DigitalHealth.London has today announced the 20 new digital health care innovators to be supported by the 2019-20 programme.
Now in its fourth year, it supports small and medium organisations accelerate the adoption of innovations into the NHS. The Accelerator is receiving approximately £1.7 million of funding from the European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020.
The Accelerator is a programme of DigitalHealth.London, and a partnership between London’s three AHSNs (Health Innovation Network, UCLPartners, Imperial College Health Partners), MedCity, CW+, and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity.
The 2019-2020 cohort of the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator companies are:
- Ampersand Health – Developing the first scientifically validated digital therapeutic for people with long term inflammatory conditions.
- Birdie – Digital products, home connected devices, and machine learning to deliver better preventative care for older people.
- Diabetes Digital Media – Evidence-based, personalised apps proven to improve the health of patients with diabetes.
- Edge Health – Helps NHS organisations use data more effectively to increase theatre utilisation and reduce cancellations.
- EQL Limited – Digitises physiotherapy: musculoskeletal AI-triage tool, accessible 24/7 and in any language.
- Ibex Medical Analytics – AI-based decision support tool to to reduce cancer diagnosis error rates and improve efficiency.
- LifeBox Health – LifeBox digitises patient assessment for surgery.
- Lifelight (Xim) – Contactless measurement of patients’ vital signs using a phone or tablet’s built-in camera.
- Macusoft – Personalised treatment plans for people with Macular Degeneration using existing diagnostic imaging and clinical data.
- Medicspot Limited – Remote examination by a GP in remote clinic “pods” using patient operated diagnostic tools and video
- Motilent – Assesses digestive diseases using medical image analysis.
- Ortus i-Health – Virtual outpatient clinic platform, combining appointment management, video consultations, and remote monitoring.
- Oxford Heartbeat – Simulates realistic stent placement inside patients, helping clinicians plan their operations.
- Patchwork – Connects trusts to a growing number of flexible bank workers, and grows existing staff banks.
- Push Doctor – Online consultation platform for use in GP surgeries.
- SkinVision – Skin cancer diagnosis as accurate as a dermatologist, using only a smartphone.
- Sweatcoin – Incentivises physical activity by converting steps walked into points that can be exchanged for actual rewards.
- Digital Health Passport (Tiny Medical Apps) – Personal Health Record app to help patients improve their management of long-term conditions.
- Vine Health – Uses behavioural science and AI to help increase the quality of life and survival of cancer patients.
- White Swan – Uses data science to accelerates the path to diagnosis for undiagnosed people with symptoms.
Sara Nelson, Programme Director, DigitalHealth.London Accelerator, said “I feel really proud of the Accelerator and its achievements over the last three years. Today is another step forward and represents how both sides – innovators and the NHS – are coming together more and more to solve the very real challenges NHS organisations face every day.”
Tara Donnelly, Chief Digital Officer, NHSX said “The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is part of a long- overdue digital revolution in the NHS. We must create a system whereby healthtech innovators are supported and can really feel our commitment to them and their ground-breaking work. This programme does just that, plus it supports the NHS and social care to make the most of the digital opportunity.”
