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Mint Solutions appoints Marc van Gelder to the Supervisory Board
Mint Solutions, inventor of MedEye - a solution that prevents medication errors in hospitals and other institutions - appointed Marc van Gelder to the Supervisory Board. In this position, Van Gelder with five other members, will oversee strategy for international expansion of MedEye. MedEye has been successfully implemented in hospitals in the Netherlands, but in the coming months, will start to extend into Belgium and the UK.
Van Gelder is excited about the solutions developed by Mint Solutions. "In hospitals, medication errors occur more than we think. MedEye’s approach to this problem, by focusing on making the work at the bedside safer and more efficient, appeals to me very much."
The newly appointed board member has extensive experience in the healthcare sector as a senior executive. "In his work Marc has always been focused on providing better care for patients, making high quality service more accessible. That fits perfectly with our mission as a company. Our goal is to provide higher quality care by eradicating preventable medication errors,” said Gauti Reynisson, CEO and co-founder of Mint Solutions.
Van Gelder was the CEO of Mediq for nine years. In this position he has transformed Mediq, a Dutch pharmaceutical wholesaler and pharmacy chain, into a successful international player in the field of medicines and medical devices. Currently he is a member of several international boards.
About Mint Solutions
Mint Solutions was established to improve medication safety in hospitals and healthcare facilities. MedEye, Mint Solutions’ patented solution, automatically collects information at the patient’s bedside. By stopping preventable medication errors, MedEye guides the nurse to ensure that patients get the right medication at the right time. MedEye connects pharmacists, doctors and nurses, enabling collaboration to improve processes and prevent future medication errors. Mint Solutions is backed by investors. More information: www.mintsolutions.eu or contact@mintsolutions.eu
MedEye at Medicatieveiligheid and Nursing Experience
Mint Solutions will be presenting at two leading industry conferences for nursing. On October 1 at the "Medicatieveiligheid" (Medication Day) and on December 1-2 at "The Nursing Experience." At both events, MedEye will be demonstrated live in a nursing setting, working from a computer on wheels.
MedEye will be at VCD Healthtivity ’15
MedEye will be demonstrated on the VCD Healthtivity '15 at Burgers Zoo.
Mint Solutions Exhibiting at HiMSS
Mint Solutions is exhibiting at HiMSS in Chicago. Come by and see us at booth #8445.
MIT Alumni Created Drug Safety Technology
MedEye uses computer vision to prevent incorrect drug administration.
An end to drug errors?
"MIT alumni entrepreneurs Gauti Reynisson MBA ’10 and Ívar Helgason HS ’08 spent the early 2000s working for companies that implemented medication-safety technologies — such as electronic-prescription and pill-barcoding systems — at hospitals in their native Iceland and other European countries."
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Healthcare IT in Europe
The US health IT space is white hot. Europe lags far behind both in the number of companies and in the amount of money being invested. There have been very few (no?) exits. I was wondering if Europe will ever catch up and which companies and geographies are emerging winners. So I decided to survey a half-dozen Europe-based VC partners active in healthcare investing some of whom have taken their first tentative steps into health IT investing. Here’s what I found out..
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Mint Solutions Using $6M to Solve a Serious Problem in Hospitals
As you read this, more than 2.7 million people are in one of the 6,000 hospitals scattered across Europe. By this time tomorrow, healthcare workers will have administered over 40 million doses of medicine to those patients. Most of the time, it goes right.
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Why Europe's Hottest Med Tech Entrepreneurs Are Pitching Up In The Netherlands
Mint Solutions is the company behind MedEye, a high tech medication verification system designed to tackle what has become a major problem for the medical profession – and for patients – that of the incorrect administration of medication. Describing the scale of the problem, Reynisson says: “In the next 24 hours, patients in 6000 European hospitals will be getting over 40 million dosages of medication, yet one in five of these will be given incorrectly by the hospital nurse at the bedside.”
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Record funding for Mint
Mint Solutions recent round of funding makes it the largest Series A coming out of a Startup Bootcamp accelerator. Article download available here
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MedEye Pill-Scanning Medical Safety Tech Pulls In $6M
Mint Solutions, a hardware startup that’s developed a device designed to help hospital nurses ensure each patient gets the right medicine and the correct dosage, has pulled in a €4.425 million ($6 million) Series A funding round.
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Mint Solutions raises EUR 4.4 mln in a Series A
Amsterdam , the Netherlands, July 8 2014 – Mint Solutions Holding BV (Mint Solutions) has raised EUR 4.425 million in Series A funding led by Life Sciences Partners (LSP) and co-led by Seventure Partners with participation from existing investors. As part of this investment the company will relocate headquarters to the Netherlands to further grow sales of their flagship MedEye product.
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Mint Solutions chosen to enter HighTechXL program
Mint Solutions was selected to join the HighTechXL program from among hundreds of companies. The HighTechXL program will help Mint Solutions expand its footprint and sales in the Netherlands.
The announcement and more details on the program can be found here.
Mint Solutions selected to J&J Digital Health Masterclass
Mint Solutions was selected by J&J from applicants across Europe to join their Master Class, a curriculum focused on growing healthcare IT businesses culminating with a demo at the Health 2.0 conference in London.
More details on the program can be found here.