UTI: lack of urine collection protocol leads to female health misery
“Urine testing is an area of increasing importance in the medical diagnosis of common conditions such as Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) and antenatal screening for… Read More
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Government calls on women to spill the beans on female health issues.
Forte Medical is routinely contacted by women whose UTI issues are left untreated or ignored by their GP. They describe being prescribed broad spectrum antibiotics… Read More
MedTech20: Gordon Andersen interviews Giovanna Forte
Healthcare innovation, prevention and why the most common diagnostic process is overlooked. Gordon Andersen of AG Executive Selection and Search interviews Giovanna… Read More
Entrepreneur interview live on LinkedIn with Amanda Thomson
Giovanna Forte was pleased and proud to be Amanda Thomson’s first guest on her new Interviews with Entrepreneurs on LinkedIn Live. Click here… Read More
Forte on FemTech opportunity at MedTech Integrates
Femtech: Innovation and Opportunity was one of the highlights of the inaugural MedTech Integrates. Chaired by Economic Development Consultant Linda di Mario, taking in… Read More
USA: Patients can buy Peezy Midstream directly
Owen Mumford Inc, our Sales and Distribution partner has met growing demand from patients for direct access to Peezy Midstream. The evidence-based, gold standard… Read More
“I wish Peezy was an NHS standard.”
“I am 30 weeks pregnant and have used Peezy Midstream to collect my urine samples. As I get bigger I really appreciate how easy… Read More
October News Review.
Click here for the latest News Review: on Patient Safety, Infection Control, Home Testing and more. Read More
Cleancatch urine: crucial for an accurate UTI test.
LiveUTIFree, a US patient advocacy group for urological health has published a candid article about the diagnostic process for UTI. The elusive… Read More
Preventative practice: why change is needed.
Giovanna explains how prevention has slipped from top of the health agenda to be replaced by treatment, an apparent priority approach. However,… Read More
September is Urology Awareness Month: call for an end to failed urine tests!
Protocol for urine collection needed now more than ever.Preventative practice in the most overlooked area of female medicine is being ignored to the detriment… Read More
Interview: MedTech success, women’s health, antibiotics, … and the vested interests of big business.
TheSistrApp interview with Giovanna Forte: the MedTech innovation journey, design, development, bringing integrity to… Read More
UTI diagnostic methods from 1500AD to 2020AD: little has changed.
In 1500, clinicians checked the colour of patient urine to establish the level of infection. Today Healthcare Professionals are still relying on dipstick technology… Read More
2012 Back to the future: NHS GP Dr Vincent Forte on his patient safety innovation.
Dr Vincent Forte invented Peezy Midstream to help diagnose his female patients’ UTI problems first time, bringing hygiene and dignity to the urine collection… Read More
Breathing life into science: Peezy Midstream
Specialist lifescience recruitment business Austin Vita invited Giovanna Forte, Forte Medical CEO to deliver the first episode of its new… Read More
Pilot trial of Midstream Urine Collection device verses Transurethral Catheter
Baylor Scott and White in Temple, Texas, is a healthcare provider with an eye on innovation and improvement to patient health and experience. Read More
Peezy Midstream in the Academy of Fab NHS Stuff
When Professor Frank Chinegwundoh, Consultant Urological Surgeon told us of a routine 23.5% urine specimen contamination rate in his clinic at the Royal London… Read More
AngelAcademe closes Forte Medical funding with female investors
April saw the closing of a healthy six-figure investment from female Angels. These successful entrepreneurs invest through AngelAcademe, a leading… Read More
Mind the Vulture! Cautionary fundraising tales for every SME.
Our COVID economy is not the SME’s friend. As Government steers us towards a variety of funding routes – down-valued shares, loans with onerous… Read More
Peezy Midstream: healthcare leaders, opinion formers and influencers on film.
Dr Liam Farrell talks with leading healthcare opinion formers and influencers about the need for better urine-based diagnostic pathways. Join them to hear how… Read More
No test is better than a bad test (why peripheral vision for routine diagnostics is needed now.)
Today’s news reports that patients with routine health problems are not coming forward for fear of breaking a system overburdened by COVID-19. These fears… Read More
Georgia USA: Peezy Midstream to reduce public health lab workload
Forte Medical’s US partner Owen Mumford Inc in Georgia USA, is working with the Governor’s Office, GEMA, Homeland Security and the Department of Public… Read More
Peezy Midstream White Paper: evidence review
We are pleased to deliver our first Peezy Midstream White Paper, summarising the most important clinical evidence to date, showing… Read More
Peezy Midstream in pictures: fewer retests, GP visits, antibiotics. Hand hygiene implicit.
Our new Infographic explains how no-spill, hygienic Peezy Midstream supports routine and prenatal female… Read More
Revalidation of urine sample collection methods, quality, contamination
A new study by Dr Linda Collins, Associate Professor, School of Nursing,… Read More
Forte joins AMR Insights Ambassadors working to reduce global antibiotic immunity
Forte Medical CEO Giovanna Forte has joined the ranks of AMR Insights Ambassadors, a body of life sciences opinion formers and leaders committed to… Read More
Medical Device Network: why does urine quality matter?
Urinary tract infections affect an estimated four million women in the UK every year, but in clinical settings they can often go undiagnosed or… Read More
LiveUTIFree: our patient partner in the USA and beyond
When it comes to influential patient support and information around urinary tract infection, there are fewer more pertinent partners for Peezy Midstream than… Read More
Peezy Midstream takes centre stage on Hollywood’s biggest night.
Designed by a retired NHS GP, Peezy Midstream, a pioneering British innovation for accurate urine collection to improve early accurate diagnosis of urinary tract… Read More
Wales Primary Care: Peezy Midstream adoption
“Better outcomes for patients in the quickest and safest manner” is the overarching conclusion of a Public Health Wales Clinical Study on Peezy Midstream… Read More
Diagnostics: prevention, detection and treatment for the NHS Long Term Plan
The ABHI (Association of British HealthTech Industries) has released its Dx paper showing HealthTech’s role in delivering the NHS Long Term Plan. Read More
US Partnership Deal With Owen Mumford Announced
The partnership between Forte Medical and Owen Mumford USA was launched today at the OCTANe Medical Innovation Technology Forum (MTIF) at Newport Beach, CA 28-29 October… Read More
Antibiotics, better tests, UTI: Guardian publishes Forte response
A rise in persistent… Read More
The Practising Midwife AMR in pregnancy feature
Unreliable urine screening in pregnancy can lead to the prescribing of antibiotics that may not be needed. Our feature on page 12 of… Read More
The Lancet: UTI Guidelines are not followed
The Lancet: Lower Urinary Tract Infections (LUTS): Management Outcomes and Risk Factors for Antibiotic Re-prescription in Primary Care . This study (… Read More
Dr Liam Farrell, Primary Care Advisor to Forte Medical
Forte Medical is delighted to welcome Dr Liam Farrell as Advisor to the company on Primary Care matters. A UCD Graduate, Liam was… Read More
MedTech Innovation Briefing: Peezy Midstream
Five years ago we met with NICE to find out how to generate a MedTech Innovation Briefing paper. “More evidence,” they said. “Oh, and… Read More
Clinical antenatal evidence: 70% false-positive reduction
When NHS West Hertfordshire Patient Safety Midwife Sylvia Bone found a Peezy Midstream kit in a cupboard, she called us to ask if she… Read More
GIRFT Pathology: Peezy Midstream in pre-operative screening
Tom Lewis, Consultant Microbiologist at North Devon NHS Trust and Pathology Lead for the Department of Health’s Getting It Right First Time programme (GIRFT),… Read More
Loyola Medical School Chicago publish Peezy Midstream clinical trial evidence
A clinical trial to ascertain reduced bacterial contamination in Peezy Midstream collected urine specimens has been published by the Loyola Chicago Stritch School of… Read More
The value of urinalysis in antenatal settings
Informative article in The Practising Midwife by Editor and Senior Midwifery Lecturer at University of Central Lancashire, Anna Byrom, reviewing the evidence and practice around… Read More
New study concludes midstream urine optimises point of care accuracy
An interesting study published in the Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care which concludes: “MSU samples should be used in general practice for optimal accuracy… Read More
Comment: The Basic Diagnostic Failure That Affects 1 in 3 Women
Its time to reignite our NHS! Now our beloved health system has been blessed with new funding, we can furnish every hospital and GP practice… Read More
Comment On Incentivising Companies To Develop New Antibiotics
It is very interesting to read that pharma companies are to be incentivised to develop new antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR). A significant yet… Read More
Urine Is Liquid Gold When It Comes To Testing
Today’s Hippocratic Post features an overview on the importance of urine and the evidence supporting why our technology plays such a vital role in… Read More
GoToGrow – The Mayor’s International Business Programme
We are delighted to have joined the Mayor’s International Business Programme as part of their 11th Cohort of the Go To Grow programme. Partly funded… Read More
ABHI Reception – The Role of HealthTech In Saving Lives
We attended the ABHI Parliamentary Reception last night and CEO Giovanna Forte had the opportunity to speak with The Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary… Read More
Maximising our MedTech Might
The benefits of working with the NIHR are clearly demonstrated through past posts and this is the latest to come out of Forte Medical NIHR… Read More
IPC 2019 – We’re Exhibiting!
The future of preventative care, infection control, antimicrobial resistance and patient safety are routinely undermined by lazy attitudes towards urine collection, the most common diagnostic… Read More
Comment On NHS Long Term Plan
Today’s NHS Long Term Plan rightly focuses on prevention, not least to introduce ways of making healthy living and exercise integral to patient lives. But… Read More
