Preventing prescribing errors with PINCER
Taher Esfandiari is one of our Digital Pioneer Fellows. Taher is a Clinical Commissioning Pharmacist, part of the Medicines Optimisation and Long Term Conditions…
Year: 2019
Today marks 100 years of nursing being a registered profession in UK
Read a comment from Sara Nelson, DigitalHealth.London Accelerator Programme Director and NHS nurse, celebrating 100 years of nursing being registered as a profession in…
Implementing digital innovations requires people like me – nurses
Damian Larkin is on our NHS Digital Pioneer Fellowship Programme, that supports up to 30 change makers employed by NHS organisations in London, who are leading digital programmes. Here he shares why he believes the successful implementation of digital innovations in health care requires nurses to be involved in the implementation process.
Accelerator SME Ibex announce AI-powered first
Ibex Medical Analytics, currently on the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme have announced the roll out of the first ever AI-powered diagnostic system for detecting breast cancer in pathology.
December 2019 Newsletter
In this special edition of our newsletter, we have pulled together some of our most exciting news and content from 2019. You can read one piece of content from each month of 2019.
DigitalHealth.London unveiled as new official partner for Rewired 2020
We are delighted to announce we are a new official partner for Digital Health Rewired 2020, the show that connects current and future health…
Accelerator innovators Tiny Medical Apps get published in the NHS Apps Library
Tiny Medical Apps are one of the companies on the current cohort of the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme. Their flagship innovation the Digital Health Passport for young people with asthma is now available via the NHS App Library.
Yinka Makinde from DigitalHealth.London Recognised as Top 100 Most Influential BAME Leader in Tech
Yinka Makinde, Programme Director of DigitalHealth.London has today been announced as part of the #IB100 – a list of the top 100 most influential black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) leaders in the Tech Sector.
Five things innovators working with the NHS need to do to be successful
The NHS is a complex customer, with opportunities, challenges, and processes that can vary significantly. As she leaves DigitalHealth.London after two and a half years, Rose de Mendonca reflects on some of the top tips she and her team have picked up for innovators hoping to work with the NHS.
NHS collaborates with digital health innovator to help oesophageal cancer patients
A new smart phone app and web portal to help oesophageal cancer patients and their carers understand and manage their journey better has been launched in a new collaboration between Accelerator alumnus Living With, UCL, and University College London Hospital.
A diversity problem, or a problem with diversity?
Does the system limit people, or do they limit themselves? In a month where the Shuri Network held its first meeting for women of colour in digital health, and NHSX pulled down a job advert for a senior position amid diversity concerns, Yinka Makinde explores the issue.
“The computer was scarier than dealing with the patients”
As a nurse, Sara Nelson remembers being scared of using the first computer on the ward. That’s why supporting culture change and skills is so important within NHS organisations. Hear more from Sara, interviewed by journalist Andrea Downey and joined by Infinity Health’s Elliott Engers, and Vine Health’s Rayna Patel, in this podcast.
European space agency awards contract to develop digitally connected healthcare platform
Spirit Digital, a graduate of the East Midlands AHSN Digital Health Accelerator, has been awarded a European Space Agency contract ato deliver real-time remote monitoring for patients with long-term conditions, augmented with satellite air-quality data.
New GP IT Futures framework contracts to ensure secure, real-time access to primary care data
69 suppliers, including eight DigitalHealth.London Accelerator companies and alumni, have been awarded contracts to supply IT systems via the GP IT Futures framework. GP IT Futures will ensure safe and secure access to primary care data in real-time.
NHSX publishes “Listening to digital health innovators” report
Five themes come out in the report, which is based on a listening exercise carried out by the newly launched NHSX in July. Innovators responded to the question “If NHSX and partners were to focus on one or two things, what do you think are the most important priorities?”
AI in the NHS: Accelerator and companies featured by Mail on Sunday
“What many people don’t see if that AI is already part of the NHS… AI and other smart platforms are already helping us improve the services we deliver for the NHS, and ultimately, the individual’s patient experience,” said Gina Clarke in her Mail on Sunday feature.
Saving 10,000 hours: improving patient flow in the Emergency Department through portering
DigitalHealth.London Accelerator alumnus Infinity Health recently won a prestigious HTN Award for its work with London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, where its ePortering solution saved more than 10,000 hours of staff time in just one year. Here, we visit the project case study, and explore just how they saved those hours.
Accelerator alumni Infinity and Babylon take home top HTN Awards
Infinity Health took home the top prize for “Partnership of the Year” at the prestigious HTN Awards, with their “Uber for porters” which has helped one trust save over 10,000 hours of staff time. Accelerator alumnus Babylon Health also scooped the prize for “Excellence in Mobile Healthcare.”
September 2019 Newsletter
All the latest news, information on events, and other relevant opportunities – including 20 companies to transform the NHS, invitation to urgent and emergency care event, and a new proposal for the NHS to fund startups.
CW Innovation launches to bring new technologies to patients at Chelsea and Westminster
CW Innovation, led jointly by Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and its charity CW+, is an innovative new programme aiming to transform patient care and experience and address some of the real-time challenges that healthcare organisations face, using the latest technologies.
From sofa to surfing – digital psychotherapy for people affected by the Grenfell Fire
Have you ever had an idea that you knew was going to help people but struggled to get others on board? This is one of the main challenges that Saquib Ahmad, Senior Psychotherapist at the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service faces as he creates a digital pathway in a historically ‘analogue’ service. In this blog, he reflects on how others in his position can overcome the struggle to get people on board.
“Lifelight” contactless vital signs tool being tested for use in mental health settings
Xim’s Lifelight technology allows completely contactless measurement of three vital signs (heart rate, blood pressure and respiration) in just 40 seconds using the camera built into a standard tablet device. It aims to make the process less distressing for mental health staff and patients, supporting them build their confidence in physical health assessments, and ultimately improve outcomes for patients.
The games people play in health
Whilst studying towards an Executive MBA at London Business School, Tal Mahmud came across the principles of Game Theory, a theoretical framework for competing players to make optimal decisions. Now a GP at Hiyos / Firstcare Practice, Tal reflects how, whether consciously or subconsciously, and to varying levels of strategic importance, we all play games in our personal and social lives.
New study finds SkinVision detects 95% of skin cancer
An international group of researchers working with Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC) in the Netherlands has found that DigitalHealth.London Accelerator company SkinVision – the first CE-marked skin cancer application based on extensive clinical trials – has a sensitivity of 95.1% in detecting the most common forms of skin cancer.
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