my mhealth awarded £499,780 SBRI Healthcare funding to accelerate the adoption of digitally enhanced respiratory care pathways
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my mhealth – a company which provides digital therapeutic platforms to support the management of long-term health has been awarded a share of £2.7 million in funding from SBRI Healthcare to support people with respiratory diseases. The company, which received bid writing support from the West of England AHSN to secure the funding, was one…
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Join our Digital Clinical Safety workshop at Bridging the Gap 2023
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Health and technology innovators interested in understanding what digital safety is – and how to innovate safely in a digital world – are invited to join the West of England AHSN’s Digital Clinical Safety workshop, scheduled for 22 March 2023 during the AHSN Network’s flagship Bridging the Gap event. The 45-minute session, Digital Clinical Safety:…
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Health Innovation Programme graduate secures £100k SBRI funding
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LatchAid – an award-winning breastfeeding and early parenthood support app and graduate of our 2018 Health Innovation Programme (HIP) – has been awarded £100,000 from SBRI Healthcare to address inequalities in maternity care. SBRI Healthcare is an Accelerated Access Collaborative (AAC) initiative – a partnership between patient groups, government bodies, industry and the NHS hosted by…
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Latest HIPsters graduate from Health Innovation Programme
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The ninth cohort of HIPsters has successfully graduated from our Health Innovation Programme (HIP) 2022, bringing the total number of graduates up to 134. The HIP is an intensive, fully funded training programme suitable for early to mid-stage healthcare innovators or entrepreneurs, (from clinical, lived experience or commercial backgrounds), who are seeking support for a…
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Healthtech highlights from Bristol Tech Festival
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Last month, the West of England AHSN took part in this year’s Bristol Tech Festival – a five-day platform showcasing the region’s rich innovation ecosystem. Bringing the South West tech community together through a programme of panel discussions, interactive seminars and social events spread across the city, the festival presented a line-up of expert speakers…
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Call out to the next generation of London-based digital companies developing innovations for health and care
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DigitalHealth.London has opened applications to its Launchpad programme for the next generation of digital health companies developing innovations to transform health and care. The programme supports London-based, early-stage companies to launch exciting new products or services to support NHS staff and patients. Sara Nelson, Programme Director, DigitalHealth.London, said: “I’m delighted to announce the opening of…
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New innovator support programme aims to reduce health inequalities in the West of England
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A new innovator support programme, which aims to reduce health gaps and inequalities, is being launched today by the West of England Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) in partnership with the Health Tech Hub, based at the University of the West of England. The West of England Closing the Health Gap Programme is calling for…
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The Future of Care: exploring the promise and perils of big data and artificial intelligence with Dr David Scheinker
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In September, we held the fifth in our popular series of Future of Care lectures, which are exploring the different ways new frontiers of science and innovation are set to transform health and care in the future. At these events, we bring together experts from across the world to discuss implications for the NHS and…
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How SmartGym is promoting student mental health and wellbeing at Newent Community School
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Earlier this year, we published the evaluation report on the SmartGym Gloucestershire project at Newent Community School, as part of our Future Challenges programme, enabling innovators and local partners to pilot innovations and validate them in real-world settings. SmartGym combines physical and cognitive activities, gamification of physical activities (using game elements to solve problems and…
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getUBetter selected for NHS Innovation Accelerator programme
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getUBetter – an evidence-based digital self-management platform for all common musculoskeletal conditions – which began its early journey on our Health Innovation Programme – has recently been selected by the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA) for its award-winning accelerator programme. Founded by Dr Carey McClellan, the getUBetter app helps to provide digitally enabled MSK care and…
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