Ideas to Impact: The Health Innovation East podcast
By Health Innovation East
Health Innovation East is part of the AHSN Network.
Ideas to Impact: The Health Innovation East podcastMar 27, 2019
What does 5G-enabled technology mean for health and care innovation?
Eastern AHSN Chief Executive Piers Ricketts leads a conversation exploring the potential impact of 5G-enabled technology on healthcare, now and in the future.
Guests:
Ann Williams is the Commissioning and Contracts Manager of Adult Social services, Liverpool City Council. Ann has played a lead role in securing the 5G testbed trial for Health and Social Care at Liverpool. As part of the EU’s STOP&GO programme she focused on digitalising domiciliary care services and introducing IoT sensors to homes.
Tony Sceales is Head of Programme Development (5G Programme) at the UK Department for Culture, Ministry and Sports. The UK has developed a very strong position in technology innovation, and the Government is working to underpin and leverage that position to be among the leading global nations in the adoption of 5G mobile technologies.
Delivered in partnership with UK5G.
The business case for diversity in HealthTech with Dr Jason Mellad, CEO and co-founder of Start Codon
In this episode we spoke to scientist and entrepreneur Dr Jason Mellad about why businesses embracing diversity are setting themselves up for success, his coaching tips for innovators and how we could all be more inclusive.
Jason is passionate about translating innovative technologies into better patient outcomes. As CEO and co-founder of Start Codon, a Cambridge based accelerator, he aims to identify and recruit the most disruptive healthcare start-ups worldwide, seed fund them and leverage the exceptional resources of the Cambridge cluster to de-risk and drive their success.
The role of MedTech in the response to COVID-19 with Danny Mortimer, Chief Executive of NHS Employers
In the first episode of Ideas to Impact, we speak to Danny Mortimer about how MedTech and innovation helped the NHS respond to the coronavirus pandemic and some of the cultural changes which enabled the healthcare system to adapt at speed.
Danny is the chief executive of NHS Employers and also serves as deputy chief executive of the NHS Confederation, of which NHS Employers is part.
Recorded 08/09/20
Primary Care Talks: Demystifying blockchain for patient records - with Alex Eavis
Primary Care Talks: Artificial Intelligence, the rise of machine learning - with Dr Peter Bannister
Primary Care Talks: What does virtual reality mean for primary care? - with Jonathan Tustain
Primary Care Talks: Cancer screening - a global view with Dr Mark Ebell
Primary Care Talks: Why social prescribing really matters with Sir Sam Everington
Primary Care Talks: Who's next? - with Dr Nish Manek
Primary Care Talks: Atrial Fibrillation
Primary Care Talks: Proactive Primary Care with Dr Steve Laitner
Primary Care Talks: The genomics challenge - with Dr Alina Roser
Both GPs are currently running projects exploring how pharmacogenetic testing can benefit patients and improve the accuracy of prescribing.