Technology


Dan Rather, native son of Wharton, Texas says, "My how it has changed!"


Gulf Coast Medical Center
1400 Highway 59 Bypass
Wharton, Texas 77488
(979) 532-2500

As the region's largest comprehensive health care provider, Gulf Coast Medical Center in Wharton provides a full range of medical services for the residents of seven counties. Staffed by dedicated professionals, the caring healthcare team in a modern 161 bed facility, provides acute care services that include obstetrics and gynecology, coronary care, intensive care and a full range of surgical services.

With over 100 physicians on staff and major outpatient services such as Cardiac Rehabilitation, Cancer Treatment Center, Rehabilitation Therapy, a Sleep Disorder Lab, and Hyperbaric Medicine, Gulf Coast Medical Center is poised to meet the health care needs of the communities it proudly serves.

For more information about Gulf Coast Medical Center go to www.gulfcoastmedical.com




South Texas Medical Clinics
2100 Regional Medical Drive.
Wharton, Texas 77488
(979) 532-1700

For over 60 years, South Texas Medical Clinics, P.A. (STMC) has worked to provide quality health care throughout the South Texas region. STMC is the result of a merger in August 1985 of two highly respected multi-specialty groups: Outlar and Blair Clinic and Rugeley and Blassingame Clinic. The purpose of the South Texas merger was, and is, to efficiently provide comprehensive, personal health care services.

For more information about South Texas Medical Clinics go to www.stxmc.com.




Healthcare Technology Group
625 North Fulton Street
Wharton, Texas 77488
Phone: (979) 282-8808 Fax: (979) 282-8809

Healthcare Technology Group (HTG) was formed in Houston, Texas, in 1992, as a subsidiary of Southwest Medical Ventures. HTG has grown rapidly into a separate entity composed of engineers, scientists, physicians, business, and marketing professionals specializing in the analysis of information regarding new technology and its adoption by the health care industry. The services provided by the company include strategic planning with an emphasis on technology forecasting, evaluation, and development. HTG conducts market surveys and organizes seminars, workshops, and focus groups on a proprietary basis for clients. In 1998, HTG moved to Wharton, Texas.

Areas of specialization:

  • Analyzing the patterns of adoption of technology in health care.
  • Identifying new opportunities resulting from advances in medicine, the biomedical sciences, and engineering.
  • Forecasting the role of emerging technologies in meeting health care needs.
  • Developing market strategies, strategic alliances, and product plans to support business planning both for technology-based companies that are established in the health care industry and for those that are new to the industry.

For more information on Healthcare Technology contact htg@healthcaretechgroup.com




Wharton Technology, Inc.
246B W. Milam
Wharton, Texas 77488
Phone: (979) 532-5621 Fax: (979) 282-9020

Wharton Technology is creating value for the healthcare industry through innovative manufacturing services. Wharton Technology is your reliable partner for outsourcing medical device assembly for prototypes, pre-production units, test samples, short-run manufacturing, clinical trial units, and volume productions. Wharton Technology provides manufacturing services, specializes in the assembly of electronic and electromechanical devices, responds rapidly to custom manufacturing, provides timely and cost-effective solutions to manufacturing challenges, and builds the future with satisfied customers through quality workmanship, timely delivery and superior customer service and support.

For more information on Wharton Technology: www.whartontech.com




Wharton County Junior College
911 Boling Highway
Wharton, Texas 77488
(979) 532-4560
www.wcjc.cc.tx.us

Wharton County Junior College is a public, two-year, comprehensive community college offering a wide range of post-secondary educational programs and services including associate degrees, certificates, continuing-education courses, cultural affairs, and leisure-time activities for the benefit of the community and a population of students that varies in age, background, and ability.

The college affords opportunities for individual growth and expression and promotes the development of the total person through scholarly and creative activity and the application of knowledge for the good of society. Its curricular and extra-curricular activities lay a foundation for lifelong learning and involved citizenship and encourage the pursuit of knowledge, innovation, experimentation, and excellence in human endeavor. It prepares students for entry-level positions for advancement in various occupations and professions, for a broad understanding of the liberal arts and sciences, and for transfer to baccalaureate-granting institutions.

Wharton County Junior College is an institution that emphasizes the personal attention to students, innovation and flexibility in its credit and noncredit offerings, and responsiveness to the diversity of communities it serves. The college is dedicated to providing an educational environment that recognized individuality, stresses the importance of human relationships, and reflects the democratic values of our society.

For more information about Wharton County Junior College click here.

 

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