CAN Health Network

• The applicant must be a Canadian health innovation or technology company.
• The company must be prepared to address market-ready challenges in partnership with health care organizations.
• The company should be at a mid-to-late stage of development, ready to embed within a health region or authority.

Who is eligible?

• Canadian health innovation companies
• Canadian health technology companies
• Mid-to-late stage ventures in the health sector

Eligible expenses

• Embedding ventures into health region Edges to address market-ready challenges.
• Utilizing innovative procurement models for scaling solutions across the network.
• Facilitating collaboration between health systems and technology companies for joint problem-solving.
• Providing technology demonstration opportunities and customer insights for companies.
• Coordinating regional needs and opportunities across provincial networks.

Eligible geographic areas

• Companies operating in Canada within the regions currently included in the CAN Health Network (as of now, two regions covering five provinces).

Here are additional relevant details for this grant:

• Successful products in the Edge model are adopted within that Edge and can be scaled across the network.
• The CAN Health Network facilitates collaboration across regional boundaries.
• Mid-to-late stage ventures are expected to embed with an Edge for up to a year.
• The Network leverages existing procurement guidelines to accelerate growth.