I must admit that it’s getting harder and harder to keep up with all of the Healthcare IT Accelerators, Healthcare IT Incubators, Healthcare IT that are going up all over the place. The interest in investment and incubation of healthcare IT companies is huge right now. It’s an exciting time for those of us in the Healthcare IT space and an even more exciting time to be a healthcare entrepreneur.

Two recent announcements that caught my eye were the following.

NYeC Launches the New York Digital Health Accelerator (NYDHA) – You can read the full release, but it’s a $4.2 Million program to accelerate the creation of digital health technology companies in New York City. It’s an interesting collaboration of the New York City Investment Fund (NYCIF) joined the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) and the NYS Department of Health (DOH).

I think the thing that sets apart the NYDHA (that’s a long name even abbreviated) is the $300,000 each company gets along with the 18 healthcare providers that have agreed to participate in the program. We’ll see how well NYDHA can execute on this relationship since I believe it’s key. A healthcare IT accelerator program could provide nothing more valuable than actual customers for these healthcare IT products.

I also just saw that on May 10th the New York Digital Health Accelerator program is putting on an information and networking event. It says they’ll be streaming the event live. Looks like a great group of speakers and shows the depth of their connections.

Healthbox Launches Boston Healthcare Startup Accelerator – Healthbox launched its first program in Chicago. I think it’s a smart move for them to go to Boston (or Cambridge if you prefer) since it is a hotbed for healthcare IT. They’re offering $50,000 in seed capital for the 3 month program that will go from August to November.

Omada Health comes out of the first batch of Rock Health startups. Back in December it raised $800k from Esther Dyson, NEA, Aberdare, Kapor Capital, and TriplePoint Ventures. I’m quite interested in Omada Health since a Diabetes Prevention Program was on my Health IT 2012 Wish List.

The unfortunate part about Omada Health is that their website has no real information about what they’re doing. It has their vision for doing disease prevention and it tells about their team, but their product isn’t out yet. I do like their idea of “Using the power of human relationships to drive behavior change.”

I think they call this peer pressure, but it sounds like they’re trying to leverage it for good in this case. It’s definitely a powerful idea if they can execute on it. I’ve often thought that the most valuable mHealth startup companies are going to be those that are able to create something that will get people to change. Change is hard and if you create something that facilitates change, then that’s powerful!

Since Diabetes Prevention is on my Wish list, I hope that Omada Health is wildly successful.

Healthbox recently announced its latest class of healthcare startup companies. The three month program starts on January 9th provides $50,000 in seed capital a long with a shared workspace and access to mentors and other startup resources.

The most interesting thing I note in this list is that the companies come from all over the US and even one from Europe. I guess this makes sense since Chicago isn’t necessarily the healthcare capital of the world, but I think it’s great that companies across America are willing to move to Chicago for the 3 months. I’ll have to reach out to some of these companies (or I’d love to hear from them) about what motivated them to leave their home base for Chicago and whether they plan to stay in Chicago after the 3 months.

Without further ado, here’s the list of 10 healthcare startup companies in the latest Healthbox class:

PUSH Wellness (Chicago) is an outcomes-based wellness incentive provider that drives behavior change in health factors that are meaningful, measurable and modifiable, producing tangible benefits for participants and employers.

PaJR-Patient Journey Record (Dublin, Ireland) uses a cloud-based system with machine learning capabilities to identify patients at high risk of readmission using patient and caregiver self-reported health status.

SwipeSense (Evanston, Ill.) is hand-washing 2.0, arming healthcare providers with a portable hand-sanitation device in combination with real-time data analytics in order to increase compliance and reduce hospital-acquired infections.

CareWire (Minneapolis) is a patient engagement solution that utilizes automated patient text messaging to increase billable appointment yield, visualize patient satisfaction in near-real-time and improve provider performance.

The Coupon Doc (Atlanta) provides an easy-to-use, centralized platform that allows consumers to access manufacturer discounts on their prescription and OTC medications.

Corengi (Seattle) connects qualified patients with ongoing clinical research studies through a comprehensive online platform. Patients are able to quickly distill relevant studies, trial sponsors are able to reduce costly delays and medical innovation is accelerated.

Iconic Data (Norcross, Ga.) delivers a cloud-based patient list manager solution that provides physicians access to near-real-time snapshots of clinical care episodes across disparate, non-integrated facilities, resulting in increased charge capture and reduced inefficiencies.

UnitedPreference (Princeton, N.J.) offers employers a Tailored Spend™ payments network that allows health plans to improve participation in preventative health initiatives via branded prepaid cards that can be used to purchase items determined by the health plans.

DermLink (Atherton, Calif.) is a cloud-based, HIPAA-compliant application that enables remote diagnosis of dermatology cases, dramatically reducing wait times for patients while driving increased revenue and flexibility for providers.

CareHubs (Beaverton, Ore.) is a healthcare enterprise social platform that offers dynamic, innovative tools to help patients and healthcare providers better connect, coordinate and engage.

I’d love to hear from any of these Healthbox companies to hear more about what you’re doing. Just leave a comment on this post.