5 most popular innovation stories in Houston this week

Editor’s note: Another week has come and gone, and it’s time to round up the top headlines from the past few days.

In this week’s roundup of Houston innovators to know, I’m introducing you to three local innovators across industries — venture capital, medical devices, and software — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.

Houston boasts of being home to the Texas Medical Center, the world’s biggest medical complex.

A study released May 4 by the Lown Institute, a health care think tank, shows hospitals in the Houston area collectively fare worse than their counterparts in Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin for overuse of tests and procedures that the institute says offer little to no benefit.

technology driven., a secure platform that can deliver more than 14,000 mental health resources to veterans, won first prize at the virtually held H.

There are some aspects that take a little bit of inventive scheduling to make happen, but overall, the telework paradigm may be here to stay in research long after the COVID pandemic tapers off.

“Building technology to help HR make a difference in the workplace is what we’re all about at GoCo,” says Allie Collins, head of GoCo’s DEI Task Force, in a news release.

According to the release, baMa will help to introduce Rice to more diverse businesses.

She was selected among execs from large corporations like companies such as The HEINEKEN Company, Nestlé, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Nissan Motor Corporation, Bain & Company, Credit Suisse, and more.”As a young startup, this is one of our most exciting milestones.

Ranked solely on opportunity and competition — which included evaluating salary, schools, nurses per 1,000 residents, and more — Texas came in at No.

Rice University’s student startup accelerator has named 10 startup teams to its ninth cohort, which kicks off later this month.

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