Houston-based health technology firm Medical Informatics Corp. is one of 10 early-stage companies taking part in the Amazon Web Services Healthcare Accelerator program.
Medical Informatics Corp., or MIC, develops an FDA-cleared patient monitoring platform called Sickbay, which provides real-time patient monitoring, medical device integration and more. MIC is one of three startups in Texas named to the AWS Healthcare Accelerator program. Dallas-based Pieces, which develops an artificial intelligence platform to address social determinants of health, and Fort Worth-based Neuro Rehab VR, which is leveraging virtual reality for physical and cognitive therapy, were also selected for the program.
The goal of MIC's remote patient monitoring platform is to reduce costs and improve operational efficiencies in clinical settings. The firm has worked with local health care systems including Houston Methodist and Texas Children's Hospital.
The AWS program is being run in collaboration with KidsX, a digital health accelerator focused exclusively on pediatrics. Through participation in the program, startups will receive $25,000 in AWS promotional credits, mentorship from AWS and KidsX, and opportunities to collaborate with AWS's health care clients, the firm said.
"It is an honor to be chosen as one of the organizations in the inaugural cohort of this innovative program," said Emma Fauss, co-founder and CEO of MIC. "We are particularly excited about the opportunity to work with KidsX to further expand our work in the pediatric care setting and leverage AWS’s cloud infrastructure to accelerate collaboration with leading children’s hospitals around the world."
The other companies taking part in the AWS Healthcare Accelerator are:
- Los Angeles-based AIVA
- Baltimore-based B.well
- San Francisco-based Ejenta
- Los Angeles-based Giblib
- San Francisco-based Gyant
- Chicago-based Kaizen Health
- New York-based OneRecord
In April 2019, MIC announced raising a nearly $12 million Series A financing round led by Data Collective Venture Capital. MIC's Series A round also saw participation from Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of tech giant Intel Corp., and the Texas Medical Center Venture Fund.
MIC was officially incorporated in 2010 and spent three years bootstrapping before taking an initial investment from Texas Children's Hospital in 2013.
Earlier this summer, Houston-based aerospace tech company Cognitive Space was selected to participate in the new Amazon Web Services Space Accelerator, a four-week program for space startups using AWS applications to solve industry challenges.
Amazon has more than 300 corporate and tech roles based in Houston. In June, the e-commerce giant announced plans to add another 150 local employees to expand its Houston Tech Hub over the next few years.
