mPATH® Health is Selected as Finalist for HLTH Foundation's Case Study Competition

Winston-Salem based digital health company is chosen as a top-10 finalist for competitive techquity program to be held at the VIVE 2025 Event in Nashville, TN

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Jan. 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- mPATH® Health, a digital health company dedicated to improving cancer screening, is proud to announce its selection as one of ten finalists in HLTH Foundation's second annual Techquity for Health Case Study Competition. This recognition highlights mPATH's dedication to providing cancer-screening services and digital health strategies to reduce outcome disparities and systemic inequities.

"We initially developed mPATH at Wake Forest University School of Medicine to overcome literacy barriers in healthcare. A digital program can use animations and graphics to convey a message whereas health professionals can only use their words," says Dr. David Miller, mPATH inventor and founder of mPATH Health. "We can also program a digital application to use easy to understand words, something I often forget to do as a doctor."

The Techquity for Health Case Study Competition honors digital health solutions and data-driven approaches that address systemic inequities while advancing health equity. As a finalist, mPATH will attend at the renowned digital health executive conference, ViVE 2025, and collaborate with fellow health equity leaders at ViVE Impact Programs. The winner of this highly competitive program will be announced live at the event, which will be held in Nashville, TN, February 16-20, 2025.

"Being selected as a finalist for the Techquity Competition is incredibly meaningful for us, because it validates the groundbreaking work we did at Wake Forest and the incredible research coming out of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center," says Miller. 

mPATH® Health's selection as a finalist underscores its commitment to addressing one of the most pressing challenges in healthcare: improving early detection and outcomes for cancer patients.

"One of the best ways to decrease health inequities in cancer and decrease mortality across diverse and socioeconomically challenged populations is to decrease late stage presentations by more robust cancer screening," says Ruben A. Mesa, MD, FACP, Executive Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center. "In rigorous trials funded by the National Cancer Institute and conducted with primary care patients across Atrium Health, mPATH has shown significant expansion of colorectal cancer screening and increases in early detection, leading to improved outcomes."

Based on foundational research, The Techquity for Health Coalition defines techquity in healthcare as the strategic design, distribution and availability of technology to advance health equity. Equally important, the Coalition adopted as part of its scope an intentional effort to avoid exacerbating existing inequities and outcomes disparities as a routine aspect of technology innovation, data governance and management. 

"mPATH Health is a great example of clinician technologists recognizing an opportunity to improve care for all patients regardless of their background, circumstances, health literacy or digital literacy," says Eric S. Kirkendall, MD, MBI, Deputy Director of the Center for Healthcare Innovation. "Wake Forest University School of Medicine's Center for Healthcare Innovation is proud to have been a partner in this project and help build the innovative technology that has led to increased cancer screening rates and better health."

For more information about mPATH Health, please visit www.mpathhealth.com.

About mPATH Health
mPATH Health is a digital health company dedicated to transforming preventive cancer screening by integrating automation and behavioral science. By leveraging cutting-edge technology and personalized outreach, mPATH empowers individuals to prioritize their health and undergo regular screenings for early cancer detection. For more information, visit www.mpathhealth.com.

About Atrium Health
Atrium Health is a nationally recognized leader in shaping health outcomes through innovative research, education and compassionate patient care. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Atrium Health is part of Advocate Health, the third-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, which was created from the combination with Advocate Aurora Health. A recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research, Wake Forest University School of Medicine is its academic core. For more information, visit atriumhealth.org.

About HLTH Foundation
HLTH Foundation promotes equity, inclusion and opportunity in healthcare, focusing on underserved patients, healthcare professionals and innovators in digital health and health technology. HLTH Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.

About ViVE
ViVE is the premier, curated event experience for digital health decision makers focusing on the business of healthcare. ViVE merges the leadership of CHIME and the marketplace of HLTH to create a digital health event focused on the business of transformation in healthcare - bringing together C-suite executives, senior digital health leaders and buyers, health startups and investors, policymakers, the patient community, and solution providers.

Media contact
Cassie Allen, mPATH Head of Commercial Development
(919) 675-4949
[email protected]

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