Specialist lifescience recruitment business Austin Vita invited Giovanna Forte, Forte Medical CEO to deliver the first episode of its new “Breathing life into science” mini-series
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Specialist lifescience recruitment business Austin Vita invited Giovanna Forte, Forte Medical CEO to deliver the first episode of its new “Breathing life into science” mini-series.
One routine day in Surgery, NHS GP Dr Vincent Forte had a Urethra Moment – and inadvertently alighted on the biggest problem that healthcare providers don’t know they have. Urine specimen contamination is the most common cause of untreated Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) which can wreck women’s lives and impact antenatal screening and prescribing. It also means that millions of £ and $ are literally flushed down the toilet due to contaminated and false positive samples being processed unnecessarily - and retested.
Led by his sister Giovanna Forte, CEO of Forte Medical, Vincent’s invention Peezy Mindstream is now growing in adoption in the UK and USA healthcare systems.
The wearable combines AI and neurotechnology to modulate the nervous system to help alleviate functional limitations caused by tremors. The company's AI continuously adjusts stimulation parameters to provide therapy that calms tremors and helps restore motor control.
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A technology-driven overhaul of the NHS could add £40bn a year to the UK economy and increase healthy life expectancy for millions, a new report suggests.
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