Harris County Emergency Corps and the Texas Medical Center’s (TMC) Innovation Institute are teaming up to develop game-changing technologies for EMS and Emergency Medicine.  TMC Institute Fellows will be riding on HCEC ambulances, observing medics as they provide treatment to patients in emergency situations.

This collaboration will allow the Fellows to see first-hand, how medics assess urgent medical needs and stabilize patients’ conditions using life-saving medications and equipment.   Observing the workflow of a medic will allow the Fellows to better understand what technologies or devices are used routinely, and what technical challenges medics face with different cases in hopes they can develop something new or better.

With their backgrounds, the Fellows are primed to help fuel new innovation.  A few of them are medical doctors with MBA degrees and start-up experience, some are former health IT and biomedical engineers, and some have health care consulting and venture capital experience.

TMC Innovation Institute

The Texas Medical Center (TMC) Innovation Institute utilizes the world-class research assets and clinical operations of its members to foster health care breakthroughs. Providing the tools firms need to close the gap between research and commercialization, the TMC Innovation Institute ensures the acceleration and incubation of transformative health care tools. It is catapulting entrepreneurial endeavors in digital health, medical device, and therapeutics from the bench to the bedside.

About Harris County Emergency Corps

Harris County Emergency Corps (HCEC) was the first EMS organization in Texas and the only CAAS accredited agency in Houston. As a nonprofit EMS provider, HCEC primarily responds to 9-1-1 emergency medical calls for approximately 400,000 citizens of North Harris County, teaches education classes for businesses and clinicians, provides event medicine coverage for some of the largest event venues in Houston and offers one of Houston’s first Community Health Paramedic Programs. HCEC is committed to preserving lives through clinical excellence, progressive medicine, and professional service. For more information, visit www.hcec.com.