It was a triumphant debut for 10 mobile health startups at the inaugural Sprint Accelerator/Techstars Demo Day on Thursday night at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

An appreciative audience of more than 1,000 soaked up the origin stories of the elite early-stage companies, whose teams have spent the last three months in Kansas City developing their business models with mentors.

“Perhaps no industry will be transformed more than wireless by health care …” said Sprint CEO Dan Hesse in opening remarks that included his pledge to repeat the Demo Day event next year. “Each of us has come away really impressed by the energy and commitment of these entrepreneurs.”

Techstars co-founders David Brown, David Cohen and Brad Feld from Boulder, Colo., also appeared onstage together to congratulate the rapid progress of the participating startups “that Sprint and all of you have helped get going,” Feld said.

CEOs from each startup then took turns enthusiastically explaining how they were successfully using cutting-edge mobile technology to advance health care in a myriad of ways—even for pets.

The 10 Sprint Accelerator Startups

Sickweather

Scanning social media for reports of illness, Sickweather displays the resulting data in real-time maps that resemble weather maps. Users can check for the chance of illness in their area, “as easily as checking for the chance of rain,” said Sickweather CEO Graham Dodge.

Such information could motivate people to have appropriate medication at the ready, get a vaccine or simply wash their hands. According to the Centers for Disease Control, timely hand-washing alone could save up to 1 million lives each year, Dodge said.

Lifeline Response

Lifeline Response CEO Peter Cahill said that his company had “cracked the code” to preventing personal assaults with a mobile safety solution that uses a potential victim’s natural reaction to alert authorities in case of an attack. Users only have to touch their mobile phone to give first responders detailed information, including current location.

“Since our launch, we have prevented four assaults,” Cahill said.

FitBark

How does Fido really feel? Making it easier to tell is FitBark, said CEO Davide Rossi, who explained how his company’s compact activity monitor, placed on dogs’ collars, can help owners to better care for their pets.

The “big dog data” provided can be remotely monitored by veterinarians and offer “peace of mind” and a “new window into the life of your dog so you can be a smart owner,” Rossi said.

AkibaH

AkibaH CEO Haroon Ismail said that after losing a loved one to diabetes, he turned down a Fulbright Scholarship to start a company that could help other diabetics more reliably and discreetly monitor their blood sugar levels.

He came up with the world’s first all-in-one smartphone case / glucose meter that can draw and test a drop of blood with a swipe of a finger. The product was “built from the ground up by physicians and people with diabetes,” Ismail said.

Yosko

Harvard Medical School graduate and Yosko CEO Andriana Nikolova wanted to come up with an effective way to reduce preventable medical errors in hospitals, which she said was the third leading cause of death in hospitals behind heart disease and cancer.

So Nikolova and her team came up with a mobile platform that dramatically improves communication between doctors and nurses to increase patient safety. The Yosko app does away with paperwork, pagers and outdated computer software by sharing in one collaborative space a patient’s vital signs, medications, allergies, lab results and more.

“Nothing falls through the cracks,” Nikolova said. “Everything is safe and transparent for the patient.”

Prime

A mobile app that collects all of your health records from all of your doctors onto your phone, Prime gives users access to their “entire health history in under 60 seconds,” said CEO Tyler Hayes.

Tired of constantly filling out intake forms each time you visit your doctor? Prime’s automatic, customized intake form keeps your medical information stored and instantly accessible with the tap of a button.

“No more paperwork,” Hayes said. “Your entire health history is in your pocket.”

 Ollo

Two years ago, Australian Hugh Geiger’s aunt fell in the shower, broke her hip and almost died because she was alone and unable to call for help.

So the Ollo CEO came up with “the Loop,” a voice-controlled and stylish cell phone that seniors wear around their neck to stay connected with their families, while also being monitored for their health and well-being. Geiger said that the product even includes a “fall detection” device that asks “Are you OK?” before calling for help.

Symptom.ly

Reducing costly hospitalizations and emergency room visits, Symptom.ly is a clinically confirmed symptom-tracking platform that shows real-time data for patients and doctors to act on immediately.

For example, said Symptom.ly CEO Derek Bereit, the company’s eAsthmaTracker allows asthma patients and their doctors to simultaneously view symptoms outside of a clinic. In doing so, timely doctor appointments can be made before symptoms worsen and a trip to the hospital is necessary.

Tenacity

Tenacity uses peer-based coaching to change employee behavior in pursuit of company goals, including improving employee health, said CEO Ron Davis.

“No one likes to disappoint their peers …” Davis said. “Tenacity hacks this human instinct.”

Tenacity’s mobile incentive system connects an employee with two fellow employees who act as coaches to monitor the completion of prescribed individual goals, such as taking a walk or doing breathing exercises. When the employee’s goals are met, the coaches—not the employee—receive Amazon cash.

“This actually changes human behavior …” Davis said. “It’s virtually no work for managers.”

Medicast

Medicast is a mobile app that makes house calls by doctors available 24 hours a day. Patients use their mobile device to request a house call, and a Medicast member doctor is guaranteed to arrive within two hours.

The service helps to avoid unnecessary urgent care cases in clinics and hospitals, said Medicast CEO Sam Zebarjadi.

“We turn your living room into a waiting room …” he said. “This is old-school medicine powered by 21st-century technology.”