SC Launch Company CareCam Innovations Announces New Addition
May 9, 2011
Former CMS Administrator David Butler to Join Advisory Board
GREENVILLE, SC – May 9, 2011 – CareCam Innovations, an SC Launch Portfolio Company, today announced the addition of former Deputy Associate Administrator for Operations and Resource Management at the Health Care Financing Administration- now renamed as The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)- David Butler as an Advisory Board Member.
CareCam Innovations is a Greenville-based company formed to equip people for care. CareCam Innovation’s vision is for video to become the standard of health care documentation.
The company’s first product, the CareCam System’s ICan, is a patient-issued video documentation system. This patented invention creates a specific and complete electronic point of care health record whose interoperability will save time and money for caregivers. The technology ensures safety while benefiting and protecting both patient and health provider.
The company’s President and Founder is registered nurse Shannon Pierce.
“We are so pleased to have the experience and expertise of David Butler available to CareCam Innovations,” stated Pierce. “He brings valuable knowledge and energy to the CareCam team.”
“We congratulate CareCam Innovations on the new addition of David Butler,” said SCRA Executive Vice President and SC Launch Executive Director Dave McNamara. “CareCam Innovations is a promising company that continues to make great progress. We look forward to their continued success.”
Since its inception by SCRA in 2006, and with initial funding of $12 million in SCRA earnings, SC Launch has supported and funded 188 companies in SC, helped draw 11 landing parties to the state, provided business services to 230 early stage companies in SC through a powerful Resource Network and helped position emerging South Carolina companies to secure more than $104 million in follow-on funding from angel, venture and other private capital sources. SC Launch has been recognized regionally, nationally and internationally for leadership in entrepreneurial support and technology-based economic development.
About SCRA
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SCRA is a global leader in applied research and commercialization services with its headquarters in South Carolina. SCRA has a dual mission:
To advance the Knowledge Economy – SCRA affiliate SC Launch is an economic development program that helps early-stage companies to commercialize innovations and create jobs. Learn more at www.sclaunch.org.
To deliver technology solutions to complex challenges – SCRA affiliate Advanced Technology International (ATI) leads applied research collaborations that develop technologies to improve the mission effectiveness of Federal agencies and the business execution of Corporations. Learn more at www.ati.org.
In support of both missions, SCRA builds and manages research facilities that include wet labs, secure rooms for sensitive work and advanced high-tech manufacturing shops.
