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Inside the gilded halls of the Grand Palais in Paris, beneath vaulted glass ceilings that once hosted the first-ever aviation exhibition, a different kind of flight was being charted. Twenty thousand minds converged for Adopt AI—dubbed the “Davos of AI”—where presidents, tech titans, and health care pioneers gathered under the patronage of Emmanuel Macron to…

Providence Health Care’s Chief Financial Officer and President of PHC Ventures, Brian Simmers, recently took part in the Canada Health Innovation Summit in Montreal—a gathering of health care leaders focused on shaping the future of care delivery across Canada.  Hosted by Bamberg Health, the summit explored critical themes such as digital transformation, system sustainability, AI…

PHC Ventures partnered with NZ Technologies Inc. to test touchless tools that let surgeons control equipment without breaking sterility. The demo featured TIPSO AirPad™ and HoverTap™ MD — innovations that enhance safety, efficiency, and workflow in the operating room.

New collaboration aims to reduce cardiac MRI wait times and expand access to advanced heart diagnostics in urban and remote communities  Providence Health Care Ventures (PHC Ventures) and Ventripoint Diagnostics Ltd. announced today a collaboration to validate Ventripoint’s VMS+™ technology at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH). The initiative will assess how artificial intelligence-enhanced echocardiography could reduce…

Investment to support clinical studies of Sonus Microsystem’s wearable ultrasound patch VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Providence Health Care Ventures (PHCV), a strategic catalyst for health care innovation, announced today a strategic investment in Sonus Microsystems, a leader in innovative ultrasound technology, alongside angel investors including physicians in the cardiac care field. PHCV’s investment marks a significant…

New technology could cut tissue analysis time from weeks to days, advancing research workflows and improving future patient care pathways  Vancouver, BC – September 25, 2025 — A new partnership between Providence Health Care Ventures (PHCV) and Vancouver-based ViewsML will use artificial intelligence to accelerate research workflows and advance digital pathology capabilities for tissue sample…

Seoul, September 16, 2025 — Hwang Hee, CEO of Kakao Healthcare Corp (KHC), South Korea’s leading digital healthcare platform and a subsidiary of Kakao and Brian Simmers, President of Providence Health Care Ventures (PHCV) and a subsidiary of Providence Health Care announced a strategic collaboration during the 47th Global Privacy Assembly PIPC conference held at the…

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…

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…