Making room for innovators
Step into Rm8, where healthcare startups go to bring their work to the wider world
Get your foot in the door. Bet on your idea. Let us help you.
Rm8 is where healthcare startups go to bring their ideas or products to life.
In this innovation lab, entrepreneurs work directly with AANA and its advisory panel. With this support in a nurturing environment, new or early-stage products find the foundation to flourish. This opens the door to accelerated product development and eventual launch in the healthcare marketplace.
“The healthcare space is full of brilliant, creative, driven innovators. Rm8 gives their startups the partners, capital, and expert advice they need to grow.”
Eric O’Connor, AANA Chief Innovation Officer
Innovators check in to Rm8 to share ideas and get support from AANA, affiliated business leaders and available capital. With this access, entrepreneurs find the knowledge, insights and funding to develop their products.
2024 Pitch Winners
WINNER: HAI Solutions believes in protecting every patient by building innovative medical devices that address the challenges and pitfalls associated with Intravenous Care and Vascular Access. They are developing a unique portfolio of medical devices that addresses the growing plague of contamination within the Operating Room, Emergency Room, and Intensive Care Units.
SECOND PLACE: Ollivate is a gamified app to study anesthesia content, with the mission of boosting long-term knowledge retention for residents.
THIRD PLACE: Synesthesia is a modern anesthesia education solutions system designed by CRNA educators with ease of use in mind. This product features student evaluations, case tracking, care planning with preceptor feedback, clinical scheduling, curriculum mapping, and faculty load calculations.
FOURTH PLACE: Triangle Airway Solutions patented the Pharyngeal Bypass Airway system to fill the airway device gap with a comprehensive oral and nasopharyngeal airway design. This system increases patient safety and comfort, decreases provider frustration and waste, and provides more options than ever before in managing airways.
FIFTH PLACE: Intellisthesia is an AI-enhanced anesthesia solution leveraging advanced artificial intelligence technologies to address these challenges through several innovative approaches: Predictive Analytics, Real-Time Decision Support, and Automated Documentation and Compliance.
HAI Solutions pitch presentation
Ollivate pitch presentation
Synesthesia pitch presentation
Triangle Airway Solutions pitch presentation
Intellisthesia pitch presentation
Pitch participants
Early-stage ideas or products that show the promise to advance healthcare, the nurse anesthesiology field or patient outcomes are ideal candidates for Rm8. Our three pilot initiatives exemplify the innovative spirit of Rm8.
Go further with our expert advice
When your idea becomes a Rm8 project, the Innovation Panel supports you throughout each step of development. Our panelists are deeply experienced in their fields and in successfully delivering products and services to market.
