10 health tech suppliers have joined the Propel@YH accelerator programme aimed at helping digital health innovators navigate the NHS in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
The programme, now in its second year, aims to support start-ups that have developed innovations or products to support responses to COVID-19.
It provides a six-month support programme, working with the University of Leeds’ innovation hub, Leeds City Council and Nexus, which supports the programme through research and innovation and their community of tech start-ups and SMEs. Barclays Eagle Labs is also supporting through their national incubator network and health law firm Hill Dickinson will act as legal partners.
The successful applicants taking part in the 2020 programme include:
- Co-Opts ltd; a smart speaker for automated recording, transcription and summarisation of therapy sessions
- CyberLiver Ltd; remote monitoring of at-risk cirrhosis patients using wearables and an app
- I.M.M.E; a VR experience created to support Williams syndrome, supporting isolation, rehab mobility and mental health
- Liria Digital Health; a technological solution addressing the health and wellbeing of perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal people.
- My Food 24; an online food diary system which automates the diet tracking and analysis process
- SeeAI; a platform that supports early fracture diagnosis through x-ray images
- Ufonia Ltd; an AI-enabled accessible clinical assistant called Dora that can conduct an intelligent clinical conversation via a regular voice telephone call
- Vastmindz; an AI face analysis app to measure real-time heart and respiration rates, oxygen saturation, stress level, blood pressure and atrial fibrillation risk
- Warner Patch; a non-invasive, wearable wireless (using 2G network) sensor that predicts tissue health disease evolution using AI for clinicians to give preventive care, improve patient outcome and save care costs
- Written Medicine; a pharmacy label and discharge summary translation system, that works across 11 different languages
The 2019 cohort included Digibete, a video platform to improve the lives of those living with Type 1 Diabetes, AI solution Scaled Insights and SmartER, a solution model that revolutionises the delivery of front-line emergency medicine and changes the patient journey.
Neville Young, Director of Enterprise and Innovation for the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, said: “This is the second time we’ve been able to offer this great opportunity for innovative digital and data driven health companies and we were truly blown away by the innovation and talent presented by this year’s shortlist.”
“Our panel had a tough choice choosing our finalists from this year’s entries but we think the mix of businesses and applications we will be working with this year really will play a part in supporting the NHS and healthcare providers throughout the pandemic and the ‘new normal’ ways of working.”
