Colombian start-up Netux, founded by electronics engineer Sergio Marín, recently named one of Latin America's top innovators under 35 by MIT, receives the support of investment firm Latin Leap to advance its vision of achieving sustainability in the world's healthcare systems through artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT).
This health technology initiative or HealthTech, develops advanced processes with sensors connected to the internet and software in the cloud from what is known as IoT, to make the operation of health sector entities in Colombia more efficient, safe and economical. With its technology it is able to monitor patients remotely in real time and thus expand coverage in access to health systems.
Sergio Marín, a 34-year-old entrepreneur who founded this start-up in Medellín in 2006 together with his partner Juan Pablo Velásquez, when he was only 20 years old, assures that, with their platform they seek "to be at the service of the well-being of our community and the prosperity of humanity, revolutionizing and making the processes of the health sector in Colombia and Latin America more efficient and sustainable, saving lives and improving the quality of patient care."
Today Netux has served more than 250 health institutions in Colombia using 30,000 systems, and began its growth path through Latin America seeking to become the first digital hospital.
"For this it is key to have Latin Leap on board as a strategic partner in our ambitious expansion plans in the region. The second focus of the investment is to fully understand the processes in different markets in order to be able to intervene with relevant products" explains Sergio Marin, CEO of Netux.
Among the institutions with which Netux works are providers (clinics, hospitals, pharmacies and medical laboratories), insurers (EPS) and the government (health dimension of secretariats and governors' offices).
With providers, they are able to expand their coverage and care capacity through technology without the need for additional infrastructure. Just by using connected sensors and cloud-based software, they can attend, diagnose and follow up patients remotely from their homes. They can also avoid losses of medical supplies thanks to 7/24 real-time monitoring of the cold chain of vaccines, blood banks and medicines.
In the service of the welfare of our community, and the prosperity of humanity.
