Doctors On Demand

Doctor’s house call gets Uber-like update thanks to this Dallas innovator

With Dallas-based Mend, the doctor comes to you.

Just about anything imaginable can be delivered to your door through the use of an app, so why not medical care? Enter Mend, Dallas’ own on-demand urgent medical care service that comes to your home, office, or hotel when you’ve got the flu, a cold, or any ailment that makes getting out of bed and traveling to the doctor a pain.

“We wanted to reintroduce the old-fashioned house call with an Uber-like twist,” says founder and CEO Jonathan Clarke, a board certified emergency physician. “Mend aims to transform healthcare by providing convenient and affordable care to everyone, anywhere, on their schedule.”

The service is available for patients ages 2-64. Common ailments and illnesses — from small injuries to the flu — can be treated by Mend’s medical staff, which includes experienced physician assistants and nurse practitioners as well as emergency physicians.

Simply download the app or visit the Mend website to request a visit, then await your house call. If your visit results in the need for prescription medications, you can even have your prescription delivered to your door, often the same day.

Clarke and his team believe Mend, which launched in March, is part of the fundamental change expected in the healthcare industry, one that focuses on the use of technology to provide better care to patients. And it's already the talk of the town. You may recognize Mend from our CultureMap Social: The Innovation Edition, where guests received free flu shots.

Mend is currently available in select areas of Dallas. Service hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 8 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 6:30 pm. Your first visit is $50, while future Mend house calls are $199.

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Here's where Dallas clocks in among best U.S. cities for women in tech

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Dallas ranks 32nd on a new list of the best big U.S. cities for women in tech.

North Texas is in the middle of the pack for women in tech, a new report says.

Dallas ranks No. 32 nationwide, sandwiched between Fort Worth (No. 26) and Arlington (No. 38) in SmartAsset's new report, "Best and Worst Cities for Women in Tech — 2026 Study."

The study compared the 50 biggest U.S. cities across four metrics:

Gender pay gap — women's median earnings as a percentage of men’s median earnings in tech
The share of all tech workers that are women
The overall concentration of employment for tech workers, defined as "tech workers as a share of the local workforce"
Women tech workers’ median earnings, adjusted for regional price parity

For the purpose of the study, tech workers are defined as "city residents employed in computer and mathematical occupations."

The study's findings show that nearly 6,500 tech workers in Dallas are women, or 25.5 percent of the total tech workforce in the city. Tech workers in general make up only 3.6 percent of the total Dallas workforce.

Women tech workers in Dallas have a sizeable gap to cross to receive equal pay compared to their male counterparts in the same industry, the study says. Women tech workers make more than $83,000 in median earnings after adjusting for regional price parity, which is about 88 percent of what male tech workers make, SmartAsset found.

There are only two U.S. cities where women in tech earn more than what their male counterparts: Miami and Memphis, Tennessee. Women tech workers in Miami make an adjusted $88,650 in median earnings, or 101.7 percent of what men in tech make. In Memphis, women make $84,718 in adjusted earnings, or 101.5 percent of what men in tech earn.

This is the profile for women tech workers in Fort Worth and Arlington:

Fort Worth:

Women tech workers: 4,622
Women tech workers, share of tech workforce: 28.7 percent
Women tech workers’ estimated median earnings (adjusted): $87,174
Women tech workers’ earnings as a share of men’s: 89.2 percent
Tech workforce concentration: 3.2 percent

Arlington:

Women tech workers: 2,110
Women tech workers, share of tech workforce: 29.9 percent
Women tech workers’ estimated median earnings (adjusted): $76,319
Women tech workers’ earnings as a share of men’s: 83.5 percent
Tech workforce concentration: 3.2 percent

The study asserted that women remain underrepresented in the nation's overall tech sector, despite making up nearly half of the total workforce. Only 22.6 percent of the country's tech labor force is made up of women, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

"Opportunities for women in tech can vary considerably by location, and these differences shape access to jobs, career advancement and earning potential," the report's author wrote. "In some places, women account for a larger share of tech workers, face narrower pay gaps and enjoy a stronger local labor market. In others, they may encounter a more challenging career environment."

The four other Texas cities that earned spots in the report are Austin (No. 6), Houston (No. 15), San Antonio (No. 42), and El Paso (No. 49).

The top 10 best U.S. cities for women in tech are:

No. 1 – San Jose, California
No. 2 – Seattle, Washington
No. 3 – San Francisco, California
No. 4 – Atlanta, Georgia
No. 5 – Baltimore, Maryland
No. 6 – Austin, Texas
No. 7 – Oakland, California
No. 8 – Portland, Oregon
No. 9 – Boston, Massachusetts
No. 10 – Minneapolis, Minnesota

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