Impact stories
Read these stories, which show how we are supporting the most promising innovations to benefit those who most need them.
Evaluating Indexor’s impact on sustainable pathology services
Indexor, a transport tracking system, is eliminating plastic bag use while also improving speed, accuracy and cost-effectiveness in pathology services.
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Is a heated inflatable glove the solution to difficult cannulation?
Health Innovation East has supported pilots of Airglove™ to improve cannulation in the East of England.
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Turning the tide on cardiovascular disease
Health Innovation East worked with Great Yarmouth & North Villages Primary Care Network (GYNV PCN) to optimise blood pressure treatment to prevent cardiovascular events.
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Identifying a potentially life-threatening complication at home for cancer patients
Neutrocheck®, at-home finger-prick blood test, will help identify patients at risk of a potentially fatal side-effect of chemotherapy.
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Building a culture of innovation
Innovation Ambassadors, co-funded by Health Innovation East, have championed innovation at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust.
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Empowering clinicians to kick off their innovation journey
Working with Judge Business School to support clinical and allied health professional innovators
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Gut reaction
Combining trusted research environments to enable the development of better, more personalised treatments
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Managing clinics more efficiently with DASHclinic
Using a digital tool to manage queues and patient flows in a hospital setting
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Creating a framework for evaluating innovative tools
Supporting Evaluation in the Regional Digital First Primary Care programme
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Detecting lung cancer earlier
Using EarlyCDT Lung to screen for cancer in primary care settings
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Identifying deterioration remotely
Remote monitoring in care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Using teledermatology to improve skin cancer diagnosis referral
Assessing skin lesions with Skin Analytics teledermatology
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Identifying stroke mimics through telemedicine
Linking paramedics directly to a stroke consultant.
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The ESCAPE-pain programme
Delivering self-management exercise programmes to patients with osteoarthritis
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Medic Bleep
Improving operational efficiency through a staff communication app
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The Electronic Medicines Optimisation Pathway (EMOP)
Reducing medication errors through community pharmacy
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Reducing avoidable strokes across the east
Supporting best practice in the screening and treatment of atrial fibrillation
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