Three details:
1. Reliant, a Texas-based electricity and security company, donated $130,000 to Houston Methodist to create the Reliant Innovation Fund. The health system will use the fund to support solutions for critically ill patients.
2. Around $100,000 of the donation is dedicated to the health system’s engineering medicine program, which brought in its first class of 25 students last year. The program allows graduates to earn a medical degree and a Master’s in engineering over four years and focuses on developing transformational technology in medicine.
3. The health system will also use around $30,000 of the donation to expand its patient-centric mobile app, CareSense. The app includes patient communication, education, risk-factor monitoring, care coordination and medication adherence programs.
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