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This case study, written by NHS Innovation Accelerator Alumni, Dr Penny Newman, describes how creating a social movement around workforce innovation, Health Coaching, supported spread across England’s NHS to empower patients to self-manage and make clinicians’ work easier. The problem with our conversation The fundamental building block of good health and care is effective communicationRead more

John Illingworth, Head of Patient Safety at UCLPartners, shares his reflections on the unique challenges innovation adoption in healthcare can bring and describes how UCLPartners is taking a new approach which recognises the value of early adopters in this process when given sufficient support. The challenge of spreading innovations is not new, nor is itRead more

A Market Open Ceremony at the London Stock Exchange on 6th November 2018 launched the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s new research report, ‘How and why the NHS adopts innovation’. Health Secretary, Matt Hancock MP, and Professor Stephen Powis, National Medical Director of NHS England, opened the markets and hosted a celebration of some of the pioneeringRead more

Some of England’s most pioneering NHS organisations recognised for their work in adopting new technologies and models of care to improve outcomes for patients, are celebrated in a national report launched today. Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation captures real-world insight and learning from NHS sites which have successfully implemented innovations ranging fromRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation.  Description Liver disease is now the fifth largest killer in the UK. Currently, 50% of new diagnoses of liver cirrhosis occur only after emergency admission to hospital (Ratib et al, J Hep 2014). The ScarredRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description AliveCor’s Kardia Mobile Electrocardiogram (ECG) device is a mobile heart monitor that can detect, monitor, and manage heart arrhythmias with automatic analysis. The Kardia captures ECG recordings of the heart within 30 secondsRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description ESCAPE-pain is a rehabilitation programme for people with chronic joint pain, that integrates educational self-management and coping strategies with an exercise regimen individualised for each participant. It helps people understand their condition, teachesRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description Lantum is a cloud-based tool built to help NHS providers fill empty shifts in their clinical rotas. Lantum has a secure online environment where users can advertise shifts which their own clinical staffRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description ORCHA works with Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and providers to develop health app libraries which integrate with local systems and strategies. This allows professionals easy and clear access to a verified resource, allowingRead more

This case study features in the NHS Innovation Accelerator’s year three research report, Understanding how and why the NHS adopts innovation. Description DrDoctor is an online and text-based service that allows patients to confirm, cancel, and change bookings digitally. For hospitals, this means they can maximise and manage the volume of appointments to best fitRead more