Launch of 2022 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge
August 10, 2022
TORONTO – AGE-WELL is delighted to announce the launch of the 2022 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge, one of the most inspiring and exciting startup competitions in Canada. The annual competition recognizes top startups and supports entrepreneurship in Canada’s AgeTech sector. It is open to any entrepreneur or startup with a technology-based solution that can support the health and quality of life of older adults or their caregivers.
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TORONTO – Six digital health start-ups from five countries have officially become the first cohort of the Edison Accelerator in Canada – a program designed by GE Healthcare and delivered in collaboration with Nex Cubed to accelerate, validate, and scale innovative solutions that address important challenges in the healthcare sector.
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – 3terra has announced that it has executed a multi-year agreement with St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton (SJHH) to implement its industry-leading Medical Coding Assistance and Data Quality Platform, DQA. SJHH joins 44 other Canadian hospitals that use DQA to help improve the efficiency of the Medical Coding process and to minimize data quality errors that affect financial performance and quality improvement initiatives.
THUNDER BAY, Ont. – A FedNor investment of just over $2.3 million will help two major players in the region’s health research sector expand their efforts. The federal agency announced over $1.9 million in funding for the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre, and over $400,000 for tissue bank RegenMed.
OSHAWA, Ont. – When Ukrainian university student Iryna Parkhomchuk (pictured on left) applied for a research internship in Canada last fall – in what would be her first time abroad – she was looking forward to an adventure. What she didn’t expect was that shortly before arriving here she’d be cowering in a bomb shelter, fearing for her life each day.
VANCOUVER – Providence Health Care in British Columbia has signed a multi-year agreement with Thrive Health to provide technology for all clinical areas within Providence and for all Providence sites, including St. Paul’s Hospital, Mount Saint Joseph’s Hospital, and Holy Family Hospital.
TORONTO and SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Oncoustics, the leader in ultrasound-based tissue characterization solutions announces the initial close of a $5 million+ seed round of funding to advance its SaMD (software as a medical device) technology for the low-cost assessment of structural diseases at point of care. Oncoustics’ first products will focus on liver disease, one of the fastest-growing causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. The round is co-led by Creative Ventures and Saltagen Ventures.
TORONTO – The Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing health technology innovation and commercialization, is excited to announce the expansion of Canada’s Early Adopter Health Network (EAHN) and the launch of its new Women in Health Initiative (WiHI) to train women to further ensure their participation and career success in the health science industry.
MONTREAL – The Jewish General Hospital (JGH) Foundation is pleased to announce that the Guzzo Family, represented by Vincenzo and Maria Guzzo (pictured), is making a transformational donation of $3 million to the hospital. This $3 million commitment will support several JGH priorities, particularly the hospital’s digital health initiatives.