CardMedic joins prestigious HealthTech accelerator at Texas Medical Centre
At CardMedic, we’re proud of our American roots, having founded the company during a family visit to the US which began just before the reality of the first phase of the global coronavirus pandemic hit. Rachael and I previously spent much of our time split between the US and the UK, in fact, Rachael is an American citizen. When we founded the company, the first wave of the pandemic prevented us from returning to our home in the UK and desperate to help, we conceptualised the idea for CardMedic and launched the company in 72 hours. At the time, little did we know the impact the global pandemic would have or the role it would play in shaping the early days of the company.
Since then, we’ve established operations in both the US and the UK to enable us to serve our customers across American health systems and the NHS trusts and ICSs we’re grateful to be working with. In fact, we recently secured our first rural health contract with the Nor-Lea Hospital District in New Mexico. This is alongside other partnerships including our recent collaboration with Boston Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which is one of the largest teaching hospitals within Harvard Medical School.
Our experience with the Texas Medical Centre Innovation
Just last week we returned from the most amazing trip to Texas Medical Centre Innovation as part of its latest cohort of start-ups to join the prestigious TMC Innovation
Accelerator for HealthTech.
It was a whirlwind three days spent meeting some incredibly talented people, including our mentors Bill Turpin, Ayse McCracken, and Josh Sol (thank you for being on our side!) and many clinicians. We're super excited to be part of the latest programme which provides a unique opportunity for start-ups harnessing innovative technology to continue to evolve products and services while creating lasting relationships with Texas Medical Centre member institutions, advisors and investors.
"It is always exciting to introduce a new group of talented entrepreneurs into our community," said Tom Luby, Director of TMC Innovation. " Each with their own goals, and at their individual stage, we'll work closely together to help them learn, grow, and navigate this rich clinical landscape. We are honoured to be the bridge between these innovators and the world's largest medical city."
It really was an unmissable opportunity in the most inspiring of settings to analyse in detail our go-to-market plans and product development as we continue to build more and more partnerships with healthcare providers in America. I'm really looking forward to returning to Texas Medical Centre in September to continue the programme, which has provided us with incredible opportunities to realise just how impactful CardMedic can be.
About Texas Medical Centre (TMC)
TMC, the largest medical city in the world, is at the forefront of advancing life sciences. Home to the brightest minds in medicine, TMC nurtures cross-institutional collaboration, creativity, and innovation among its 106,000 plus employees. With a campus of more than 50 million square feet, TMC annually hosts 10 million patients, performs over 180,000 surgeries, conducts over 750,000 ER visits, performs close to 14,000 heart surgeries, and delivers over 25,000 babies.
Beyond patient care, TMC is pushing the boundaries of clinical research across its extensive network of partner institutions on a daily basis, pioneering effective health policy solutions to address the complex healthcare issues of today, and cultivating cutting-edge digital health applications and medical devices.
For everyone who has helped us so far, thank you so much. We can't wait for the next stage in our journey. If you want to join us, please get in touch.