AccessIncubator

New Center for Innovation participant will evaluate world’s first wearable, AI-powered fall prevention solution at Regional One Health

The newest participant in Regional One Health's Center for Innovation Access Incubator is developing AI-based technology aimed at preventing falls. OK2StandUP will test its innovation with hospitalized patients who are at a high risk of falls. The project is a perfect fit for Regional One Health, where patient safety issues like fall prevention are a [...]

2024-06-25T06:42:00-06:00June 25th, 2024|

A new type of healing, supported by Apple: Biotech startup SweetBio and VC firm VamosVentures receive funding through Apple’s Racial Equity and Justice Initiative

SweetBio, a participant in the Center for Innovation, developed a Manuka Honey-based product for wound healing. Apple Stories chronicled the journey of brother-and-sister entrepreneurs Kayla Rodriguez Graff and Isaac Rodriguez and their goal of improving wound care for all patients. This article originally appeared as part of Apple Stories at www.apple.com/newsroom/ in 2021. Startup [...]

2024-05-30T08:12:05-06:00May 30th, 2024|

Novel Bioengineered Collagen with Manuka Honey and Hydroxyapatite Sheet for the Treatment of Lower Extremity Chronic Wounds in an Urban Hospital Wound Care Setting

This article appeared in the publication Wounds in January 2023. Isaac Rodriguez, Alejandra Alvarez, Cara Massey, LaDawn Miller, Rene Rannou, Martin Croce, Tony Alleman Abstract Introduction. A novel BCMH sheet has been shown to achieve improved wound closure rates in chronic and acute wounds when compared with SOC. Objective. This retrospective evaluation assessed chronic wound closure rates [...]

2024-05-30T07:54:43-06:00May 30th, 2024|

Memphis Business Journal Table of Experts: Regional One Health Chief Innovation Officer joins a conversation on innovations in health care

Alejandra Alvarez, Chief Innovation Officer at Regional One Health, spoke to the Memphis Business Journal about innovation in health care. Alvarez discussed how Regional One Health's Center for Innovation created a platform to cultivate and inspire innovation, and how that can benefit patients everywhere. This article originally appeared in the Memphis Business Journal in [...]

2024-06-04T09:06:44-06:00May 30th, 2024|