meet amie.
Amie is the new face of healthcare. She is a virtual surgical assistant who supports hospitals and physicians by providing patients with real-time instructions and guidance to help prepare for surgery and recover properly. And you thought she was just another pretty face.
meet amie.
Amie is the new face of healthcare. She is a virtual surgical assistant who supports hospitals and physicians by providing patients with real-time instructions and guidance to help prepare for surgery and recover properly. And you thought she was just another pretty face.
what amie does.
A successful surgery begins long before the operating room, and at the core of it lies good communication. This is why Amie exists. She gently guides patients before and after their procedures, which helps physicians increase patient satisfaction while improving their bottom lines.
prevent cancellations
Unprepared patients result in cancelled surgeries and cost hospitals a fortune. Amie keeps patients informed in real-time with instructions, alerts and guidance to help prevent missed procedures and last-minute complications.
reduce readmissions
Amie helps prevent costly readmissions, one of the most challenging and penalized aspects of healthcare. With virtual check-ins and a dashboard to help physicians monitor progress, she helps ensure patients follow proper instructions and physicians are kept notified of progress and complications.
improve your bottom line
Amie reduces unnecessary visits and increases new patient encounters. And with new remote patient monitoring codes, she helps create new revenue streams for physicians and hospitals.
engage patients
Amie helps patients become more involved in their healthcare. She helps them navigate the stressful and confusing process of surgery. An empowered and well-informed patient increases satisfaction and improves outcomes.
Zero cancellations and zero readmissions in published clinical study.
We demonstrated the utility of a smartphone application in the perioperative neurosurgical care setting with regard to patient compliance and satisfaction as well as surgery cancellations and readmissions.
we are FavorHealth.
We are a medical company reworking a key piece in the giant puzzle that is healthcare. Our experience as physicians has armed us with an unparalleled understanding of the needs of both physicians and patients. Amie is the embodiment of that knowledge, and our initial focus.
Jean-Marc Voyadzis, MD
Co-Founder
Jean-Marc is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate and Kober medal recipient for the highest record of academic performance in medical school. He has specialty training from Georgetown and the University of Chicago and he has been invited to speak as an expert and to train surgeons all over the world, including the United States, China, Germany, Spain, France, Argentina and Brazil. He has a fervent interest in finding tech solutions to healthcare inefficiencies.
Hakim Morsli, MD
Co-Founder
Hakim, is a board-certified and practicing cardiologist in Sarasota, Florida and serves on the Teaching Faculty at Florida State University Department of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed graduate medical education, including residency and fellowship, at Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Morsli is currently involved in multiple clinical trials in direct collaboration with the prestigious TIMI group, an academic research organization and affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Sambou Makalou
Co-Founder
Sam is entrepreneurial leader who is passionate about developing great SaaS companies. He has founded, help create and grown companies in Healthcare, Consumer Internet, Digital Advertising and Finance. Currently, Sam is VP of Strategic Accounts at Nanigans, a SaaS platform that optimizes to predictive lifetime value. Prior to this role, Sam was a Senior Director at Yahoo! focused on Pricing and Yield Management. He has also held roles in Product Management, Analytics and Customer Success at Etrade and Ernst & Young. Sam has a Mechanical Engineering degree from MIT and a MBA from Stanford University.
Sara Thompson
Chief Executive Officer
Sara is an accomplished executive who brings a proven track record of over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the medical device industry both with startups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining FavorHealth, Sara spent over six years at Penumbra, Inc. and played an instrumental role bringing Penumbra from an early stage startup to a successful public Healthcare Company. Before advancing into corporate roles, Sara spent 15 years as a top performing medical device consultant, working for Stryker, Kyphon/Medtronic, and Dentsply. She has extensive experience bringing disruptive technologies to market from concept to commercialization in the healthcare industry.
Michael Flynn
Chief Technology Officer
Mike is a veteran information technology executive who brings over 35 years of extensive experience in software development. He has a passion for building business solutions with technology and has worked for startups, small companies and global corporations. In his previous roles as Vice President & CTO with Capital One/ Beech Street Capital and CIO with National Apartment Association, he formed the IT departments and created innovative solutions to drive revenue and membership growth. His wide range of experience encompasses technology, real estate, financial services and not-for-profit industries. Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Kenda West
Advisor
Kenda is passionate about the enormous potential of technology to make a real, transformative impact in healthcare delivery. Kenda has held leadership roles at FavorHealth, Voalte, Johns Hopkins Medicine, MedStar Health, and McKesson. She has a degree in Business Administration/Information Systems from the University of Baltimore and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland University College.
Jean-Marc Voyadzis, MD
Co-Founder
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Jean-Marc is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Medstar Georgetown University Hospital. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate and Kober medal recipient for the highest record of academic performance in medical school. He has specialty training from Georgetown and the University of Chicago and he has been invited to speak as an expert and to train surgeons all over the world, including the United States, China, Germany, Spain, France, Argentina and Brazil. He has a fervent interest in finding tech solutions to healthcare inefficiencies.
Hakim Morsli, MD
Hakim, is a board-certified and practicing cardiologist in Sarasota, Florida and serves on the Teaching Faculty at Florida State University Department of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed graduate medical education, including residency and fellowship, at Georgetown University Hospital/Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Morsli is currently involved in multiple clinical trials in direct collaboration with the prestigious TIMI group, an academic research organization and affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Sambou Makalou
Sam is entrepreneurial leader who is passionate about developing great SaaS companies. He has founded, help create and grown companies in Healthcare, Consumer Internet, Digital Advertising and Finance. Currently, Sam is VP of Strategic Accounts at Nanigans, a SaaS platform that optimizes to predictive lifetime value. Prior to this role, Sam was a Senior Director at Yahoo! focused on Pricing and Yield Management. He has also held roles in Product Management, Analytics and Customer Success at Etrade and Ernst & Young. Sam has a Mechanical Engineering degree from MIT and a MBA from Stanford University.
Sara Thompson
Sara is an accomplished executive who brings a proven track record of over 20 years of experience driving sales growth in the medical device industry both with startups and Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining FavorHealth, Sara spent over six years at Penumbra, Inc. and played an instrumental role bringing Penumbra from an early stage startup to a successful public Healthcare Company. Before advancing into corporate roles, Sara spent 15 years as a top performing medical device consultant, working for Stryker, Kyphon/Medtronic, and Dentsply. She has extensive experience bringing disruptive technologies to market from concept to commercialization in the healthcare industry.
Michael Flynn
Mike is a veteran information technology executive who brings over 35 years of extensive experience in software development. He has a passion for building business solutions with technology and has worked for startups, small companies and global corporations. In his previous roles as Vice President & CTO with Capital One/ Beech Street Capital and CIO with National Apartment Association, he formed the IT departments and created innovative solutions to drive revenue and membership growth. His wide range of experience encompasses technology, real estate, financial services and not-for-profit industries. Mike received his Bachelor of Science in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering from Virginia Tech.
Kenda West
Kenda is passionate about the enormous potential of technology to make a real, transformative impact in healthcare delivery. Kenda has held leadership roles at FavorHealth, Voalte, Johns Hopkins Medicine, MedStar Health, and McKesson. She has a degree in Business Administration/Information Systems from the University of Baltimore and a Master’s in Healthcare Administration from the University of Maryland University College.
the need for amie.
Redundant calls, cancelled procedures and readmissions cost hospitals time, money and reputation. The numbers speak for themselves.
By some estimates, 30% of all calls to hospitals are for redundant information such as FAQ’s.
The average number of same day cancellations is 18%. At a cost of $3500 to $7500 per cancelled procedure, costs stack up pretty quickly.
In 2018, 82% of hospitals were penalized for readmissions. New government initiatives makes this a pressing concern.