Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS FT has announced a partnership with Israeli digital health company, Taliaz.
The trust is introducing the company’s artificial intelligence platform with an aim to improve mental health treatment by providing clinical decision support tools and patient management for psychiatrists and GPs.
The tech is said to “translate complex genetic, demographic and clinical patient data” into “timesaving and cost-saving assessment, management and prescribing support tools” for healthcare providers.
Heather Rice, Grounded Research Assistant Director, commented on the partnership: “We are delighted to announce this collaboration and hope in time it will make a real difference to the ability of professionals to prescribe immediately and effectively at the point of care. We are especially pleased that the collaboration will be putting mental health on the map in this exciting and innovative area of medicine, potentially revolutionising mental health assessment and management.
“We in Grounded Research are active and enthusiastic members of the NHSA and we are glad that a strong relationship between Israel and the North of England has been developed by NHSA. We know that our collaboration with Taliaz puts us in a good position to support the Parallel Pandemic report’s recommendations and support people across the North with mental health problems.”
Dekel Taliaz, CEO and Co-founder of Taliaz, added: “The World Health Organization estimates that there is a four-fold return on digital solutions for mental health in improved health and productivity.
“This new partnership, focussing on improving the effectiveness and utility of mental health prescribing, has the potential to help hundreds of thousands of patients in the RDaSH area and a population of 17 million in the North of England alone. We are looking forward to expanding our efforts in the UK.”
