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WELCOME TO THE DHI WEEKLY ROUND-UP
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This week at DHI...
We're proud to be supporting Poduct Forge Future Health hackathon in Edinburgh.
The hackathon is bringing together entrepreneurially minded data scientists and analysts, helth and care professionals, designers, software engineers and citizens who will be spending 3 days and 3 nights side by side developing new product ideas for patients, front line staff and the wider NHS and care communities.
We're looking forward of being able to share what solutions are developed over the weekend/
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Applications are open for the 2017-18 Saltire Fellowship
Entrepreneurial Scotland's world class leadership development programme
The Saltire Fellowship offers an unrivalled learning experience for your top talent – the people you want to help you scale your organisation.
The Saltire Fellowship provides Scotland with pipeline of entrepreneurially minded leaders with the confidence and skills to take your organisation to the next level. The programme achieves this by:
Developing Effective Business Leaders
The Saltire Fellowship provides participants with the skills and knowledge they need to realise their full leadership potential and to channel this for the competitive advantage of your organisation.
Providing Hands-on Strategic Learning
The Saltire Fellowship is an exceptional opportunity for participants to step back from daily responsibilities to:
- re-evaluate critical issues
- think beyond their business sector
- enhance strategic thinking capabilities
Offering International Experience
The Saltire Fellowship curriculum is globally focused – providing participants with the opportunity to acquire a more international perspective and to learn through working alongside highly-experienced entrepreneurial leaders, talented peers, our Saltire Fellowship alumni and Entrepreneurial Scotland’s global network.
The DHI were fortunate to take part in the Saltire Fellowship in 2015/2016 with the placement of Dr Stephen Milne. This year DHI and the Saltire Foundation are exploring to join forces once again to create a unique opportunity for an individual who is motivated to deliver innovation and transformation change across the digital health sector.
For more information on the Saltire Fellowship view the flyer here.
If you are interested in a Saltire Fellowship with DHI please register your interest here. Please note we will contact you later in the year with more information.
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#TeenTechChallenge
This week saw the offical launch of the #TeenTechChallenge in association with tennis number one and DHI ambassador Andy Murray.
So what is the #TeenTechChallenge?
The challenge
The internet, smart technology and social media have transformed our lives, with each now having a huge influence on the way we learn, work, play and communicate.
The digital age is certainly here - but what does this mean for our health? And how do we stay fit and well as our world moves increasingly online?
The #TeenTechChallenge, in association with Andy Murray and the Digital Health & Care Institute, is on a mission to find smart new ways to help Scotland’s young people keep active, eat well and stay healthy and happy, now and in the future.
Who is it for?
The competition is open to teams from any Scottish school, college or youth organisation. Each team must appoint an adult to act as a mentor/supervisor. Participants must be aged between 14 and 17 at the point of entry submission (5 May 2017). Mentors must be aged 21 or over.
What does it involve?
In teams of four to six, supported by at least one adult mentor, we want applicants to develop an idea that will help young people participate in the active management of their health, fitness and wellbeing, using digital technology.
To enter, they must work together to develop their idea then complete the online application form at www.teentechchallenge.com by 5th May 2017.
What does it aim to achieve?
By participating in the #TeenTechChallenge, we want young Scots to play a part in helping change the trends that have caused them to be rated as having one of the worst diet and lowest activity levels in the world. With their help, we can change the habits that are setting Scotland up for a lifetime of ill health.
What are the prizes?
The #TeenTechChallenge offers an incredible prize package!
Each member of all shortlisted teams will receive an Apple Watch. and overall winning team will also receive Apple iPads for each team member plus £2,000 for their school, college or club and the chance to meet Andy himself.
The winning team will also see their idea developed through the Digital Health & Care Institute.
How you can get involved
Share information about the competition with your friends, family and networks! We want to encourage active participation across Scotland and generate widespread awareness of the issues facing the health and wellbeing of the nation’s young people today and in the future.
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Learn more
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FUNDING & AWARD OPPORTUNITIES
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Funding competition: biomedical catalyst 2017 round 1
UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop innovative ideas that will help solve healthcare challenges
The aim of this competition is to develop innovative healthcare technologies and processes that will help provide:
- disease prevention and proactive management of health and chronic conditions
- earlier and better detection and diagnosis of disease, leading to better patient outcomes
- tailored treatments that either change the underlying disease or offer potential cures
This competition has 2 awards:
- feasibility studies award: to explore and evaluate the commercial potential of innovative scientific ideas
- primer award: to conduct a technical evaluation of your idea through to proof of concept in a model system
Feasibility studies award
We expect total project costs of up to £200,000. Projects should last between 3 months and 1 year. Projects must start by 1 August 2017 and end by 1 August 2018.
Primer award
We expect projects to range in size from total project costs of £200,000 to £1.5 million. Projects should last up to 2 years. Projects must start by 1 August 2017 and end by 1 August 2019.
The Biomedical Catalyst supports innovative solutions to healthcare challenges. Innovate UK, the Medical Research Council and Scottish Enterprise fund Biomedical Catalyst awards.
Learn more
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Funding competition: design foundations 2017 round 1
Innovate UK is to invest up to £1 million in early-stage design projects to help businesses identify high-value innovation opportunities and generate ideas. These should be for new products, services or business models that align with customer demand.
Proposals should use design-led methods from first principles to understand customer motivations and behaviour, inspire new ideas, support decision-making and inform strategy.
We expect projects to range in size from total costs of £20,000 to £100,000. Projects should last between 3 and 9 months.
A single UK business must lead the project, but you can sub-contract design services for up to 70% of the total project cost.
Learn more.
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Technology Enabled Care sounds like a complicated subject, we understand that with so many possibilities and areas to explore the landscape can be intimidating. However, all it really boils down to is using technology in an innovative way to solve complex problems and place people at the heart of our goals. Local development is moving at an astonishing rate - this convention aims connect, inform, and celebrate those that are making a difference in the world of technological innovation.
Transformation of services is happening across all sectors, the key to making that transition as pleasant as possible is partnership. Working together, sharing knowledge, developing new ideas that help improve the services we provide and use.
If you are interested in advances in technology, the Internet of Things, or the developments in this field at a local and national level – please come along and take part.
This year we have attracted some incredibly interesting speakers; it’s not to be missed.
Come and see some of the innovations, talk to people from the Health & Social Care Partnership, local voluntary organisations and commercial companies.
This is a great opportunity to find out more about what technology can do for you, your patients or the people you care for.
Entry is free, but please book a ticket as this will be a popular event.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Joanne Boyle from DHI is a key speaker at Dundee’s second SmartCare Convention, setting out the five year vision for digital healthcare. Other sessions are on the Florence home mobile health monitoring system, ALISS and NHS Inform, Blackwood’s Clever Cogs, and Dundee’s emerging Dundee's Technology Enabled Care Strategy. 3 Rings and M2M Cloud will describe how the Internet of Things will revolutionise the way we work.
The 25 exhibitors will include commercial companies such as True Kare & Storii, third sector innovators such as PAMIS and Fife’s Monkey Gaming project, Product Design Honours students from Dundee University and local statutory telecare providers.
Learn more.
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Harnessing digital for self-management and recovery in psychosis’ is an event from the EMPOWER research team at the University of Glasgow’s Institute of Health and Wellbeing. EMPOWER is a three-year research project to develop and test new ways of helping people with experience of psychosis to stay well. EMPOWER works through people monitoring their thoughts and feelings on a mobile phone App. We hope to show that this type of routine monitoring makes early intervention more possible and supports the prevention of relapsing psychosis.
The aims of this free event are to:
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Increase understanding about opportunities and challenges in the innovative use of digital technologies in mental health.
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Increase awareness of the EMPOWER study, share findings so far and inform the forthcoming trial in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
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Identify opportunities to develop collaborative practice, which can enhance empowerment, engagement and recovery.
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Build the foundations for wider development of mobile health interventions in mental health services.
Learn more
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