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Articles from the Portfolio Companies Category
SwipeSense is in the Final 3 for the Wall Street Journal’s Startup of the Year
Wall Street Journal | October 17, 2013
Category: General, Portfolio Companies
The Wall Street Journal has selected its top three contenders for Startup of the Year!
LDR Holding Shares Rise After IPO Raises $75M
ABC News | October 9, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Shares of LDR Holding climbed Wednesday after the surgical implant maker’s initial public offering raised $75 million before expenses.
SurgeryPlus From EmployerDirect Reduces the Costs of Planned Medical Procedures by 30-50 Percent
Yahoo! Finance | September 13, 2013
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies
EmployerDirect, a leader in value-based healthcare that helps large, self-insured employers improve the quality of their employees’ planned medical procedures, is pleased to announce that it now offers SurgeryPlus, a supplemental healthcare benefit that reduces the costs of planned medical …
Electronic monitoring helps nurses boost hand-washing compliance
Fierce Health IT | August 30, 2013
Category: Healthcare, Portfolio Companies, Sector Specific
Electronic monitoring helped to dramatically improve hand hygiene among nurses in Canada, according to research published this month in the journal Computers, Informatics, Nursing.
Ortho Kinematics Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance to Expand into Cervical Spine
Reuters | August 15, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Innovative VMA diagnostic technology now available for both back (lumbar) and neck (cervical) assessments.
Employer Direct Healthcare Welcomes Thomas Johnston as its New CEO
Market Wired | July 31, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Employer Direct Healthcare, a leader in value-based healthcare that helps large, self-insured employers improve the quality of their employees planned medical procedures while reducing costs, is pleased to announce that Thomas D. Johnston, J.D., has been appointed as its new …
Televero Health and Ortho Kinematics Named Among Austin’s 2013 A-List
Silicon Hills News | June 21, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
It’s that time of year again when the A-List of Austin Startups gets released. The Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce and South by Southwest Interactive announced the 2013 Austin A-List this week.
Wenzel Launches In Situ Expandable Fusion Device
Orthopedics This Week | May 2, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Wenzel Spine, Inc. has launched its VariLift-C stand-alone zero-profile expandable cervical interbody fusion device in the U.S. The company received FDA clearance in January 2013.
Tri-City Offers Vertebral Motion Analysis from Ortho Kinematics
The Coast News | April 14, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Physicians at Tri City Medical Center are the first in the region, and the medical center is one of only seven in the nation, to introduce a new technology that standardizes the medical imaging process and yields unprecedented views of …
OpenMarkets Raises Series A Funds, Applies Groupon-Like Model to Health Care
VentureWire | February 26, 2013
Category: Portfolio Companies
Hospitals looking to save money on big-ticket items such as an MRI machine can now turn to OpenMarkets Inc., a startup that’s raised funds from TEXO Ventures to apply a Groupon-like model to health care, VentureWire has learned.