Launch Health Videos

Communication link between patients and providers
At our October 8th Innovation Studio at Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, teams pitched their ideas for how to improve the paper tool currently used to monitor patient status throughout treatment by making it into an electronic app.

Total Wellness Scale
At our October 7th Innovation Studio at Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, teams pitched their ideas for how to improve the tool currently used to monitor patient status throughout treatment.

My Cancer Path
At our October 7th Innovation Studio at Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, teams pitched their ideas for how to improve the tool currently used to monitor patient status throughout treatment.

Wellbeing Thermometer
At our October 7th Innovation Studio at Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, teams pitched their ideas for how to improve the tool currently used to monitor patient status throughout treatment.

You and your stress scale
At our October 7th Innovation Studio at Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, teams pitched their ideas for how to improve the tool currently used to monitor patient status throughout treatment.

Pitch: Creative support group
A support group for patients to write songs and poems to express their feelings about cancer, treatments, or anything that they have going on.

Pitch: Brochure and video messaging
Pitch: A brochure tailored for individual cancer patients, to inform them of resources for which they are eligible. Also, a video messaging device that patients could use to contact their providers.

Pitch: Smart pet collar
Pitch: A smart collar that therapy dogs wear. Patients can press the button on the collar to immediately contact a doctor or other services.

Pitch: Support group for patients
Pitch: Support for patients from local cancer survivors so people know that they’re not alone and that they can survive cancer treatment. Would help people understand that cancer is survivable, that they're cared for, and that there's life after a cancer diagnosis.

Pitch: Website and video conferencing
Pitch: An “All things cancer” website where everything comes together for people who have cancer, from wigs and wheelchairs to counseling. Also, portable video conferencing to interact directly with a provider.

LAUNCH Health Listens
We traveled to Kentucky to listen to people's stories about health and connectivity.

Pitch: resource navigator
Pitch: A person who can help patients understand what resources are available to them and helps them connect with those resources.

Pitch: ride-sharing
Pitch: A community-centered ride sharing app that pairs patients needing transportation with volunteers willing to drive them and compensates volunteers through local cancer funds.

Pitch: childcare
Pitch: On-site childcare at cancer treatment facilities.

Pitch: looping communication
Pitch: A way to loop together communication between the patient, a patient navigator, the primary care provider, and the specialty care team, possibly through a device or app that matches patient needs/questions with the right person to talk to.

Pitch: patient-provider communication
Pitch: A device and application that allows patients to text message their providers with questions.

Pitch: satellite clinic for cancer patients
Pitch: A satellite clinic to reduce the distance patients must travel to access treatment and resource navigation.

Pitch: transportation for cancer patients
Pitch: A transportation program utilizing community volunteers and church vans.

Amber's challenges
Amber Moore, of McKee, KY is a breast cancer survivor. During treatment, Amber experienced emotional symptoms related to her medication, which also had an impact on her family. She found it especially challenging to support her young children as they struggled with the possible implications of her illness.