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, if… Read More
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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 of… 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 basic… 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 without… 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 process. 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. When scientific… 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 Hospital,… 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 supporter… 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 strings… Read More
