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| 10.09.2024 | New Leadership in Private Equity and Health Tech: A Shift Towards Innovation | In the fast-paced world of finance and healthcare, change is the only constant. Recently, two significant appointments have caught the eye of industry watchers. Chandrasekar V, a former leader at McKinsey, has joined TVS Capital Funds as a ... |
| 06.09.2024 | ScaleHealthTech welcomes Industry Veteran Dr. Feby Abraham to its advisory board as a Chief Advisor | ATLANTA, Sept. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ScaleHealthTech, a boutique Health IT consulting and digital transformation specialist, today announced that Dr. Feby Abraham, Ph.D., has joined its advisory team as Chief Advisor. Dr. Abraham's appoin... |
| 28.08.2024 | Memorial Hermann Health Expands On-Demand Cancer Care | What You Should Know:
– Reimagine Care the nation’s leading provider of on-demand cancer care, and Memorial Hermann Health System one of the largest not-for-profit health systems in Texas, are excited to announce a multi-year expansion of t... |
| 14.08.2024 | Mindray Launches New Nerve Block Educational Series for Regional Anesthesia in Partnership with Dr. Richard Teames | The Series Aims to Enhance Patient Care and Clinical Outcomes by Providing Further Education for Anesthesiologists on POCUS
MAHWAH, N.J., Aug. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindray, a leading global developer of healthcare technologies and solut... |
| 08.08.2024 | State of digital health investment, part 2: LBMC | Photo courtesy of Matt Cybulsky
Matt Cybulsky, practice leader for healthcare AI, value-based care and product innovation at LBMC, has studied and analyzed the digital health market for years and advised companies on scaling and profitabili... |
| 07.08.2024 | Guidehealth's $14 Million Seed Funding: A Leap Towards Value-Based Care | In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, innovation is the lifeblood that fuels progress. Guidehealth, a newcomer in the healthcare arena, has just secured a significant $14 million in seed funding. This investment, led by the Memorial... |
| 07.08.2024 | Guidehealth Secures $14M for AI-Powered Value-Based Care | What You Should Know:
– Guidehealth, an AI-powered healthcare services provider raises $14M in seed funding led by Memorial Hermann Health System, with participation from healthcare entrepreneur Sidd Pagadipati and other industry leaders.
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| 06.08.2024 | Guidehealth Closes $14 Million Seed Round With Strategic Investment from Memorial Hermann Health System | Southeast Texas health system’s support joins other seed investments from a venture fund, entrepreneurs and healthcare leaders.
DALLAS, TEXAS, USA, August 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Guidehealth, a nationally acclaimed, AI-enabled healthc... |
| 21.06.2024 | Koda Health: Seed+ Funding Round Raised To Expand Care Planning Platform | Koda Health, a leader in digital Advance Care Planning, announced the successful oversubscription of its Seed+ funding round. This funding round was led by Ecliptic Capital, with strategic investment from Memorial Hermann Health System, AAR... |
| 12.06.2024 | Koda Health Secures Funding to Expand Advance Care Planning Capabilities | What You Should Know:
– Koda Health, a pioneer in digital Advance Care Planning (ACP), today announced the successful closing of an oversubscribed Seed+ funding round led by Ecliptic Capital with strategic investment from Memorial Hermann H... |
| 06.06.2024 | This Amazon-Backed Neuralink Rival Is Taking a Different Path to BCI Adoption | Cognixion offers two non-invasive BCI headsets that integrate into the company’s own computer platform. Cognixion
Brain-computer interface (BCI) company Cognixion is a direct rival of Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Both are working to transform int... |
| 02.05.2024 | Transcarent raises $126M to accelerate AI capabilities | This round values the company at $2.2 billion
As everyone knows, the amount that the U.S. spends on healthcare is astronomical: in 2022 the number reached $4.4 trillion and it projected to reach $7.2 trillion in 2031, when it will account f... |
| 26.04.2024 | Midi Health, a virtual care clinic for women's health, raises $60M | Midi is currently on track to serve about 100,000 patients this year, up from about 30,000 in 2023
Join us May 22, 2024 for "The Future of Fertility" webinar 4pm-6pm PT with Dr. Archana Dubey (Chief Medical Officer, United Healthc... |
| 12.04.2024 | 1 killed, several injured when big rig plows into Texas Department of Public Safety office in apparent "intentional" act, officials say | A big rig plowed into a Texas Department of Public Safety office in an apparent "intentional" act, officials said Friday. One person was killed and at least a dozen people were injured, said DPS Sgt. Justin Ruiz at a news conferen... |
| 12.04.2024 | Liver and Kidney Transplant Programs Halted at Houston Hospital Over Doctor's Alleged Records Manipulation | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 12 April 2024, 01:04 pm
A Houston hospital paused its liver and kidney transplant programs after a doctor reportedly falsified liver transplant candidate data.
In a Thursday disclosure, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical ... |
| 02.04.2024 | Aegis Ventures Launches “Digital Consortium” with 9 Health Systems for Healthcare Innovation | What You Should Know:
– Aegis Ventures, a New York-based healthcare venture studio, announced the formation of the Digital Consortium, a groundbreaking initiative designed to tackle some of healthcare’s most pressing challenges with nine le... |
| 01.04.2024 | How telehealth giant Amwell went from stock market darling to dud | Revenue at the once high-flying telehealth giant Amwell soared amid the pandemic, but strategic missteps and a lack of agility pushed it toward an economic and operational nosedive, an Axios investigation finds.
Why it matters: At its heigh... |
| 19.01.2024 | Exclusive: Menopause care startup Midi is raising $60 million, just 4 months after its last funding round | Tech Exclusive: Menopause care startup Midi is raising $60 million, just 4 months after its last funding round
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| 21.11.2023 | Memorial Hermann Implements Laudio Platform to Bolster Frontline Support | BOSTON & HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Laudio, an innovator in frontline leader solutions that drive efficiency and engagement for health systems, today announced that Memorial Hermann Health System is implementing Laudio’s platform to enha... |
| 01.11.2023 | AdaptX Secures $10M for AI-Powered, Self-Serve Clinical Management | What You Should Know:
– AdaptX, a self-serve clinical management solution company raises $10M in funding led by Cercano Management and included participation from notable entities, such as Memorial Hermann Health System, Morningside Venture... |
| 17.10.2023 | FemTech: Memorial Hermann Taps Midi Health to Expand Access to Expert Midlife Care for Women | What You Should Know:
– Memorial Hermann Health System is teaming up with Midi Health, a virtual care clinic focused exclusively on women navigating midlife hormonal transition for women in perimenopause and menopause.
– Memorial Hermann wi... |
| 30.12.2022 | 8 infectious diseases that made a comeback in 2022 unexpectedly — and illnesses that could surge in 2023 | Health 8 infectious diseases that made a comeback in 2022 unexpectedly — and illnesses that could surge in 2023
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| 28.10.2022 | Hazel Health raises $51.5M to scale school-based telehealth | Throughout the U.S., many children live without their health needs being met. In fact, more than half of American children are not connected to any type of team-based healthcare delivery model, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. And... |
| 03.10.2022 | 8 reasons why you have to pee constantly, from diet to UTIs, and how to cut back on your bathroom breaks | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| 09.09.2022 | 7 reasons for jaw pain and when to see a doctor | Reviews Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| 09.06.2022 | Memorial Hermann Health System Joins Existing Investors in Leiters, a 503B Outsourced Pharmaceutical Compounding Industry Leader | DENVER, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Leiters has announced that Memorial Hermann Health System – a non-profit, community-focused, award-winning health system committed to creating healthier Houston communities – has joined the company... |
| 05.04.2022 | Clarify Health Secures $150M for Value-Based Payments Platform | What You Should Know:
– Clarify Health, a cloud analytics and value-based payments platform company, announced today that it secured $150 million in Series D financing. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round and was joined by funds and accoun... |
| 11.02.2022 | Memorial Hermann Appoints Amalia Maislos Stanton as System's SVP, Chief Strategic Communications & Marketing Officer | HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Following an extensive national search, Memorial Hermann Health System has selected Amalia M. Stanton as its Senior Vice President, Chief Strategic Communications & Marketing Officer.
A prominent l... |
| 29.09.2021 | Deloitte launches first-of-its-kind clean energy lab in Houston | Houston will become home to professional services giant Deloitte's largest and most technologically advanced immersive, interactive innovation hub dubbed the Deloitte Greenhouse, Powered by Energy & Industrials.
Co-located with the comp... |
| 28.09.2021 | High-tech virtual reality experience blasts into the Space City | From the earliest days of our circling the planet in a tiny NASA capsule — to Elon Musk's SpaceX current commercial journeys — Houston and space travel will be forever and inexorably linked.
Fitting, then, that an unprecedented new immersiv... |
| 28.09.2021 | Research: 5 mistakes Houston entrepreneurs should be making | We all have heard "you learn from your mistakes," so, why do a lot of startup blogs warn entrepreneurs of the mistakes they shouldn't make when starting a business, but not very many tell them what mistakes they should be making? ... |
| 27.09.2021 | University of Houston scores national award for championing diversity | Fresh off news of a new free health clinic for the homeless, the University of Houston is once again making headlines for its commitment to empowering the community. INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine has announced UH and the University of Hou... |
| 27.09.2021 | Real estate giant to open another downtown Houston coworking hub | A new downtown Houston skyscraper that's on the rise and expected to be completed by the end of the year will offer flexible office space.
Texas Tower will feature The Square, Hines' flexible office product, the international real estate fi... |
| 27.09.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from space health to virtual collaboration — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
James Hury,... |
| 13.09.2021 | University of Houston prescribes homeless relief with new free clinic | Houston is no stranger to the plague of homelessness and now, a major university has a prescription for some relief.
The University of Houston College of Nursing will open its new Nursing Health Clinic in Midtown on September 13, the school... |
| 13.09.2021 | Photos: InnovationMap shares scenes from its inaugural awards celebration | Last week, the inaugural InnovationMap Awards presented by Techwave honored 28 companies across eight categories.
The hybrid event, which took place on September 8, was hosted at The Cannon West Houston as well as streamed online. The in-pe... |
| 10.09.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap overwhelmingly included coverage of the inaigural InnovationMap Award... |
| 08.09.2021 | Rice University named one of the greatest schools in U.S. in prestigious new report | Just mere weeks after being named the No. 7 university in the nation, a local hall of higher learning has just landed on yet another prestigious list.
Rice University has scored high marks in the Princeton Review's annual survey on the nati... |
| 08.09.2021 | Watch the InnovationMap Awards livestream honoring Houston tech and innovation | Who are Houston's rising stars across energy transition, sports tech, health, and more? Watch the livestream to find out. Click play on the video above, or join the conversation on YouTube by clicking here.
We are also honoring our 2021 Tra... |
| 30.08.2021 | Houston startup addresses gaps in the gig economy with new app | Two Houstonians are making student side hustles on college campuses a whole lot safer and easier.
When Madison Long and Simone May were undergraduate students at Purdue University, their only option for scoping out basic services — like get... |
| 27.08.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, 28 companies being named as finalists in... |
| 27.08.2021 | Here's which of the InnovationMap Awards finalists are hiring | After scouring Houston for the best of the Houston innovation ecosystem and evaluating dozens of companies, InnovationMap has announced the finalists in its inaugural awards. But which of these companies are growing their teams?
Turns out, ... |
| 26.08.2021 | Innovative Houston-based pharmacy debuts new $55M facility | Adding heft to Houston's health care economy, Empower Pharmacy on August 26 publicly debuted what the company bills as North America's most technologically advanced compounding pharmacy.
Highlights of the new $55 million, 86,000-square-foot... |
| 23.08.2021 | Houston health tech company raises $7.85M series A led by local VC | A Houston-based health tech company has scored fresh funds from a Houston venture group to fuel its growth and to expand nationally.
KARE Technologies, a digital labor marketplace for health care workers, raised a $7.85 million series A inv... |
| 09.08.2021 | Houston business leaders join forces to create innovative apprenticeship program | Much of the business world has operated under the belief that to enter the workforce, one must have a four-year degree. While this belief might be evolving naturally over recent years, two corporations have teamed up to move the needle even... |
| 09.08.2021 | Final call for virtual global healthtech summit — and it's free to attend | It's nearly time: The online international summit HealthTech Beyond Borders is about to explore the future and impact of new technologies in the healthcare sector. A special focus on medical and healthcare developments and opportunities in ... |
| 09.08.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from blockchain technology to consumer-facing innovations — recently making headlines in Houston innovati... |
| 06.08.2021 | Houston esports software company says game on to untapped market | A joint venture between a Houston-based esports tournament software and management company and a Dallas-based college multimedia rights company has expanded into a new market.
Launch Esports, formed by Mainline and Steel Planet Esports, ann... |
| 06.08.2021 | Amazon delivers upgrade to Houston shoppers | Whether it's for fear of shopping in public or just plain convenience, using Amazon Prime just makes life easier. Now, Houstonians can enjoy even speedier service, thanks to a Jeff Bezos rocket-sized boost.
Amazon has announced that Prime m... |
| 05.08.2021 | Impact-driven Houston fintech startup emerges to streamline international remittance | Africans living abroad send over $40 billion back to their home country annually — yet the process continues to be expensive, fraud-ridden, and complicated. A new Houston-area startup has a solution.
AiDEMONEY, based in Katy, has launched a... |
| 05.08.2021 | Houston research: Innovating a way out of corporate scandal | When scandal tears through an institution, it can hurt innocents in the same field. But even the darkest scandal can sometimes benefit a similar organization — if, that is, the public sees it as far more ethical, says Rice Business profess... |
| 05.08.2021 | New Pearland healthcare training center will raise the bar for nursing in Houston | As if those in the healthcare field needed another reason to relocate to Pearland: the HCA Healthcare Center for Clinical Advancement opened its doors on July 27.
Located at the Pearland Town Center at 11200 Broadway St., building 200, the ... |
| 03.08.2021 | Houston energy blockchain company announces $7.7M in funding, plans to expand to the Middle East | A Houston-based tech company has announced another round of funding to support its blockchain network growth as well as to establish a presence in the Middle East.
Data Gumbo has closed its series B funding round totaling $7.7 million with ... |
| 03.08.2021 | 3 Houston startups announce strategic appointments across health tech, materials, and software | Three Houston tech startups have new hires they're excited about this summer. From new board members to c-level execs, here's who's moving and shaking in Houston innovation.
Former Memorial Hermann CEO joins board of ZIBRIO
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| 02.08.2021 | Rice University bioengineers create insulin-producing medical device | A team of bioengineers at Houston's own Rice University have created an implant that can produce insulin for Type 1 diabetics. The device is being created by using 3D printing and smart biomaterials.
Omid Veiseh, an assistant professor of b... |
| 02.08.2021 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from energy to health care — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Will Womble, CEO of Umbrage... |
| 02.08.2021 | 10 can't-miss Houston business and innovation events in August | This month, Houstonians have yet another good batch of in-person and online innovation events — from Zoom panels to conferences — and you and your tech network need to know about them.
Here's a roundup of virtual events not to miss this mon... |
| 29.07.2021 | From faculty to founder: What to know before starting a company, from a University of Houston expert | Trying to start a business as a faculty member in academia? Don't fret. As daunting as starting a company can seem, this blog will aim to give any prospective entrepreneur useful insights to getting started.
Jason Eriksen, Ph.D., an associa... |
| 28.07.2021 | Houston hospitals once again dominate annual national rankings | It stands to reason that as home to the Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex, Houston would be blessed with outstanding hospitals. New national rankings from U.S. News & World Report show just how true that is.
The ... |
| 28.07.2021 | Startup founder on how Houston has evolved as a software hub — and why there's no better place to be | It's no understatement to say that Will Womble is incredibly proud to be a Houstonian. The former actor and lawyer first got involved in the startup world by way of Austin — but he always advocated for his hometown.
"Houston is always ... |
| 28.07.2021 | Houston VC leaders announce SPAC with $175M IPO | A blank check company has hit the Nasdaq today with a $175 million initial public offering.
Mercury Ecommerce Acquisition Corp. announced its IPO of 17,500,000 units at a price of $10 per unit to be listed on The Nasdaq Capital Market with ... |
| 18.05.2021 | 7WireVentures Launches $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund | What You Should Know:
– Digital health venture capital firm 7WireVentures today announced it has closed a $150M Connected Consumer Health Fund to invest in early-stage digital health businesses that empower an Informed Connected Healthcare ... |
| 11.02.2021 | Houston startup nonprofit partners with local initiative to bolster Black entrepreneurs | Impact Hub Houston has partnered with the Black Marketing Initiative to offer a new training, mentoring, and networking program for local black entrepreneurs in honor of Black History Month.
Dubbed MarketBlack, the program will provide part... |
| 05.02.2021 | 5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week | Editor's note: Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included innovators to know, an update from Greentown Houston, events... |
| 04.02.2021 | Tilman Fertitta takes much of his empire public in massive $6.6 billion merger | Tilman Fertitta is about to become even wealthier. The Houston billionaire announced that his company, Fertitta Entertainment, will go public via a merger with FAST Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FST).
In total, the deal will be worth approximate... |
| 23.11.2020 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In today's Monday roundup of Houston innovators, I'm introducing you to three innovators across industries — from sports tech to startup mentorship.
Youngro Lee, co-founder and CEO of NextSeed
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| 16.09.2020 | UTHealth Surgeons at Memorial Hermann First in Texas to Perform Double Lung Transplant On Patient Whose Lungs Were Damaged By COVID-19 | |
| 29.07.2020 | New report recognizes best hospitals in Houston | Hospitals across Houston were ranked by their patient care, patient safety, outcomes, nursing, advanced technology and reputation in an annual report that identifies the top medical facilities in the country.
U.S. News & World Report re... |
| 10.01.2020 | Houston-based oil and gas software company raises $1.6 million | A Houston energy tech startup that's digitally optimizing the minerals rights buying and selling process has closed an oversubscribed pre-seed financing round to the tune of $1.6 million.
M1neral's round was co-led by Amnis Ventures and Phe... |
| 08.01.2020 | Houston-based digital marketplace for industrial equipment raises $5.5 million series A | A Houston startup that acts as a digital marketplace for industrial equipment in the oil and gas and construction industries closed a sizeable series A financing round this month.
Hitched Inc. raised $5.5 million in its series A funding led... |
| 11.04.2019 | Why some health system merger plans work out but others are nixed — and why you should care | In October, two Texas healthcare giants — Baylor Scott & White Health in Dallas and Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston — signed a letter of intent to form a new health system. Just four months later in February, they scrapped the... |
| 30.06.2017 | Texas Medical Center Leadership Turmoil: Here are the Latest Moves | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Houston—The Texas Medical Center’s leadership upheaval continued this week with the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announcing that it eliminated executive vice ... |
| 01.12.2016 | Where some health systems are betting big on digital | The story of how Healthcare met Digital has all the hallmarks of a bestseller: old meets new, worlds collide, and nothing is ever the same again. This story is still in its early chapters, and the decisions health systems make today will in... |
| 09.05.2012 | Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Live Tweets Brain Surgery | I’m not going to lie – I’m scared of hospitals. Watching specials on TLC that show live surgeries always grossed me out. I’m fine around slasher flicks and all kinds of gory entertainment, but I’ll pass out if I see a real surgery with real... |
| - | 7Wire Ventures Closes $100M Early-Stage Connected Consumer Health Fund With New Coalition of Top U.S. Health Plans and Health Systems | CHICAGO, Illinois —May 2, 2018 — 7WireVentures, a leading early stage healthcare venture firm, today announced it closed a $100 million fund and formed a coalition with eight leading health services organizations. The 7Wire Connected Consum... |
| - | Why some health system merger plans work out but others are nixed — and why you should care | Consolidation in the healthcare market is expected to continue, though a report from consulting firm Kaufman Hall found that in 2018, there were 90 total hospital and health system deals announced, down from 115 in 2017. Nonetheless, the av... |
| - | Carta Healthcare Raises $25M for AI-Powered Clinical Data Abstraction | What You Should Know:
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Carta Healthcare®, a company whose mission is to improve patient care by harnessing the value of clinical data, announced today the final closing of its $25 million series B financing, thanks to a... |
| - | Women can exercise less often than men and still see greater health benefits, new study shows | Women may see greater health benefits from exercising regularly than men do, according to a recent study.
Women who engaged in 2.5 hours of moderate physical activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise, weekly were 24% less likely to die w... |
| - | Where some health systems are betting big on digital | The story of how Healthcare met Digital has all the hallmarks of a bestseller: old meets new, worlds collide, and nothing is ever the same again. This story is still in its early chapters, and the decisions health systems make today will in... |
| - | Announcing the Close of Our Newest Connected Consumer Health Fund with $150M in Commitments | The past year was a time of unprecedented change that exposed many fundamental flaws in healthcare. However, these challenges provide an unprecedented opportunity to apply technology and drive innovation to address systemic problems. At 7wi... |
