Recent headlines, announcements, and developments from our team.
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