The programme is aimed at health care professionals, entrepreneurs, researchers, and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) who want to create consumer and patient-facing apps that make a difference for people’s health.
Organised by Health Innovation East and powered by Cogniss, the Digital Health Hub programme is supporting two cohorts in 2024, with up to 20 innovators receiving a six-month package of funded app development, testing and validation.
Expressions of interest for the second cohort are now open here. The programme begins in February 2025.
Cogniss is a platform that makes it faster and easier for healthcare innovators and organisations to build, manage and scale their digital health solutions through its no-code approach. The platform contains 100+ pre-built features as building blocks to enable the creation and iteration of sophisticated patient-facing digital health apps, eliminating the need for developers or technical experts.
Of the Digital Health Hub programme Joanna Dempsey, Commercial Enterprise Lead at Health Innovation East says:
“This is a great opportunity for innovators to bring their app ideas to life quickly and with expert support. Using the tools from Cogniss, they can rapidly develop and test solutions, while also ensuring digital compliance. We are looking forward to the results of this first cohort and how quickly their apps can be made available to benefit patients and the NHS.”
Health Innovation East will also be on hand to offer support for further implementation or commercialisation as appropriate.
Lloyd Humphreys, Managing Director at Cogniss said:
“Our vision is to simplify the development and commercialisation of digital health by clinical and patient experts. Using our no-code platform eliminates the need for traditional software development skills making it possible to develop advanced patient-centric apps in a matter of weeks instead of months.”
Following the programme, apps can be published as standalone solutions, available on the web or relevant app stores, or they can remain secure within the Digital Hub while further funding is sought by the entrepreneur, Trust or Integrated Care Board.
– Awekind – offers parenting resources which respect diverse community traditions.
– MySelf Healthcare – video support to achieve children’s personalised speech therapy activities and goals.
– IMPACT – uses adaptive games to develop attention and concentration skills as part of rehabilitation for patients with brain injuries.
– Minding My Skin – offers self-help resources to improve the mental wellbeing of people affected by skin-conditions.
– FrailtyAI – helps predict frailty related risks, monitors patients real-time and provides tailored guidance for clinical teams.
– ME app – for patients with ME or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, making it easier for people to communicate with their clinician.
– Podiatry Portal – helps improve adherence to Podiatrist’s care instructions and helps eliminates outdated paper records.
– Neurodiversity app – provides quick access personalised resources and local support for carers of neurodiverse young people.
– Compassion Compass – supports the wellbeing of healthcare workers, to understand their emotional state and prevent compassion fatigue.
Small and medium-sized enterprises, clinical entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators, aiming to develop their patient-centric digital health solution and bring benefit to patients or the NHS are invited to join the next cohort.
Expressions of interest are open now and close on 14 December.
To find out more about how Health Innovation East support innovators please email Jenny Norman – jenny.norman@healthinnovationeast.co.uk
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