A home healthcare nurse pressed the hidden button on her Kwema Smart Badge Reel for three seconds. The alert went out immediately with her location, and responders were on the way. Inside Fuel HealthTech alum Ali Al Jabry's year of building the company behind the tool, and the national deployments now underway.

Fuel Accelerator's 2026 HealthTech Showcase event kicks off Wednesday, May 13 with remarks from Scott Hambuchen — chief executive of First Orion and AWSOM board member — before eight founders pitch inside an airplane hangar at Thaden Field in Bentonville. Healthcare buyers, operators, and investors in one room.