The Canterbury District Health Board recognises that innovation is a fundamental process that is at the heart of improving healthcare. The CDHB wishes to continue to be a vigorous supporter of innovation that has the potential to improve the health of its regional community and beyond. Via Innovations has been set up to reflect this support. The Via team work with people with good ideas, from anywhere in the health system, and provide them with a range of support to get their innovations out to the people and communities that need them.
- Connecting Ideas to Industry
- Connecting Innovators to Investors
- Connecting Health to Enterprise
- Recent Highlights
Read about the Consortium for Medical Device Technologies MedTech Bites article profiling Via Innovations here
Watch Via Innovations and CDHB's Medical Physics & BioEngineering teams talking about innovation and industry engagement at Canterbury Tech's networking event here
Read about our fourth annual Via Innovations and Te Papa Hauroa Health Precinct hosted TechWeek Techie Brekkie here
Read about our Ngā Ohia Manomano mō te Hauora Pai Ake | Speed Dating Ideas for Better Healthcare Workshop held on 5th May 2021 here
Read about Blue Mirror's PPE donning and doffing training tool trial with CDHB here
Via Innovations were a proud supporter of The 2020 HealthTech SuperNode Challenge, results here
Watch CDHB Innovator Martin Than's HiNZ presentation on Wayfind, a new clinical decision making tool here
Read about how Via Innovations has supported health system waste reduction company Medsalv here
