IKONA Health

Today is a big day for IKONA and our partners across kidney care. We are excited to share our partnership with Lifeliqe to bring XR education and training solutions to the US kidney care market, starting with dialysis. Our partnership will initially focus on deploying select elements of Lifeliqe’s VR and online learning solutions to meet immediate strategic needs, tailored specifically for high-priority use cases such as cannulation training for patients and frontline staff. Our CEO Tim Fitzpatrick shared his thoughts: ”This is an exciting moment for IKONA and our partners who see the power of having effective, accessible learning tools available for their patients and care teams. This partnership with Lifeliqe arrives at a critical time in our industry, as we explore new ways to support high-quality care delivery in clinics and homes. Lifeliqe is a best in class workforce training platform, we’re confident they will play a vital role in helping us reshape kidney care in the US and beyond." It's time to meet your all-in-one kidney care learning platform, designed to tackle some of your toughest challenges from staff training to home adoption and retention. Learn more on AP News: https://lnkd.in/eY34EFzt #health #innovation #healthtech #virtualreality

Let's talk about the future of learning in kidney care. I had the pleasure of joining Drs. Beth Ulrich, and Lillian Pryor to discuss the ways immersive learning tools like VR are changing patient education and clinical practice in kidney care. Dr. Ulrich’s expertise in nephrology nursing and education paired with her forward-thinking views made for a fantastic dialogue on where the field is headed and how we can improve outcomes for patients with CKD and ESKD. At IKONA Health, we believe so many of nephrology’s biggest challenges—from patient education to staff training and workforce engagement—are fundamentally learning problems. Getting patients onto new therapies like home dialysis or transplant successfully means they need the right tools in their hands, at the right time, and with the right support. Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) can provide this support, helping patients approach treatment more confidently and helping providers adapt amidst workforce challenges and a fast-growing patient population. It’s about equipping all stakeholders in the care pathway with resources that truly make a difference. If my conversations at Kidney Week were any indication of what's to come, more and more organizations will embrace these tools to ensure every patient, care partner, provider and clinician has access to consistent, quality, on-demand learning experiences to transform their jobs and support their journeys. Sending my thanks to the fantastic teams at American Nephrology Nurses Association (ANNA) and Nephrology Nursing Journal who make these conversations possible. Listen to our conversation here: 🎙️ https://lnkd.in/ectQH968 *** If you have education and training challenges around access, consistency, completion rates, adoption, skills training, retention, staffing, engagement, setup, safety, troubleshooting, or anything in between, say hello and tell us about your top program challenges in the comments below. -- ICYMI, here are a few other recent conversations from the show worth listening to: • United for Kidney Care: Insights from the Presidents of ANNA and ASN, with Nancy Colobong Smith, MN, ARNP, ANP-BC, CNN and Deidra Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, MACP. 🎙️https://lnkd.in/ei6u5RpM • Beyond the Dialysis Clinic: Exploring Different Roles and Future Trends for Nephrology Nurses, with Deborah Degree and MICHELLE GILLILAND MSN, RN, CNN, BSBA. 🎙️https://lnkd.in/e_jR9qRb • Insights from UCLA's CORE Kidney Health Program with Dr. Anjay Rastogi. 🎙️https://lnkd.in/e8qir9i6

As Trinity Life Sciences continues to track the movement of clinical service beyond the acute care hospital setting, I am excited to moderate a provocative panel on this topic at the LSI Europe '24 Medtech Summit in Sintra, Portugal next week. I'm thrilled to be joined by four innovative CEOs leading the ecosystem to offer technologies in Alternate Sites of Service. Come hear how Addie H. of HAVENTURE, Tim Fitzpatrick of IKONA Health, Osman Khawar of Diality and Amos Ziv of CardiaCare view this shift and how they are addressing paradigm shifts. If you are not attending (why not? 🙂 ), a recording will be published soon afterward, or reach out to any of us for further perspective.

IKONA's CEO Tim Fitzpatrick will join medical technology leaders at LSI Europe next Thursday, September 19, to discuss alternate sites of service in kidney, heart, and surgical care beyond the hospital setting. If you're attending, we'll look forward to seeing you there to talk about patient education and staff training across kidney care, and beyond! 📅 https://lnkd.in/dEAUuvkp Diality Trinity Life Sciences CardiaCare LSI Signals From [Space] #virtualreality #healthcare #healthtech #medtech #training

We're thrilled to announce our partnership with Dialysis Education Services and Lifeliqe to evaluate the use of virtual reality training tools in preparing the next generation of dialysis technicians. This expansion of our existing efforts comes at a time as the industry continues to face significant headwinds in finding, recruiting, and retaining its mission critical workforce. With this study, we aim to evaluate the impact of VR on participants’ learning experiences, motivation and confidence levels. In addition, the study will examine training efficiency and effectiveness to determine time-in-training for VR- and non-VR-prepared cohorts. To meet the rising demands of kidney disease and kidney failure, our future must look different than our present. Together with our partners, we will do our part in readying this community for our shared vision of a better future. Read coverage of our announcement in Reuters: https://lnkd.in/e8FDBXQm

Our CEO, Tim Fitzpatrick, recently joined Bill Burke from The Optimism Institute to share his patient journey that led to IKONA, and our mission to expand access to complex care for patients and families across the globe. In the episode, Tim dives into: 1. His personal healthcare journey 2. How the Navy and finance prepared him for IKONA 3. How virtual reality (VR) is transforming patient care 4. The importance of preparing patients for home dialysis 5. What the future of VR and healthcare looks like today At IKONA, we're dedicated to empowering patients and enhancing their healthcare journeys through immersive, measurable learning solutions. Our goal is to make complex medical information and treatment options more accessible and less intimidating, especially for those patients and families navigating the challenges of kidney care. Catch the full episode here: 🎙 https://lnkd.in/gUgVZfuv Join us in our mission to transform healthcare and bring innovative solutions to those who need it most.

The first Kidney Innovation Conference held by the Kidney Health Initiative took place on June 13-14 in Washington, DC. Our CEO, Tim Fitzpatrick, joined a panel of investors to discuss funding gaps across the ecosystem, from devices and care delivery to life sciences and pharma. The panel featured: Uptal Patel - HI-Bio, KHI Board Chair Janis Naeve - Cota Capital Paul Grill - National Kidney Foundation Thank you to KHI for the opportunity to meet all those building a better future in kidney care. We're looking forward to the next one! #health #innovation #funding #venturecapital #digitalhealth

Watch this live coffee Q&A with IKONA Clinical Advisor Qasim Butt, MD and CEO Tim Fitzpatrick. Q: How does virtual reality help people on dialysis and those managing kidney disease? A: 😎👇

Hi friends! It's Friday— story time. I wore this sweatshirt earlier this week. Three people stopped me: an older woman on the subway, a guy around my age walking by on the sidewalk, and a high schooler hopping on his skateboard. They all said the same thing: "that's a kidney!" Two of them actually stopped to chat and shared stories of family members on dialysis. This picture is from the HLTH conference, where I wore a different color L[3VE shirt each day of the event. Funny enough, I was stopped more by event staff working at the event (Hi, Maria!) and random people in Las Vegas than by health tech people at the event itself. Some days I feel like I should just ride the NYC subway end to end in a kidney costume talking to people. Let's face it, it would not be the strangest thing happening on the subway. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤'𝐬 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: In your experience, what have been the most effective ways to raise awareness and engaging the general public about kidney health? I'd love to hear a story or two from you (and pictures welcomed)! Leave a comment or join the Signals thread here: 📡 https://lnkd.in/eVHkkwxU

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