PHC Ventures and NZTech Collaborate to Transform Health Care Through Touchless Technology 

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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…

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PHC Ventures Launches New Program to Accelerate AI Innovation in Health Care  

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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…

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Using 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…

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Brian 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…

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