What You Should Know: - Houston Methodist joins the Ion as its first healthcare-centric partner in its growing innovation hub. - The hospital will build out a space at the Ion modeled after Houston Methodist’s Center for Innovation Technology Hub located at its flagship hospital in the Texas Medical Center to showcase the latest in healthcare innovation. Opening a New Window Into the Future of Healthcare The Ion anchors a 16-acre innovation district, the epicenter for
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Patient Engagement Platform Luma Health Nabs $16M to Optimize Patient Experience
Luma Health Patient Engagement Platform enables healthcare providers and health systems to maximize patient outcomes across the entire patient journey.Luma Health, a patient engagement platform, today announced $16 million in Series B equity funding, bringing total equity funding to $25.7 million. Led by PeakSpan Capital and with strategic investments from Cisco Investments, the Texas Medical Center, and continued investment from U.S. Venture Partners, Luma Health will use this round of funding
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Y Combinator Startup Meru Health Raises $4.2M to Advance Digital Clinic for Mental Health
Meru Health, a Y Combinator company currently participating in the Texas Medical Center TMCx Accelerator in Houston has raised $4.2 million in seed funding from Freestyle Capital, Bonit Capital, Y Combinator, Lifeline Ventures, and IT-Farm. The seed funding will be used to advance its mobile phone-based digital clinic for depression and anxiety and support additional clinical validation. Peer-reviewed data of this intervention found a significant reduction in depression symptoms as well as close
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Medical Informatics Corp. Raises $11.9M for FDA-Cleared Patient Monitoring and Predictive Analytics Platform
Medical Informatics Corp. (MIC), a Houston, TX-based provider of an FDA-cleared patient monitoring and predictive analytics platform has raised $11.9M in Series A funding led by Data Collective Venture Capital (DCVC) with significant participation from Intel Capital and the Texas Medical Center (TMC) Venture Fund.The Inaccurate State of Today’s Predictive Analytics in Hospital SystemsHospital systems across the country are searching for ways to use machine learning and AI to get ahead of
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NarrativeDx Raises $3M for Patient Experience Intelligence Platform
NarrativeDx, an Austin, TX-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that provides actionable insights from patient and provider feedback, today announced it has raised $3 million in strategic funding led by Christiana Care Health System, Summation Health Ventures and The Texas Medical Center. Also joining the round are HealthX Ventures and Cultivation Capital, who participated in previous rounds of funding. NarrativeDx will use the funds to accelerate sales and marketing, product innovation,
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Texas Medical Center Accelerator Unveils Second Class of Digital Health Startups
This week, the Texas Medical Center’s accelerator, TMCx, unveiled its second class of 13 digital health startups. Startups selected in the five month program starting from January to June 2016 will focus on digital health followed by a third class focused on medical devices running from July through December 2016. “We believe the potential synergy of bringing 13 companies together, each of them focused on different aspects of digital health care innovation, will lead to unpredictable
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Texas Medical Center and Village Capital Launch Program for Digital Health Startups
Texas Medical Center (TMC) and Village Capital, a managed investment fund and nonprofit focused on supporting impact-driven entrepreneurs, have joined forces to launch the VilCap USA: Health IT 2014 program, which will support early-stage businesses that are seeking digital health and business solutions to make healthcare more affordable and of a higher quality for all Americans. Program & Model Overview The program is structured in four intensive four-day sessions over three months, with
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