital that won the government\u2019s inaugural open data competition – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A startup utilising open government data to reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and make life easier for those with chronic illnesses took out the top prize at the federal government\u2019s inaugural DataStart competition<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

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CohortIQ utilises hospital data<\/a> and a \u201csecret sauce\u201d machine-learning algorithm to help hospitals determine what patients with chronic illnesses would be better treated by community health.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou can throw infinitely scalable amounts of information at it and give it an objective then let it go to work,\u201d CohortIQ co-founder Ian Tebbutt tells StartupSmart.<\/i><\/p>\n

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\u201cIt looks to identify cohorts of people that are better treated in the community with home nursing and the like. We provide the sign posts for hospitals to know who the patients are and how they\u2019ll be best treated.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The DataStart competition was held on Monday night and saw seven startups utilising open data give a 15-minute pitch<\/a> to a panel of high-profile judges.<\/p>\n

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A collaboration between the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and Pollenizer, the competition aimed to encourage data-driven innovation and produce a commercially-viable business.<\/a><\/p>\n

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As the winner, CohortIQ has received $200,000 in seed funding from Right Click Capital and Pollenizer and a spot in a nine-month incubator program with coaching and mentoring.<\/p>\n

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Three other startups from the competition also received prizes including a spot in Pollenizer\u2019s incubator, six months of mentoring and a scholarship to the Founder Institute.<\/p>\n

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The perfect setup<\/b><\/p>\n

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Tebbutt says the entire process was humbling.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was an amazing situation,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were embedded in Pollenizer for five days and had some amazing coaching and access to data specialists. It\u2019s the absolute perfect setup \u2013 you\u2019re a startup with an idea and the people you need to speak to are there and at hand.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe support and coaching was there on tap.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The seven participating startups did \u201cincredibly well\u201d on the night, Pollenizer partner Daniel Ringrose says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMost of these guys had never created anything like a pitch deck or had any pitch training,\u201d Ringrose tells StartupSmart.<\/i><\/p>\n


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\u201cIt worked out far better than we had hoped.\u201d<\/p>\n

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People over data<\/b><\/p>\n


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One the key differentiators that helped CohortIQ come out on top was its focus on people and important issues rather than just the data, Tebbutt says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe didn\u2019t talk to so much about data or tech,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe talked about the patients \u2013 that\u2019s the centre of where we\u2019re coming from.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMany startups would go in and say, \u2018look at our tech and the opportunity\u2019, but we have a strong social agenda. We want to help people stay out of hospital when they don\u2019t need to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He says this is at the core of what the startup is striving to achieve.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere are tens of thousands of people in Australia that are waiting for us to deliver,\u201d Tebbutt says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey don\u2019t know who we are and may never know who we are, and it\u2019s quite humbling. These are the real people who really would be better served by community health. There\u2019s a solid core of getting people better and more efficient healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The inaugural DataStart competition will serve as the MVP with larger incarnations likely to follow, Ringrose says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re treating it like a pilot,\u201d he says. \u201cWe\u2019ll learn a lot more about this process and I\u2019d like to think we\u2019ll be able to do a lot more.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For CohortIQ now it\u2019s all about capitalising on the progress made through the DataStart program already and taking advantage of the wealth of opportunities on offer.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re looking forward to all the coaching and access,\u201d Tebbutt says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaving access to the government is extraordinary for a startup at our stage and we can\u2019t thank them enough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe want to make sure that we build is what our customers need.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe had training for five days and we got $200,000 in VC funding; how much better will it be after nine months?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Follow StartupSmart on <\/i>Facebook<\/i><\/a>, <\/i>Twitter<\/i><\/a>, and <\/i>LinkedIn<\/i><\/a>. <\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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