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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:
April 2024
It is in the name: Anonymous Health. Stigma prevents many people from seeking care. Anonymous Health co-founders Geoff Nudd and Dave Cristman are making Substance Use Disorder and Behavioral Health care more confidential and easier to access through telehealth services available both in and outside of Alaska.
March 2024
Based in Mat-Su, Revel Treks + Tours founder Kierre Childers provides outdoor activities throughout Alaska. Exercise and getting out in nature provide both physical and mental health benefits. Revel Treks + Tours are now offering regular classes specifically for older adults.
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
Cindy Mittlestadt
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.