The ARPA-H Platform Accelerating Rural Access to Distributed & InteGrated Medical care (PARADIGM) program aims to create a multi-functional, rugged electric vehicle platform equipped with advanced medical devices to deliver hospital-level care in rural communities across the country.  

Funding for awardees varies in amount and is contingent upon the recipient meeting aggressive milestones specific to the project.

The PARADIGM awardees include:

  • 10XBeta LLC, in Brooklyn, N.Y., (TA 2) will develop a highly modular care infrastructure where interchangeable modules support clinical use cases. 
  • Brigham & Women’s Hospital (TA 1) will provide innovative, high-impact care by leveraging their experience in home hospital care and human-centered design through their Rural Home Hospital Acute Mobile Hub.   
  • Homeward Health, Inc., of Kentwood, Mich., (TA 1) will design and test a mobile, procedure-driven care model using community engagement, human-centered design, and partnerships to improve clinical effectiveness and access in rural areas.  
  • Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (TA 3) will use the DocBox Apiary platform to create a plug-and-play environment for interoperable medical devices, ensuring security and scalability across health care settings.  Massachusetts General Hospital (TA 4) will also design a full-ring, carbon nanotube CT scanner, offering enhanced angular resolution and flexible deployment for both horizontal and vertical applications. 
  • Micro-X Inc., of SeaTac, Wash., (TA 4) will use its lightweight, carbon nanotube-based CT scanner designed for mobile care and capable of expanding imaging access to underserved communities and radiology deserts.  
  • The Mission Mobile Medical Group, of Greensboro, N.C., (TA 2) will use its Care Delivery Platform that features modular “pods” that can be swapped in and out in different combinations—like cargo containers on a train—for different medical use cases.   
  • Planned Systems International (PSI), in Columbia, Md., (TA 2) will leverage a multi-purpose vehicle platform and a unique “arm and rack” design for effective clinical workflows.    
  • SRI International, of Menlo Park, Calif., (TA 3) will use its medical interoperability platform, POET, to integrate diverse medical devices in resource-constrained environments, and (TA 5) will use its Multi-Tags system to support clinicians across multiple tasks, leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning models and a specialized clinical large language model.   
  • The University of Michigan (TA 5) will use its VIGIL platform to equip medical generalists with AI-guided task support, enabling specialized care that is often only accessible through on-site specialists.  
  • The medical staff of the University of Utah College of Nursing and its Huntsman at Home initiative (TA 1) will deliver comprehensive cancer services through mobile platforms.