Latest News: New patient call system improving care at Brightshores
Recent headlines, announcements, and developments from our team.

Brightshores Health System has adopted a new digital call bell system that makes it easier for nurses to prioritize the most urgent patient needs.

Miranda Chant
2026

Brightshores Health System is introducing a new digital call bell system designed to make it easier for patients to communicate with their nursing team and help nurses respond to the most urgent needs first.

Communications
2026

A new platform launching at two Ontario hospitals stands to modernize the traditional call bell system by prioritizing the urgency of patients’ requests

Communications
2025

Velocity-based startup developed software that helps nurses prioritize calls for assistance.

The Record
2025

While volunteering on a med-surg floor, engineering student Christy Lee watched that scene repeat “literally every two minutes”

Communications
2025

Collaboration led by CAN Health Network explores Canadian platform modernizing call bell systems.

Communications
2025

Brightshores Health System will test a new platform which could revolutionize how patient calls for assistance are managed.

CK News Today
2025

Brightshores Health System is modernizing its call bell system to provide more responsive and efficient care.

Bayshore Broadcasting
2025

Tech founders like Christy Lee of PatientCompanion gain exposure and expand networks through Fierce Founders

Communitech
2024

Waterloo student develops an app to triage requests and enhance communication between patients and their health-care providers

University Relations
2024

With grants at stake, students pitch inventive startupideas to bring their entrepreneurial visions into reality

University Relations
2024

On the more recent grad side of the spectrum, Christy Lee and Ethan Alvizo are working on their startup, PatientCompanion.

BetaKit
2024

The University of Waterloo has a remarkable portfolio of startups and research solving health care’s most pressing challenges

University Relations
2024