October 2018 Newsletter
Get all the latest news, information on events, and other relevant opportunities (such as accelerator, fellowship, funding calls, pitch events) in the October issue of the DigitalHealth.London newsletter.
Get all the latest news, information on events, and other relevant opportunities (such as accelerator, fellowship, funding calls, pitch events) in the October issue of the DigitalHealth.London newsletter.
“As a lead therapist with a background in Quality Improvement, I am interested in exploring how acute inpatient therapy teams in the NHS are using their own data,” writes Nazia Ahmad. She asks whether it is possible to evidence whether therapists are making data-driven decisions and improvements.
Online GP consultation provider LIVI is launching to patients across the UK through a new NHS partnership. The company is taking part in the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme, and is making the app available via the NHS to patients registered with 40 GP practices in North West Surrey and the North West of England.
Over £7 million for seven new NHS Test Beds around the country has been announced, which include partnerships with several DigitalHealth.London Accelerator companies. Projects being tested include using AI and machine learning for breast cancer screening, and a digital platform to help manage diabetes.
The fifth event in the Mayor of London’s TechInvest programme will showcase London’s leading Women in Tech, with a focus on female tech founders making an impact in London as a global tech capital.
Wellcome Innovator Awards support researchers who are transforming great ideas into digital healthcare innovations that could have a significant impact on human health.
Outdated and obstructive NHS IT systems will become a thing of the past, Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock said as he launched his “tech vision” in The Future of Healthcare, and as he later spoke at an event hosted by DigitalHealth.London founding partner Health Innovation Network.
The online portal, DrDoctor, is set to save the NHS tens of millions of pounds by slashing the number of missed appointments as well as making it easier and more convenient for patients to make and manage bookings. Patients can also fill in medical forms before they arrive using the system and receive appointment letters digitally.
Led by DigitalHealth.London Accelerator alumnus Cambridge Bio-Augmentation Systems (C-BAS), Innovate UK has awarded a £865,000 Digital Health Technology Catalyst grant to a consortium to develop an advanced AI platform that analyses physical movements of patients. Partners include Andiamo (another alumnus), which makes user-centred children’s orthotics.