US-based healthcare system Houston Methodist has partnered with Ion, a technology innovation space in Houston, Texas, to establish a healthcare technology innovation centre.
For Ion, Houston Methodist, a leading hospital in Houston, is its first health care-focused partner.
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The hospital will build a 1,200ft² space named Tech Hub, which is expected to open later this year and will showcase the latest in health care innovation.
The site will be modelled after Houston Methodist’s Center for Innovation Technology Hub, which opened in 2020 and is located at the Texas Medical Center.
Ion executive director Jan Odegard said: “Partnering with Houston Methodist’s Center for Innovation is exciting.
“This also will advance the Ion’s ability to support entrepreneurs and innovators that are already at the Ion as we embark on a new focus in health care innovation.”
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By GlobalDataTech Hub will initially be used for informational and educational programming, networking with tenants and entrepreneurs, and hosting open houses for the community to understand how Houston Methodist is ‘shaping patient-centred healthcare for the future’.
Through this partnership, Houston Methodist will boost the work of its Center for Innovation to offer a living laboratory environment.
The hospital said this will allow visitors to experience the latest innovations in patient-focused healthcare technology, including remote monitoring, ambient intelligence and virtual reality.
Houston Methodist vice president of innovation and information technology applications Michelle Stansbury said: “We are advancing the evolution of the hospital’s role in health care through digital transformation.
“Having a footprint at the Ion will not only provide the Ion’s network and Houston community with a window into what we are doing for patients, consumers and providers, but also gives the Ion community and rising innovators an opportunity to bring its own ingenuity and ideas to life with ours.”
