AHSNs in the North of England are working together to support digital SMEs

The AHSN NENC, along with the three other Academic Health Science Networks in the North of England (Health Innovation Manchester, Innovation Agency North West Coast and Yorkshire & Humber) are working together to help digital SMEs increase the spread and adoption of their innovations across the whole of the North of England.

In March 2020, a series of webinars were held to showcase these innovations. The companies and their innovations which were showcased were:

• IEG4 who have a digital platform for continuing healthcare assessments.
• Doc Abode who have an app to support workforce availability for appointments such as GP out of hours home visits
• Bruin Biometrics who have developed a scanner to detect developing pressure ulcers under the skin
• Zilico who have developed a device to detect cancerous and pre-cancerous cervical cells during a colposcopy
• Cievert who have two online platforms to support patient management.