Impact stories
Read these stories, which show how we are supporting the most promising innovations to benefit those who most need them.
Improving cancer detection with AI
Driving faster, earlier, and more accurate cancer detection
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Accelerating COPD detection
TidalSense’s stellar 2024 sees regulatory approval, ICS adoption and significant funding.
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Exploring the future of mental health: Tend VR – mindfulness based cognitive therapy
Delivering better mental wellbeing globally
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Giving preterm infants the best start in life
Optimisation and stabilisation of the preterm infant
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The MAPE project: improving how children and young people take medication for epilepsy
The project encompassed a rapid literature review exploring the views of CYP with an epilepsy diagnosis and their parents and carers and a horizon scan identifying technologies to improve adherence.
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High-impact findings in Health Innovation East authored academic paper
Health Innovation East’s bespoke academic writing support has provided vital evidence on the analysis of patient records for earlier disease identification.
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Improving patient safety following serious incidents
Health Innovation East’s Patient Safety Collaborative (PSC) has successfully supported NHS organisations with a new system-based approach to implement learning and improvement.
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Improving access to high-impact neurorehabilitation
Strolll is bringing seamless immersive therapy into the homes of patients with neurological conditions.
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Innovating Parkinson’s Care with Neu Health
Neu Health’s Digital Platform revolutionising care for people with Parkinson’s Disease
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Innovative pilot makes everyday physical activity a medicine: delivering health impact in long COVID recovery
An innovation being piloted across Suffolk and North East Essex (SNEE) makes people’s everyday physical activity a medicine. KiActiv® is an accessible and effective digital service that supports people to optimise their everyday physical activity to improve their health and wellbeing.
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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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