Healthtech | BetaKit

By Joseph Czikk November 4, 2013

Mobile Apps in Healthcare and #BeAnOrganDonor Twitter Campaigns: HealthAchieve2013 Takes a Deeper Look This Week

HealthAchieve2013, the largest health care conference of its kind in North America, kicks off today at the Metro Toronto…

By Tom Emrich October 28, 2013

The fitness bracelet is back. It hasn’t been since 2004 that I’ve seen so many people sporting a rubber band on their wrist…

By John Gray October 15, 2013

The tricorder is no longer just a Trekkie’s thing, as fellow BetaKit writer Tom Emrich found out last week. Digital medicine…

By Joseph Czikk October 11, 2013

Vancouver-based startup Curatio is sitting pretty these days. The four-month old company, part of Wavefront’s Venture Accelerator…

By Joseph Czikk September 27, 2013

Canadian undergraduate students will have the chance to design an app and win $10,000 via the “Kiss My App Contest”,…

By Joseph Czikk September 25, 2013

Halifax-based STI Technologies, a company that developed a card-based program connecting physicians, patients, pharmacy and…

By Joseph Czikk September 17, 2013

The Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) is making one big bet on healthcare technologies. The BDC’s Venture Capital…

By Douglas Soltys September 11, 2013

Dr. Jillian Roberts never wanted to run a startup. She just wanted to solve a problem. A registered child psychologist and…

By John Gray September 10, 2013

Tax-time can be tough on the wallet, root-canal therapy isn’t much fun and moving doesn’t count as one of life’s…

By Joseph Czikk September 3, 2013

Toronto-based innovation firm Kinetic Café is teaming up with Freshii, a leader in healthy fast food, to offer a health, food…

By Darrell Etherington February 24, 2012

Losing weight and staying active can be a challenge even for the most motivated of people. But a number of startups are aiming…