COMMUNITECH FAST TRACK HEALTH
Call for solutions
Canadian tech companies with innovative solutions are encouraged to propose their applications to the following challenges.
Selected companies for this round will receive coaching and support from a roster of experienced leaders in the health-tech industry from across Canada.
COMMUNITECH FAST TRACK HEALTH
Call for solutions
Canadian tech companies with commercial-ready solutions to the proposed challenges are encouraged to apply. To be eligible for Fast Track Health, companies must be headquartered in Canada and/or be a designated Canadian Controlled Private Corporation, and willing to become a Communitech member if accepted into the program.
Call for solutions are now open.
Improving Long-term Care in Canada
The CAN Health Long-Term Care Innovation and Scaling Network, powered by Bruyère, is an initiative designed to enhance the quality of life for long-term care (LTC) residents and operators by scaling Canadian-made technology solutions.
Canada's long-term care homes face a variety of challenges in their collective efforts to provide dignified, quality care to the residents they serve. Along with innovators, leaders and changemakers in long-term care (LTC) across the country, the following five challenges emerged as top priorities for LTC homes seeking innovative solutions:
Challenge: Addressing staffing shortages
Long-term care (LTC) homes are grappling with persistent staffing shortages, recruitment difficulties, and HR management complexities. We are seeking innovative solutions that have a track record of responding to the staffing crisis within LTC homes.
Challenge: Reducing resident falls
Reducing and preventing resident falls is an ongoing challenge in LTC. We invite startups to present solutions that can significantly reduce the incidence of falls among residents.
Challenge: Resident quality of life and recreation programs
Resident quality of life is a priority for LTC homes across Canada. We are seeking solutions that have demonstrated an improvement in quality of life through reimagined resident engagement and recreation programs that elevate the LTC experience.
Challenge: Reducing resident pressure injuries
Reducing, preventing and treating resident pressure injuries is an ongoing challenge. We invite solutions that can reduce, prevent the development of or better treat resident pressure injuries amongst LTC residents.
Challenge: Supporting residents with dementia
We are seeking technologies that can support LTC residents living with dementia, to allow for increased autonomy and safety.
FAQ
Companies accepted to pitch will be provided a free Communitech membership for the duration of the program to ensure all selected companies have access to valuable feedback, growth coaching, and connections with partners and advisors before the showcase pitch event.
The Fast Track Health program focuses on challenges identified by health-care partners and surfaces solutions with the end goal of commercialization through piloting and procurement opportunities.
- Working with both tech leaders and health-care industry partners, we explore the landscape to shape the focus of the collaborative.
- Together, we define the most relevant and pressing challenges faced by the health-care industry.
- We issue a call for solutions to the tech community and select qualifying Canadian companies to address the challenges identified.
- Selected companies will be provided a free Communitech membership for the duration of the program to ensure all selected companies have access to valuable feedback, growth coaching, and connections with partners and advisors before the showcase pitch event.
- Companies selected to participate in the Fast Track Health program will present their solutions at a hybrid showcase event designed to facilitate connections, gain exposure and make connections with the hundreds of health and tech leaders in attendance.
- We facilitate introductions between founders and partners and provide support in navigating next steps, with the end goal of commercializing made-in-Canada solutions through piloting and procurement.
The Fast Track Health program is open to any Canadian tech company with a solution prepared for commercialization to the proposed challenges.
