11 January 2018
Wessex AHSN is pleased to announce the publication of a short report on the evaluation of how people feel when they experience new models of care. The report has been produced in partnership with R-Outcomes and the Wessex AHSN Centre for Implementation Science (based at the University of Southampton) and responds to local evaluation guidance, pu... Read more >
20 December 2017
Wessex AHSN is working with Hampshire-based digital innovators xim, and Badgerswood Surgery in Bordon, Hampshire, to test a new way of monitoring patients’ vital signs. The LifeLight® system can check a patient’s vital signs - their pulse, breathing rate, blood pressure and blood oxygen level - by simply sitting in front of a computer screen.Lif... Read more >
18 December 2017
The Health Innovation Programme is back for 2018! Run in conjunction with SETsquared, the Global # 1 University Business Incubator, the Health Innovation Programme (HIP) is an intensive four-day course for innovators and SMEs starting or building a healthcare business. The course includes modules on the NHS as a marketplace, business planning... Read more >
29 November 2017
The Access to Innovation Fund is a new grant fund focused on supporting people with early stage innovative ideas with the aim of enhancing patient care and supporting the NHS. Although applications regarding the management of long term conditions are encouraged, other areas will also be considered.The fund is a grant from Boehringer Ingelheim Lt... Read more >
24 November 2017
All staff working with information and data are invited to help shape plans for a digitally ready workforce – a key strategy for the NHS. An online workshop is available, for three weeks, to ask how the Digitally Ready Workforce programme should prioritise and invest £6m over the next four years.It is targeted at a wide range of individuals invo... Read more >
22 November 2017
A wireless sensor that better detects signs of sepsis in hospital patients, an app to help pregnant women monitor hypertension, and another that directs patients with minor injuries to treatment units with the shortest queues, are among the latest devices and technologies selected to join the NHS Innovation Accelerator (NIA).The 11 innovations j... Read more >
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World Patient Safety Day 2024 Improving diagnosis for patient safety – how is Health Innovation Wessex contributing?
This year’s theme from the World Health Organisation for World Patient Safety Day on 17 Sept...
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