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Nation's Largest and Top-Ranked Pediatric and Women's Hospital Celebrates First Hospital for Central Texas Families with Ribbon Cutting AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Children's, the largest children's hospital in the United States which is consistently ranked as the best children's and women's hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on February 1st to celebrate the upcoming grand opening of its new, North Austin hospital. Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus, a $485 million freestanding, state-of-the-art, top-tier hospital will commence inpatient services at its 365,000 square-foot campus on February 20, 2024. Outpatient services will be available on February 5, 2024. Located at 9835 North Lake Creek Parkway, Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus will deliver the most advanced children's and women's care to a city that is helping move the world forward. Continue Reading Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus - Ribbon Cutting With the opening of Texas Children's North Austin Campus, Texas Children's expands its hospital reach to four campuses, three of which are located in the Greater Houston area including the esteemed Texas Medical Center. "It has been a longtime goal of mine to continue the incredible mission of our founders and expand access to Texas Children's high-quality level of care to families throughout Texas," said Mark A. Wallace, CEO of Texas Children's Hospital. "As we celebrate our 70th anniversary as an organization, we are looking forward to serving even more children and women with one of the most elite clinical teams in the world." The new campus, spanning nearly 25 acres, will create over 1,100 jobs, including experts across a diverse range of nationally ranked specialties and 150 pediatric specialists. The five-floor hospital and 170,000 square-foot outpatient building is connected under one roof, providing comprehensive, efficient, and convenient care for patients and their families. The 52-bed hospital will feature neonatal, cardiovascular, and pediatric intensive care units, operating rooms, a sleep center, and full-service diagnostic services for mothers and children, including a fetal center for advanced interventions. Additionally, the campus will house a full-service emergency center, safe rooms for behavioral health cases, and a variety of transportation options for patients including Kangaroo Crew ambulances and a helicopter. Conveniently located next to the Emergency Center is Texas Children's Urgent Care, which offers families an alternative care option. Texas Children's North Austin Campus will also include an on-site pharmacy, a non-denominational chapel, a cafeteria, a coffee shop, and a business center, ensuring that families can spend more time with their loved ones without the need to leave the campus. "We are located in one of the most rapidly growing cities in America, yet in the last ten years, 30,000 kids had to leave Austin and travel to Houston to Texas Children's to receive the highly specialized care they needed," said Russ Williams, senior vice president of Texas Children's Hospital North Austin Campus. "Austin families and the surrounding communities deserve access to the most advanced treatment from world-renowned physicians at any given moment and Texas Children's is doing their best to ensure this will happen now and in the future." The adjacent outpatient building will connect patients and families to Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest primary care network in the country. It will offer primary pediatrics care and wellness services, as well as various clinical subspecialties such as allergy and immunology, cardiology, clinical nutrition, diabetes and endocrinology, ophthalmology, plastic surgery, and pulmonology. Texas Children's has been building a presence in Austin, with more than 20 locations offering pediatric, urgent care, and specialty care in the community. The opening of Texas Children's North Austin Campus will provide Austin families and surrounding communities with access to award-winning treatment closer to home. The design of the campus takes inspiration from the Central Texas landscape and ecology, incorporating elements such as limestone exteriors, themed floors, and artwork reflecting the unique culture of Austin and the Texas Hill Country. With future expansion in mind, the new campus has been master-planned to accommodate additional outpatient buildings and hospital buildings. Texas Children's Media Contacts Kelley Carville | [email protected] | (m) 818.720.4040 Natasha Barrett | [email protected] | (m) 832.991.5254 About Texas Children ' s Texas Children's, a nonprofit health care organization, is committed to creating a healthier future for children and women throughout the global community by leading in patient care, education and research. Consistently ranked as the best children's hospital in Texas and among the top in the nation, Texas Children's has garnered widespread recognition for its expertise and breakthroughs in pediatric and women's health. The system includes the Texas Children's Duncan NRI; the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children's Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children's Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; and Texas Children's Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children's care for communities north of Houston. The organization also created Texas Children's Health Plan, the nation's first HMO for children; Texas Children's Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children's Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that s channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children's Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine. For more information, visit . SOURCE Texas Children's Hospital

CHICAGO--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- MATTER , the premier healthcare incubator and innovation hub, has opened applications for the second 51 Labs , an accelerator focused on women’s health. This year’s program focuses on preventing maternal mortality in the U.S. before, during and after birth and receives support from Health Care Service Corporation , Laerdal Million Lives Fund , BayCare , Parkview Health , University of Chicago Medicine , Organon and Stryker . Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report showing that the maternal mortality rate in the U.S. worsened by 40 percent from 2020 to 2021. 1 The maternal mortality rate is now the highest in the U.S. since 1965 and is far worse than other industrialized nations. While all ages and races saw an increase in maternal mortality in 2021, many inequities still exist due to a variety of factors, including but not limited to access to quality care, socioeconomic status, race and education level. For example, Black women are three times as likely to die from pregnancy or pregnancy-related causes as white women in the U.S. 2 “51 Labs is designed to address gaps in investment and innovation in women’s health,” said Steven Collens, CEO of MATTER. “We are pleased to partner with seven key industry stakeholders to help a cohort of startups advance solutions to help address the maternal mortality crisis in the U.S.” The Laerdal Million Lives Fund, a global venture capital fund dedicated to transformative technologies that can help save lives, will serve as a capital partner for this cohort of 51 Labs companies. “Many maternal deaths are preventable. By investing in enabling technologies and digital solutions that can drive early interventions with high life saving potential and quality improvement initiatives, we can help scale companies working in this critical area,” said Becca Shmukler, principal of Laerdal Million Lives Fund. The second cohort of the 51 Labs accelerator will address the question: How can we prevent maternal mortality in the U.S. before, during and after birth? The program will have three tracks: 1) supporting access to regular prenatal care to identify and mitigate potential risk factors earlier; 2) lowering the incidence of maternal health complications; and 3) supporting mothers during the 12 months after giving birth. “It’s critically important to support innovative solutions to help moms and babies thrive,” said Dr. Monica Berner, chief clinical officer for Health Care Service Corporation. “Earlier this year, HCSC launched an expanded maternal and infant health initiative to improve health outcomes by increasing access to care, reducing care gaps, and educating and engaging residents on a community level. This 51 Labs program is another way we can help support other innovators who are seeking to tackle this critical issue.” Applications for the 12-week accelerator are now open. Participating startups will benefit from one-on-one mentoring with industry experts, workshops, interactive roundtable discussions, forums and more. Additionally, each of the selected companies will receive an investment of $125,000, including $100,000 cash from the Laerdal Million Lives Fund and $25,000 of services from MATTER. The program will culminate with a final showcase in May 2024. For more information, email 51labs @matter.health . About MATTER At MATTER, we believe collaboration is the best way to improve healthcare. The MATTER collaborative includes more than 800 current and alumni startups from around the world, working together with dozens of hospitals and health systems, universities and industry-leading companies to build the future of healthcare. Together we are accelerating innovation, advancing care and improving lives. For more information, visit matter.health and follow @MATTERhealth. About HCSC Health Care Service Corporation is the country's largest customer-owned health insurer, serving more than 18.6 million members in its health plans in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas. A Mutual Legal Reserve Company, HCSC is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. About Laerdal Million Lives Fund The Million Lives Fund invests in entrepreneurs who are developing and deploying new, emerging technologies capable of saving lives and enhancing healthcare quality and outcomes regardless of demographics or geography. The $100 million fund targets digital health and technology companies whose solutions can improve mortality rates and help reach its goal of helping to save 1 million lives annually by 2030. Investments span across medical education innovations to early interventions, therapeutics and tech-enabled care models. For more information, visit www.laerdalmillionlives.com . About BayCare BayCare is a leading not-for-profit healthcare system that connects individuals and families to a wide range of services at 16 hospitals and hundreds of other convenient locations throughout the Tampa Bay and central Florida regions. The system is West Central Florida’s largest provider of behavioral health and pediatric services and its provider group, BayCare Medical Group, is one of the largest in the region. BayCare’s diverse network of ambulatory services includes laboratories, imaging, surgical centers, BayCare Urgent Care locations, wellness centers and one of Florida’s largest home care agencies, BayCare HomeCare. Its Medicare Advantage insurance, BayCarePlus, is among the region’s few 5-star-rated plans and the system is ranked in the top 20 percent of large health systems in the country by FORUTNE/Merative™. BayCare’s mission is to improve the health of all it serves through community-owned, health care services that set the standard for high-quality, compassionate care. About Parkview Health Parkview Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system serving a northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio population of more than 1.3 million. Parkview Health’s mission is to improve health and inspire well-being in the communities it serves. With more than 16,000 co-workers, it is the region’s largest employer. Parkview Health includes 13 hospitals and an extensive network of primary care and specialty care physicians. The flagship Parkview Regional Medical Center campus includes services such as the Parkview Packnett Family Cancer Institute, Parkview Heart Institute, Samaritan flight and ground transport program, Parkview Ortho Hospital, a certified stroke center, verified adult and pediatric trauma centers, Women's & Children's Hospital and an outpatient services center. Parkview has been named one of America’s Best-In-State Employers by Forbes and made Newsweek’s list of Top 100 Most Loved Workplaces. About University of Chicago Medicine The University of Chicago Medicine, with a history dating back to 1927, is one of the nation's leading academic medical institutions. UChicago Medicine comprises the University of Chicago Medical Center, which offers a full range of primary and specialty care for adults and children through more than 40 institutes and centers; Ingalls Memorial, a community-based hospital and outpatient facility; a micro-hospital in northwest Indiana, a network of outpatient clinics and physician practices throughout Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana; the Pritzker School of Medicine, one of the top medical schools in the nation; and the University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division, with an affiliated 12 Nobel Prize winners in physiology or medicine. About Organon Organon is a global healthcare company formed to focus on improving the health of women throughout their lives. Organon offers more than 60 medicines and products in women’s health in addition to a growing biosimilars business and a large franchise of established medicines across a range of therapeutic areas. Organon’s existing products produce strong cash flows that support investments in innovation and future growth opportunities in women’s health and biosimilars. In addition, Organon is pursuing opportunities to collaborate with biopharmaceutical innovators looking to commercialize their products by leveraging its scale and presence in fast growing international markets. Organon has a global footprint with significant scale and geographic reach, world-class commercial capabilities, and approximately 10,000 employees with headquarters located in Jersey City, New Jersey. For more information, visit http://www.organon.com and connect with us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. About Stryker Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. The company offers innovative products and services in Medical and Surgical, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 130 million patients annually. More information is available at www.stryker.com . _____________ 1 “ Maternal Mortality Rates in the United States, 2021 ,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2023. 2 “ U.S. Maternal Mortality Hits Highest Level Since 1965 ,” The Wall Street Journal, 2023.

Patients of Indiana-based health system can access high-quality virtual urgent care through MyChart while sharing clinical notes with their own providers CHICAGO, Aug. 30, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCare, the nation's first and only Epic-based virtual care company, announced today that it is partnering with Parkview Health to offer patients anytime, anywhere access to virtual urgent care with licensed providers who will share clinical notes with a patient's regular provider. Parkview Health patients can obtain virtual urgent care by scheduling a visit whenever and wherever they need through Parkview's MyChart patient portal. Parkview Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system serving a northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio population of more than 1.3 million with 10 hospitals and a large network of primary care and specialty physicians. "We are excited to partner with KeyCare, which will enable us to expand patient engagement by delivering access to high-quality virtual urgent care directly from the existing MyChart Virtual Walk-In Clinic," said Maximilian Maile, Senior Vice President, Digital Health, Parkview Health. "Our patients can maintain care coordination because records are easily shared between our clinicians and KeyCare's virtual care providers, facilitating comprehensive medical history for diagnosis and treatment." "Patients deserve access to high-quality, around-the-clock virtual care without having to worry about continuity-of-care issues," said Lyle Berkowitz, MD, CEO of KeyCare. "Parkview Health patients can now be confident that when they obtain care from a KeyCare Virtualist provider, their most up-to-date and accurate health information will be shared between their virtual and regular physicians." KeyCare offers health systems the ability to easily augment their care teams, optimize capacity, and widen their digital front doors by partnering with a nationwide network of virtual care providers working on its Epic platform, which easily and safely connects to other Epic-based health systems. These Virtualist healthcare providers have secure access to a patient's Parkview Health data while delivering care and completing encounter details on KeyCare's Epic platform. Visit information is then seamlessly shared with members of the patient's Parkview Health care team. About KeyCare KeyCare offers health systems access to a network of virtual care providers working on KeyCare's Epic-based electronic health record (EHR) and telehealth platform. KeyCare's goal is to increase access for health system patients while decreasing the burden for their providers. Health systems can start with 24x7, 50-state virtual urgent care coverage, and then may add other virtual health services based on their patient and provider needs. To learn more about KeyCare, visit . About Parkview Health Parkview Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system serving a northeast Indiana and northwest Ohio population of more than 1.3 million. Parkview Health's mission is to improve health and inspire well-being in the communities it serves. With more than 15,000 co-workers, it is the region's largest employer. Parkview Health includes 10 hospitals and an extensive network of primary care and specialty care physicians. The flagship Parkview Regional Medical Center campus includes services such as the Parkview Cancer Institute, Parkview Heart Institute, Samaritan flight and ground transport program, Parkview Ortho Hospital, a certified stroke center, verified adult and pediatric trauma centers, Women's & Children's Hospital and an outpatient services center. SOURCE KeyCare