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J&J, Village Capital unveil 12 startups building culturally competent care in new accelerator
The companies are supporting 12 culturally competent healthcare startups in a new accelerator. Two of them will get up to $200,000 in grant funding.
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Conduit Interview with Kris Sterkens
"We're supporting the power of local ideas to create real, sustainable change."
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PKB Awarded the UK’s Largest Procurement for a Digital Personal Health Record
The first independent large-scale procurement of a Personal Health Record system has been awarded by the capital to Patients Know Best (PKB).
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Learn How We Are Investing in Innovators Developing Scalable Solutions to COVID-19
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Why Lived Experience is the Key Ingredient for Culturally Competent Health Tech
America will soon be a majority-minority country; we need health care innovators to reflect that diversity
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Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures Prove That Good Health Can’t Wait
2020 has been quite a transformative year—one with its share of challenges, but also one that has advanced healthcare around the globe, creating opportunities to evolve for the future.
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Lifting Up Social Enterprises That Empower and Support Frontline Health Workers
Twelve entrepreneurs shared their stories at the Shaping the Future of Healthcare Work in the US Startup Showcase co-hosted last week by Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures and Village Capital. The virtual event kicked off with presentation pitches from the entrepreneurs and culminated in a panel discussion with healthcare impact investors and public health stakeholders on how the pandemic will shape healthcare impact investment over the next decade.
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Conduit Podcast: Alice Lin Fabiano, Global Director at Johnson & Johnson Global Community Impact
Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation presents the ‘Future of Global Healthcare’ in association with The Conduit Episode 8: Alice Lin Fabiano
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Conduit Podcast: Caitlin Dolkart, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Flare
Johnson & Johnson Center for Health Worker Innovation presents the ‘Future of Global Healthcare’ in association with The Conduit Episode 4: Caitlin Dolkart.
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Peer-to-Peer Lending: How We’re Innovating Financing for Nurse Education in Indonesia
The COVID-19 pandemic has clearly underscored the urgent need to close the critical gap in health worker coverage. According to the The State of the World’s Nursing Report (2020) by the World Health Organization (WHO), the South-East Asia region is projected to have under 25 nurses per 10,000 people by 2030, below the WHO’s benchmark of 27.4 nurses per 10,000. The countries accounting for the largest shortages in 2018 included Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan and Nigeria.
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Startups Helping Frontline Health Workers Beat the Odds
When health centers and free clinics needed help to reach their underserved patients who are most impacted by emergencies like Covid-19, CareMessage decided to provide free access to its text messaging platform to improve awareness and access for patients in underserved communities. Since then, CareMessage has facilitated critical Covid-19 communication between health workers and patients, with over 15 million messages sent across 38 states.
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Career Impact Bonds: An Innovative Approach to Support Nurse Training
Access to high-quality and affordable training is critical to addressing the need for frontline health workers like nurses, and the 18 million health worker shortfall in global health more broadly.
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How Impact Investing Amplifies Our Social Impact
Last night, I had the honor of announcing Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures (J&J Impact Ventures), a new impact investment initiative within the Johnson & Johnson Foundation.
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How a Speedy Emergency Services App is Saving Lives
Many of us assume that if you call an emergency number like 911, 999 or 112, someone will answer quickly and help will arrive soon wherever we are in the world.
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