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CyncHealth’s Unite Us platform is expanding into Kansas and Missouri
March 1, 2021 by Erin Melton
Unite Us is an information sharing, healthcare coordination platform that engages communities in order to better serve community members. Unite Us works with many community-based organizations (CBOs) at no cost, thanks to the sponsorship of regional health information exchange CyncHealth. Unite Us is expanding into Kansas and Missouri with Unite Kansas + Unite Missouri. Two […]
Heavy Technology Group’s On-Call Hub allows nurses to triage patient calls more efficiently
March 1, 2021 by Erin Melton
Heavy Technology Group is a software development and information technology solutions company founded in 2020 by people with significant experience in software development and architecture. For the past couple of years, the three-person company has been working on solutions to serve telehealth providers more with more cost and time effectiveness. They have been communicating with […]
Announcing Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality Developer Challenge
February 1, 2021 by Elaine Stolze
Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Developer Challenge The Year-Long Series Kicks Off with the Discovery and Design Workshop March 30, 2021 KANSAS CITY – Press Release February 1, 2021 KC Digital Drive’s Solutions Lab, in collaboration with T-Mobile and US Ignite, is announcing an Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Heartland Developer Challenge. This year-long […]
Nonprofit uses KC region’s collaborative environment to improve health and healthcare value
August 2, 2020 by Erin Melton
KC Health Collaborative is a nonprofit organization working to use collaboration to improve health and healthcare value in the Kansas City region. The collaborative started in 2015 as a panel organized by Danette Wilson of BlueKC. The goal was to use collaboration to engage stakeholders involved in health and healthcare in the region in discussions […]
BioNexus KC’s collaborative forum builds new partnerships to facilitate greater healthcare progress in the region
August 1, 2020 by Erin Melton
BioNexus KC, formerly Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute, has a collaborative initiative meant to bring together stakeholders from various disciplines— scientists, entrepreneurs, students, academics and more— to think about common life science issues. Collaborate2Cure is the unique platform that facilitates this life science collaboration. The ideas behind initiative came out of a 10-year plan […]
KC CARE Health Center awarded FCC grant for telehealth response to COVID-19
August 1, 2020 by Erin Melton
KC CARE Health Center is a federally qualified health center in Kansas City, Missouri. It is one of a handful of such medical clinics in the greater KC region. The center serves patients with limited access to healthcare. About 40% of their patients have no insurance, and about 30% have medicaid or medicare as their […]
Code for America program increases access to EITC through virtual tax assistance
July 2, 2020 by Erin Melton
Every year, households miss out on about $10.5 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) money. This cash is available to many low-income workers, but not all eligible workers claim this benefit due to the barrier of filing taxes. These benefits are crucial for the financial stability for these people. To help these households claim […]

Continuing Legal Education webinar highlights the roles of technology and innovation in the more just and equitable provision of legal services
June 25, 2020 by Erin Melton
The UMKC School of Law, KC Legal Hackers and KC Digital Drive collaborated to organize and host a continuing legal education (CLE). This webinar was part of the 2020 Legal Tech Speaker Series, sponsored by Denton’s, Spencer Fane and Husch Blackwell. The focus of the CLE was: “How technology will change the legal profession, your […]
mySidewalk uses data to tell compelling, human stories that can lead to real, impactful change
October 22, 2019 by Erin Melton
Nicolette Wallis, Data Storyteller at mySidewalk, spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on October 21, 2019. Nicolette gave attendees a crash course on using data to tell stories that create change. Nicolette began her presentation with a quote from writer and entrepreneur Nancy Duarte that set the tone for the remainder of the night: […]
Humana’s pursues Bold Goal in collaboration with community partners
September 1, 2019 by Erin Melton
Humana is a national health insurance company with an office based in Kansas City, Missouri. Humana launched its first Bold Goal Markets in 2015, and Kansas City was added to that list in 2017. The Bold Goal is to make the population in a given market 20% healthier by 2020 and beyond. This effort includes […]
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