Houston Methodist Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/houston-methodist/ Healthcare technology news, life science current events Tue, 19 Sep 2023 20:53:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 https://medcitynews.com/uploads/2021/03/cropped-mblue-32x32.png Houston Methodist Archives - MedCity News https://medcitynews.com/tag/houston-methodist/ 32 32 40682243 3 Tech Investment Lessons From Houston Methodist’s Chief Innovation Officer https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/innovation-technology-healthcare/ https://medcitynews.com/2023/09/innovation-technology-healthcare/#respond Tue, 19 Sep 2023 16:41:02 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=649137

Roberta Schwartz, Houston Methodist’s chief innovation officer, has had years of experience overseeing technology adoption at her organization. At a conference, she highlighted how important it is for digital health tools to have strong EHR integrations and encouraged hospital leaders to not be afraid of starting various technology initiatives in unrelated areas.

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What Houston Methodist hopes to accomplish at its 2nd innovation hub https://medcitynews.com/2022/08/what-houston-methodist-hopes-to-accomplish-at-its-2nd-innovation-hub/ https://medcitynews.com/2022/08/what-houston-methodist-hopes-to-accomplish-at-its-2nd-innovation-hub/#respond Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:25:35 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=600376

Houston Methodist is opening a new innovation hub at the Ion, a 16-acre innovation district established by the city of Houston and Rice University. The health system will use the space to partner with local talent to develop new digital health tools for its eight smart hospitals.

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Providers will likely face more lawsuits against vaccine mandates. But they are also more likely to win. https://medcitynews.com/2021/08/providers-will-likely-face-more-lawsuits-against-vaccine-mandates-but-they-are-also-more-likely-to-win/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/08/providers-will-likely-face-more-lawsuits-against-vaccine-mandates-but-they-are-also-more-likely-to-win/#respond Wed, 04 Aug 2021 20:47:39 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=543434

Providers’ legal defense against lawsuits aiming to tear down vaccine mandates is wide-ranging, from making the argument that allowing an unvaccinated worker into their facilities could pose a direct threat to the worker to invoking a 1905 precedent set by the Supreme Court.

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100+ workers sue Houston Methodist over mandatory Covid-19 vaccination policy https://medcitynews.com/2021/06/100-workers-sue-houston-methodist-over-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-policy/ https://medcitynews.com/2021/06/100-workers-sue-houston-methodist-over-mandatory-covid-19-vaccination-policy/#respond Tue, 01 Jun 2021 19:57:00 +0000 https://medcitynews.com/?p=533033

The lawsuit alleges that the policy is akin to forcing employees to participate in a medical experiment as none of the vaccines available have received full FDA approval. But Houston Methodist rebutted these claims saying the vaccines are safe and effective, and requiring employees to get vaccinated is in the best interest of the patient.

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