New health tech startup executive looks to ramp up sales of medication dispenser
By Todd Nelson, Special to the Star Tribune December 27, 2020 3:07pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Former Medical Alley executive Kathleen Motzenbecker is now applying her industry experience as senior vice president of business development at Omcare, a Burnsville-based health technology startup that just raised $2.5 million to commercialize a medication-dispensing device.
Motzenbecker, hired as Omcare s senior vice president of business development in October, is focusing on building partnerships with caregivers, pharmacies and other potential customers for the Omcare Home Health Hub.
The device includes a video portal so that family members or caregivers can communicate with the user and confirm that the user takes the right medication at the right time. Poor medication adherence accounts for an estimated 25% of hospitalizations and up to
Correction: This article has been revised to correct the spelling of Anser Innovation and how frequently the Home Health Hub dispenses medication.
With new funding secured, a Minnesota health startup will bring its in-home health technology to consumers next year.
Ōmcare has received a $2.5 million investment from Connect the Grey Investment Management to bring its Home Health Hub, an in-home device that dispenses and allows monitoring of a user’s medicine intake, to market following the conclusion of its pilot program.
“We are pioneering products that [enable] remote care in the home, and promises real medication adherence meaning the right medication, [at] the right time, [for the] right person,” said Lisa Lavin, Ōmcare’s founder and CEO.
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