14 start-ups have made the shortlist to participate in Propel@YH first digital health accelerator programme.
The Leeds-based programme was commissioned by the Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network in partnership with mHabitat, an NHS-owned specialist and expert in the application of digital to health and care.
The shortlisted organisations and their innovations are:
Balsamee – digital health platform for community health services users with content tailored to patients’ needs (Cardiff)
Digibete Global Limited – digital video platform to support self-care and virtual clinics for children and young people with type 1 diabetes (Leeds)
DigiDentistry – 3D visual learning tool using augmented reality and animation for dentistry (Manchester)
Engagify – on-demand mental health support using artificial intelligence and natural language processing (Leeds)
Enyware – digital platform to support organisations’ internal communications (Northumberland)
Healthcare Engineering – patient-driven digital triage system (Huddersfield)
HeteroGenius – digital pathology image analysis using artificial intelligence (Leeds)
ITECHO Health – integrated app and web portal with machine learning to improve the management of chronic diseases (Leeds)
Kemuri Limited – remote wellbeing monitoring via the Sigfox ‘internet of things’ network (Woking)
Medicsen – diabetes management combining smart patch administration, glucose sensors and artificial intelligence (Leeds)
Medicspot – remote consultation stations and services in pharmacies (London)
Modality Systems – virtual consultation service for healthcare professionals (St Albans)
Restart Consulting – virtual patient record through a multi-directional open interoperability platform (Exeter)
Scaled Insights – behavioural artificial intelligence tool using written or spoken language (Leeds)
Following a pitch event in mid-April, six of these organisations will be selected to take part in the full six-month programme of masterclasses, digital innovator surgeries and events focused on human-related design, clinical safety by design, patient-centred design and understanding NHS procurement. The final cohort will be announced at the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN Annual Conference on 9 May.
Neville Young, Director of Enterprise and Innovation for the Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, said: “We’re absolutely delighted with the interest shown in Propel@YH, and the number of high-quality applications that we received from a broad spectrum across the digital healthcare market. It truly demonstrates that the Yorkshire and Humber region is a real hotbed of digital innovation, not only for health tech businesses within its borders but also for companies from all over the UK.”
“We’re really looking forward to meeting the shortlisted organisations at the pitch event in April and working with the final cohort when the accelerator programme commences in May.”
