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ABHI and University of Strathclyde partner to support innovation
The Association of British HealthTech Industries (ABHI) and the University of Strathclyde have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), designed to stimulate HealthTech innovation, research and product development in the Glasgow City Innovation District, to benefit both UK and international patients. The partnership will see a joint offering to UK and global HealthTech companies, across medical devices, diagnostics and digital health, that will create an ideal triple helix between academia, industry and healthcare providers.
Built around three focus areas of
HealthTech research, investment and internationalisation, future work will see ABHI and Strathclyde pool expertise to enhance commercialisation routes, bringing together the investment and innovator communities to explore challenges and solutions, with the ultimate aim of providing healthcare systems with world class HealthTech. Areas of collaboration that have already been identified include early detection, and diagnosis of disease and chronic conditions.
Strathclyde, which was named The
Times Higher Education UK University of the Year 2019, is at the forefront of innovation in medicine and healthcare technology. Through the activities of its Health Technologies Cluster, an industry facing initiative, the University promotes the delivery of innovative technologies, enabling
new treatments and models of care, focusing on prevention and empowering people to live as well as possible at home and in their communities.
Central to the partnership with ABHI will be the role of the Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices (SIMD), ensuring its place as one of Scotland’s, and the UK’s, key innovation hubs. Professor Sir Jim McDonald, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Strathclyde, said: “The health technology and medical devices sector has huge potential to radically change healthcare, not only through the early detection and diagnoses of disease and chronic conditions, but also by giving individuals greater control and management of their own health and wellbeing. “Through our Health Technologies
Cluster, SIMD and our widespread Health and Care Futures activity, our aim is to use state-of-the-art innovation and expertise in the fields of medicines innovation, health technologies, data analytics and artificial intelligence, and the workforce and leadership to make an effective and sustained contribution to the future of health and care in the UK and beyond. “This agreement with ABHI will allow us to explore opportunities to work together to support the research, development and commercialisation of new health technologies. In doing so we will help to boost economic growth and job opportunities.” Commenting on the MoU, Peter
Ellingworth, chief executive, ABHI said: “Institutions like the University of Strathclyde are a strong factor in the creation of innovation across medical devices, diagnostics and digital health, that can benefit patients in Scotland, the UK and around the world. This partnership can help to springboard these innovations globally, and raise the profile of the great work that is completed in Scotland.”
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Digital Health Academy launched to help
develop vital skills The Digital Health Academy has been launched to provide healthcare professionals with confidence and skills to use digital health technologies in practice. Recent findings from a UK-wide survey of DHT innovators by Boehringer Ingelheim in partnership with ORCHA (Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Apps), highlighted the key concerns facing health entrepreneurs. Of the innovators surveyed, 37% were also healthcare professionals, providing a dual perspective of the needs of the healthcare system. Of all those surveyed, 86% didn’t believe healthcare providers have the resources and confidence to access, use and recommend digital health technologies to patients. In response to this need, ORCHA is launching a Digital Health Academy to help build a digital-ready workforce. This new online training portal, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, is designed to support all health and care professionals with the appropriate knowledge and confidence to effectively and safely use DHTs in practice. The Digital Health Academy aims to actively engage with over 50,000 HCPs from the UK in its first year, and aspires to improve the digital skills of all NHS health and care professionals by 2031. CPD accredited, it is currently being piloted with existing ORCHA users, accessible through the ORCHA Dashboard.
The course will be available for all
HCPs in primary and secondary care from March 2022.
Email:
academy@orcha.co.uk.
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