As far as big data goes, the healthcare industry is among the most proactive in business implementation.  The bubbling interest over discovering ways healthcare can benefit from the latest tech trends has led to investor interest, which is cause for much ado in DC.  And at next week’s annual fall Health 2.0 conference, we’ll get to meet the finalists for the DC to VC Startup Showcase on October 10, the last day of the event.

The list includes over a dozen seed-stage and Series A health startups handpicked by a panel of judges  including Comcast Ventures head Michael Yang, Physics Venture partner Andy Donner and representatives from over ten other organizations.

These lucky startups that will be heading to the San Francisco Hilton Hotel next month:

Series A Finalist Companies:

• GSI Health
• Beyond Lucid Technologies
• CarePlanners
• Starling Health
• AgeTak
• HealthLoop
• Comprisma
• NudgeRX

Seed Stage Finalist Companies:

• Nephosity
• Force Therapeutics
• United Preference
• Aidin
• Capture Proof
• Genomera
• Cara Health

Several finalists have created digital communications solutions, while others provide big data services. CaptureProof, which sells software that makes it easier for doctors to compare patient images, is joined by Cara and AgeTak in this segment. HealthLoop and Force Therapeutics’ represent the cloud and mobile verticals, respectively, on this list.

Morgenthaler is the main sponsor of the event. The VC specializes in the healthcare industry and had a few notable updates recently.

Earlier this month the firm led a $17 million Series B funding round in Doximity, a LinkedIn for physicians that lists more than one in seven U.S practitioners as members. The company claims that its user base has increased 15 times over the course of the past 17 months.

More recently, an undisclosed source leaked that Lightstone Ventures is in the process raising a $200 million funding. Lightstone was spun-off from Morgenthaler last year – its management consists of former partners from both the latter firm and and Advanced Technology Ventures, another major VC that currently has nearly $2 billion in capital under management.