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PHC Ventures and NZTech Collaborate to Transform Health Care Through Touchless Technology
In health care environments, every touchpoint carries risk. Traditional high-touch surfaces — from elevator buttons to surgical monitors — can harbor pathogens and increase the risk of infection transmission. This is especially critical in operating rooms, intensive care units, and other sterile environments, where even minor breaches in infection control can have serious consequences. Providence…
Read MorePHC Ventures Launches New Program to Accelerate AI Innovation in Health Care
Canadian health tech companies face a critical bottleneck in bringing AI innovations to patients: a lack of access to the clinical data needed for validation. With funding support from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP), Providence Health Care Ventures (PHC Ventures) aims to vanquish this barrier with a new…
Read MoreUsing AI to Address Alarm Fatigue
In hospitals, where timely responses are critical, the constant sound of alarms has become a pervasive issue. This ceaseless noise, known as alarm fatigue, erodes their ability to respond effectively, compromising both patient safety and clinician well-being. Medtronic is leading an initiative to address this challenge through the project ‘Beyond the Noise: Clinical Alarm Fatigue…
Read MoreBrian Simmers Named President of PHC Ventures, Advancing Health Care Through Technology
Providence Health Care (PHC) has announced Brian Simmers as President of PHC Ventures, the for-profit commercialization, venture capital, and technology enablement arm of PHC. Simmers, who also serves as CFO and VP Health Informatics at PHC, will lead PHC Ventures in partnering with, incubating, and investing in companies to advance health care through technology. “PHC…
Read MoreTransforming Surgical Recovery with New AI-Driven Platform
Announcing Providence Health Care (PHC) Venture’s role in the ground-breaking Postoperative Patient Management Platform (PPMP) project.
Read MoreAddressing the Pressing Issue of Pressure Injuries
Providence Health Care Ventures takes part of a new consortium that will use AI to prevent pressure injuries.
Read MoreProvidence Health Care Ventures to advance AI-driven medical innovations as part of DIGITAL’s $53M investment
Our strategic partnerships with FluidAI and Medtronic are set to transform patient care by enhancing pressure injury management and revolutionizing postoperative care.
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