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Bill Gates and George Soros back acquisition of UK diagnostic technology group Mologic

Mobi Health News

Supported from Bill and Melinda Gates, the acquisition is part of the launch of Global Access Health (GAH), a social enterprise that seeks to expand access to affordable medical technology.

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Department of Health and Social Care's Medical Technology Strategy Review

Lloyd Price

Ministerial Forward Time and time again innovative medical technology (medtech) has advanced our quality of care. As we look ahead to the next 75 years of the NHS and social care system, medtech has never been so important as a catalyst for change to improve patient outcomes.

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2 decades after landmark IOM report, this group is still fighting to convince hospitals to take safety steps

FierceHealthIT

And Kiani, who’d made a name for himself founding medical technology company Masimo, had been able to get thousands of hospital leaders from around the globe to agree to an audacious goal: Get to zero preventable patient deaths by 2020. Seven years ago, Joe Kiani founded the Patient Safety Movement Foundation.

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Association of British HealthTech Industries unveil their Plan for HealthTech manifesto

Lloyd Price

2007: ABHI co-founded the Ministerial Medical Technology Strategy Group, again aligning with a HITF recommendation. This group aimed to establish a platform for ongoing strategic dialogue with the government. 2008: ABHI published its Code of Business Practice.

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BTIG to Host Snowbird MedTech, Digital Health, Life Science and Diagnostic Tools Conference

Digital Health Global

The firm expects to host over 75 corporate management teams throughout the annual event and will include opportunities for the firm’s institutional investor clients to meet with those management teams in a one-on-one setting.

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Ultrasound sensor specialist Novosound sees “massive opportunity” for its wearable technology in North American markets

Digital Health Global

In this revolution towards accessible, wearable, healthcare devices, Novosound stands at the forefront, demonstrating that its commercially available technology is an integral part of this narrative”. the Nasdaq-listed diversified medical technology company, to develop technology to advance intravascular imaging.

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The Commercial Determinants of Health – How the Private Sector Shapes Public and Peoples’ Health

Health Populi

However, a substantial group of commercial actors are escalating avoidable levels of ill health, planetary damage, and inequity—the commercial determinants of health.