| Date | Title | Description |
| 08.02.2026 | HEARTX CARDIOVASCULAR ACCELERATOR OPENS APPLICATIONS FOR 2026 PROGRAM | HTA and MedAxiom have opened applications for the 2026 HeartX program, a cardiovascular-focused healthcare accelerator that facilitates guaranteed hospital pilot projects and clinical trials for accomplished, early-stage companies bringing ... |
| 15.12.2025 | New Innovation Program to Strengthen Community Health Tech Economy in Northwest Arkansas | Pilot competition led by NXTUS, HTA fueled by $500,000 Walton Family Foundation Grant
NXTUS, Inc., along with HTA, today introduced HealthCatalyst NWA, a unique innovation program designed to expand growth opportunities for early-stage comp... |
| 08.10.2025 | HEARTX CARDIOVASCULAR ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES SEVEN STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR THE 2025 PROGRAM | HeartX, powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom — along with dozens of leading cardiovascular programs around the country — has selected the seven startup healthcare companies that will participate in the 2025 accelerator program. Heart... |
| 01.02.2025 | HEARTX CARDIOVASCULAR ACCELERATOR SEEKS INNOVATIVE EARLY-STAGE COMPANIES FOR 2025 PROGRAM | HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom have launched year four of HeartX, a cardiovascular-focused healthcare accelerator that facilitates guaranteed hospital pilot projects and clinical trials for accomplished, early-stage companies bringing new... |
| 30.09.2024 | HEARTX CARDIOVASCULAR ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES FOUR STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR THE 2024 PROGRAM | HeartX, powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom — along with numerous leading cardiology practices in Arkansas and around the country — has selected four startup healthcare companies to participate in its 2024 accelerator program. Heart... |
| 30.07.2024 | BIOPHYLE LAUNCHES ACCELERATOR PROGRAM FOR CLINICAL-STAGE COMPANIES AND TRAINING PROGRAM FOR ARKANSAS BIOTECH ENTREPRENEURS | SymBiosis and HealthTech Arkansas have partnered to launch the biophyle Trial Accelerator, a program designed to elevate healthcare innovations in Arkansas by connecting accomplished, clinical-stage biotherapeutic innovations to Arkansas he... |
| 10.04.2024 | HealthTech Arkansas Companies in the News | 2023 cohort company Nanowear gets FDA clearance for AI-enabled software that allows its wearable undergarment to estimate blood pressure. Learn more here.
2022 cohort company iCardio.ai announced a strategic partnership with UltraLinQ, a ma... |
| 08.01.2024 | HealthTech Arkansas Companies in the News | 2020 cohort company Astarte Medical’s chief medical officer Dr. William Hay Jr. discusses how healthcare provider organizations can turn the tide on pediatric healthcare costs – and what new digital tools and protocols may need to be in pla... |
| 30.10.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Selected as Inaugural Member of ARPA-H Investor Catalyst Hub Spoke Network | HealthTech Arkansas was selected as an inaugural spoke for the Investor Catalyst Hub, a regional hub of ARPANET-H, a nationwide health innovation network launched by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).
Based in the Gr... |
| 16.10.2023 | HEARTX ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES FIVE STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR THE 2023 PROGRAM | HeartX, powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom along with eleven leading cardiology practices in Arkansas and around the country — has selected the five startup healthcare companies that will participate in the 2023 accelerator program... |
| 11.10.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies in the News | 2022 cohort company Echo IQ has partnered with Cassling, a company that will act as a sales agent for Echo IQ’s EchoSolv software. EchoSolv is a proprietary artificial intelligence clinical decision support platform that supports cardiology... |
| 03.07.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies in the News | 2020 cohort company Astarte recently wrote a guest article for Healthcare IT Today about how tech can optimize protocol-driven care for children with medical complexity. Read more here.
2021 cohort company Genesis has landed its second key ... |
| 07.04.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies In The News | Astarte, 2020 Cohort
Astarte Medical, a clinical intelligence company, announced it signed a contract with UVA Children’s to implement its NICUtrition software platform to analyze and understand feeding metrics and milestones and the corres... |
| 07.02.2023 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND KX ADVISORS PARTNER TO PROVIDE GROWTH STRATEGY SERVICES TO THE BIOAR TRIAL ACCELERATOR PARTICIPANTS | HealthTech Arkansas and Kx Advisors have partnered to provide support to the biotherapeutics startup companies participating in the BioAR Trial accelerator program. Kx Advisors provides advisory services to help leading pharmaceutical, biot... |
| 23.01.2023 | Northwest Arkansas Biodesign Sprints Program Hackathon | The HealthTech Arkansas team has been privileged to work alongside the Office of Entrepreneurship and Innovation (OEI) and College of Engineering on OEI's, Walton Family Foundation-funded Northwest Arkansas Biodesign Sprints program (NABS).... |
| 16.01.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Adds Two Entrepreneurs-in-Residence | We’re grateful and proud to announce the addition of two Entrepreneurs-in-Residence to the HealthTech Arkansas team: Dr. Jason Beck and Dr. Jay Gandy!
Dr. Beck is a retired radiologist and successful entrepreneur, having co-founded and exit... |
| 09.01.2023 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS HIRES CLINICAL TRIALS MANAGER FOR BIOAR TRIAL ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | HealthTech Arkansas announced today that it has hired Priya Bargoti as Clinical Trials Manager for the BioAR Trial accelerator program. In this role, Bargoti will coordinate and facilitate clinical trials between BioAR Trial’s participating... |
| 09.01.2023 | Free Support for Arkansas-Based Healthcare Startup Companies, Entrepreneurs, and Inventors | HealthTech Arkansas has a program specifically designed to work with Arkansas-based healthcare startups. This assistance is a formal, organized, and free program designed to assess the stage of your company, understand the specific needs yo... |
| 02.01.2023 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies in the News | 2018 cohort company Lapovations has hired Spencer Jones as the company’s chief technology officer and vice president of sales and will lead product innovation and the sales and distribution of the company’s flagship product, AbGrab. Learn m... |
| 20.12.2022 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND LAINA ENTERPRISES PARTNER TO PROVIDE CLINICAL TRIAL SOFTWARE TO THE BIOAR TRIAL ACCELERATOR PARTICIPANTS | HealthTech Arkansas and Laina Enterprises have partnered to provide support to the biotherapeutics startup companies that participate in the BioAR Trial accelerator program. Laina Enterprises offers an end-to-end solution for Clinical Resea... |
| 28.10.2022 | HeartX Kick-off Event Scheduled for November 1, 2022 at 5:30 PM | Register to attend our HeartX kick-off! On November 1, 2022, at 5:30 PM at Arkansas Heart Hospital, we will introduce the five startup companies selected for the 2022 accelerator program. The event is free and open to the press and the publ... |
| 26.10.2022 | Meet Amber Neil, Clinical Innovations Manager | In this video, Jeff Stinson introduces Amber Neil, the Clinical Innovations Manager for HealthTech Arkansas.
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| 24.10.2022 | HealthTech Arkansas Companies In The News | 2018 cohort company Ejenta partnered with Point3Health, the parent organization of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, on a pilot aimed at improving the health of its members with congestive heart failure. Learn more here.
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| 20.10.2022 | HealthTech Arkansas and SymBiosis Form BioAR Trial Accelerator | HealthTech Arkansas and SymBiosis have come together to create BioAR Trial, an accelerator program to help biotherapeutics companies in late pre-clinical stages of development bring groundbreaking therapies to market faster, while increasin... |
| 06.10.2022 | HEARTX ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES FIVE STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR THE 2022 PROGRAM | KICK-OFF EVENT SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2022 at 5:30 PM
HeartX, powered by HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom, along with seven Arkansas healthcare providers — Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vi... |
| 15.06.2022 | Healthcare Hackathon: Participation Tips | In addition to the event we just co-hosted, healthcare hackathons are happening all over the country. These hackathons bring people with diverse perspectives — clinicians, engineers, designers, software developers, business people, and pati... |
| 08.06.2022 | Arkansas Children’s Hackathon Generates Software Innovations | HealthTech Arkansas joined with Cartwheel Startup Studio, the University of Arkansas, and Startup Junkie to administer the Digital Health Challenge in Bentonville, Arkansas April 1-3, 2022. Nine teams representing individuals from seven sta... |
| 01.06.2022 | An Interview with Joe Sasson, MedAxiom | For our latest Healthcare Innovation Discussion, director of HealthTech Arkansas Jeff Stinson interviewed Joe Sasson, EVP of Ventures at MedAxiom.
Jeff: HealthTech Arkansas is incredibly excited to begin the HeartX journey with MedAxiom, an... |
| 20.05.2022 | You're Invited: Free Pediatric Innovation Summit | ">
Register now to attend this free, one-day Pediatric Innovation Summit hosted by Arkansas Children's Innovation Center on June 17 in Little Rock! Seat ... |
| 18.05.2022 | Register Now for the Free Pediatric Innovation Summit | Register now to attend this free, one-day Pediatric Innovation Summit hosted by Arkansas Children's Innovation Center on June 17 in Little Rock! Seating is limited, please register by June 10, 2022.
Clinton Presidential Library, Little Rock... |
| 16.05.2022 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND MEDAXIOM COLLABORATE TO LAUNCH HEARTX, A CARDIOVASCULAR ACCELERATOR PROGRAM | HealthTech Arkansas and MedAxiom have come together to create HeartX, a cardiovascular-focused healthcare accelerator, to facilitate guaranteed hospital pilot projects and clinical trials for accomplished, early-stage companies bringing new... |
| 07.04.2022 | Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center and Partners Name Winners of 48-Hour Hackathon | Tulsa Team Develops Solution to Connect Healthcare Providers to Emotional Supports
Nine teams from across the region brought expertise and collaborative spirit to the inaugural Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center Digital Health Challenge,... |
| 04.04.2022 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies in the News | 2018 cohort company Ejenta spoke at HIMSS on Health Advancements and Human Spaceflight. The Space Exploration road map now includes planning for missions that are increased in duration and distance from earth and with more diverse crew memb... |
| 04.04.2022 | Chat with the Founder: Amy Hester, HD Nursing | Jeff Stinson, Director of HealthTech Arkansas, talks with Amy Hester, CEO of HD Nursing. HD Nursing is an evidence-based patient safety solutions company that works to improve patient safety and injury management across the continuum of car... |
| 04.04.2022 | HTA and U of A Partner for NWA Health System Innovation | HealthTech Arkansas and the University of Arkansas have teamed up to create an innovative new program to focus on the challenges within the healthcare industry and create new solutions to bring to the marketplace.
The Northwest Arkansas Bio... |
| 04.04.2022 | The Rise and Challenges of Female Founders | It’s no surprise to anyone that female founders have historically lacked the same access to startup capital as their male counterparts. In a 2018 BCG article, it was noted that when females pitch their ideas to investors, they receive $1 mi... |
| 07.03.2022 | Meet Dr. Steffany Benton, Clinical Director for HealthTech Arkansas | Dr. Steffany Benton is an indispensable component of the team at HealthTech Arkansas. She works one-on-one with our cohort company founders in administering their pilot projects with Arkansas healthcare providers and developing national rel... |
| 07.03.2022 | Health Innovation Continues To Draw Investments | If you need data behind the overwhelming amount of dollars flowing into health innovation, look no further than the recent article from our friends at Startup Health. In 2021, a combined $44B was invested in health innovation, representing ... |
| 07.03.2022 | Chat with the Founder: Misti Staley, FreeArm | Jeff Stinson, Director of HealthTech Arkansas, talks with Misti Staley, CEO of FreeArm. FreeArm is an extra hand for syringe feeding, pump feeding and infusions. Misti shares the origin story of the FreeArm and her entrepreneurial backgroun... |
| 07.03.2022 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies in the News | 2018 cohort company Macro-Eyes has been awarded a grant by the Vaccine Confidence Fund to build and test a novel machine learning system to predict local vaccine hesitancy among diverse communities in South Africa. Learn more here.
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| 04.02.2022 | HealthTech Arkansas Cohort Companies In The News | 2018 cohort company ExplORer Surgical was recently acquired by Global Healthcare Exchange, which marks the third successful exit of an HTA company in the past year and a half. Learn more here.
2018 cohort company Macro-Eyes partnered with I... |
| 04.02.2022 | A Health Innovation Interview with Dr. Mark McManis | HealthTech Arkansas director Jeff Stinson sat down with Dr. Mark H. McManis for a healthcare innovation discussion. Dr. McManis is a neuroscientist and founder of NeuroMedPro. Jeff and Dr. McManis talked about launching a company and the su... |
| 04.02.2022 | MedTech Innovator Shares Six Trends Shaping The Future of MedTech | Over the past four years, one of our strongest collaborators at HealthTech Arkansas has been MedTech Innovator (“MTI”) based in Los Angeles, which bills itself as the largest accelerator of medical devices in the world. About half of all He... |
| 04.02.2022 | ARKANSAS CHILDREN’S INNOVATION CENTER ANNOUNCES NEW HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGY HACKATHON | Arkansas Children’s Innovation Center, in partnership with Arkansas entrepreneurial support organizations, will present a 48-hour digital health challenge featuring a $10,000 cash prize. The event will be held from April 1st through April 3... |
| 28.01.2022 | Case Study: 2020 HTA Cohort Company Astarte Medical Partnered With Arkansas Children's On NICUTRITION | Implementing an EMR-integrated Software Solution in the NICU
Arkansas Children’s Hospital (“ACH”) is a 336-bed, Magnet-recognized facility in Little Rock operating the state’s only Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) with 104 beds.... |
| 18.10.2021 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE ACCELERATOR TO INTRODUCE FIVE STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR 2021 PROGRAM WITH VIRTUAL EVENT | OPEN VIRTUAL EVENT, NOVEMBER 2, 2021 at 5:30 PM, FEATURING SECRETARY OF COMMERCE MIKE PRESTON
HealthTech Arkansas, along with 12 healthcare providers — Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health,... |
| 24.06.2021 | OMNY Health launches massive integrated dermatology data repository and research network to advance life-changing innovations for patients suffering from skin-related conditions | ATLANTA, June 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- OMNY Health (OMNY Inc.) is pleased to announce it has partnered with the nation's leading community-based dermatology practices to create a first-of-a-kind integrated, normalized, de-identified electro... |
| 06.10.2020 | INTRODUCING THE FIVE STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR 2020 PROGRAM | ">
HealthTech Arkansas, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional Health System, Mercy, OrthoArkansas, St. Bernards Healthcare, University of Arkansas f... |
| 23.09.2020 | OPEN VIRTUAL EVENT, OCTOBER 5, 2020 at 5:00 PM, FEATURING GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON | HealthTech Arkansas, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional Health System, Mercy, OrthoArkansas, St. Bernards Healthcare, University of Arkansas for Medical ... |
| 22.09.2020 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND SKYBROOK VENTURE PARTNERS COLLABORATE TO SUPPORT INNOVATIVE HEALTHCARE STARTUPS | HealthTech Arkansas and SkyBrook Venture Partners have agreed to work together, share contacts, and provide opportunities for innovative healthcare startup companies around the world.
SkyBrook Venture Partners works to elevate awareness of ... |
| 08.09.2020 | FIVE EARLY STAGE COMPANIES SELECTED FOR 2020 PROGRAM | HealthTech Arkansas, along with 11 healthcare providers — Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional Health System, Mercy, OrthoArkansas, St. Bernards Healthcare... |
| 12.08.2020 | Dr. Steffany Benton Recognized as a 2020 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40 | Congratulations to our Clinical Director Dr. Steffany Benton for her recognition as a 2020 40 Nurse Leaders Under 40 by the Arkansas Center for Nursing! |
| 11.08.2020 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND THE CENTER FOR ADVANCING INNOVATION PARTNER TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR HEALTHCARE STARTUPS | HealthTech Arkansas and the Center for Advancing Innovation (CAI) have partnered to work together with healthcare researchers and early-stage companies to drive innovation in clinical environments. The Center for Advancing Innovation launch... |
| 06.07.2020 | DR. STEFFANY BENTON JOINS HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AS CLINICAL DIRECTOR | HealthTech Arkansas has hired Steffany Benton, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC as the Clinical Director for the startup accelerator program. Dr. Benton will work with HealthTech Arkansas director Jeff Stinson and Clinician-in-Residence Dr. Amy Hester to ... |
| 11.05.2020 | Arkansas Program Member Ancil Lea Releases New Book | Ancil Lea
FREE ebook: The Scorecard System
Ancil Lea has spent the past three years writing this book.
For over 31 years, Ancil Lea has worked with over 2,000 Medical clinics, hospitals, surgery centers and physicians, selling and implement... |
| 27.03.2020 | Health Note Offering Free COVID-19 Resource | HealthTech Arkansas cohort company Health Note has a platform that keeps healthcare workers safe from possible virus transmission by screening, collecting, documenting, and triaging patient data before an encounter. Given the urgency of the... |
| 11.03.2020 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS AND PwC SINGAPORE COOPERATE TO BRING GLOBAL HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS TO ARKANSAS AND THE UNITED STATES | LITTLE ROCK (March 11, 2020) 一 HealthTech Arkansas and PwC Singapore will be cooperating to bring HealthTech portfolio companies and supported startups of the PwC Singapore’s Venture Hub to Arkansas to work with the 11 Arkansas healthcare p... |
| 11.02.2020 | A LETTER FROM ADVOCATES FOR INTEROPERABILITY | - |
| 31.01.2020 | APPLICATIONS OPEN FOR HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS ACCELERATOR | HealthTech Arkansas, along with ten healthcare providers — Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Health, CHI St. Vincent, Conway Regional, Mercy, St. Bernards Healthcare, University of Arkansas for... |
| 22.01.2020 | Founder Interview: Joshua Reischer, Health Note | The Founder Series are interviews conducted each month with founders/CEOs of companies participating in the HealthTech Arkansas program. We hope they’re useful in learning about these very talented individuals bringing disruptive technologi... |
| 17.11.2019 | Founder Interview: Adeel Yang, Medumo | The Founder Series are interviews conducted each month with founders/CEOs of companies participating in the HealthTech Arkansas program. We hope they’re useful in learning about these very talented individuals bringing disruptive technologi... |
| 07.11.2019 | Day Zero Diagnostics Announces Publication of Research Conducted Using the Company’s Whole Genome Sequencing Service | Day Zero Diagnostics, Inc., an infectious disease diagnostics company using genome sequencing and machine learning to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant infections, today announced publication of research in The New England Journal of ... |
| 06.11.2019 | Philips expands its patient management solutions in the US with the acquisition of Medumo | Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Boston, MA - Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, today announced that it has expanded its patient management solutions in the US with the acquisition of Boston-based start-up company Medumo. F... |
| 06.11.2019 | Bardy Diagnostics™ Wins the Remote Monitoring in Arrhythmias Digital Health Pitch Session at European Society of Cardiology Congress 2019 and Presents at UK Heart Rhythm Congress 2019 | SEATTLE, Oct. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Bardy Diagnostics, Inc., (“BardyDx”), a leading provider of ambulatory cardiac monitoring technologies and custom data solutions, announced that it was selected as winner of the “Remote Monitoring in Ar... |
| 07.08.2019 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE ACCELERATOR ANNOUNCES SIX STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR 2019 PROGRAM | ACCOMPLISHED COLLECTION OF EARLY STAGE HEALTHCARE COMPANIES INVITED TO WORK IN ARKANSAS WITH NINE HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — August 7, 2019 — HealthTech Arkansas, along with nine healthcare providers — Arkansas Heart Hospital,... |
| 25.07.2019 | HEALTHTECH ARKANSAS HEALTHCARE ACCELERATOR TO ANNOUNCE FIVE STARTUP COMPANIES SELECTED FOR 2019 PROGRAM | PUBLIC RECEPTION AT ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL, AUGUST 6, 2019 AT 5:30 PM, FEATURING GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — July 24, 2019 — HealthTech Arkansas, Arkansas Heart Hospital, Arkansas Children’s, Arkansas Urology, Baptist Healt... |
