How can we meet the call for more appropriate and robust evaluation? How do we generate more rigorous and relevant evidence? These were some of the questions explored by more than 30 people with an interest in evaluation, including commissioners, researchers and the public, at the Principles of Pragmatic Evaluation workshop on Wednesday 16 December…
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Creative and digital companies are set to benefit from a £500,000 investment fund announced today (27 June 2016) to support the development of innovative digital technology and solutions that tackle regional healthcare priorities. The South West Interactive Healthcare Programme has been launched to improve cross-sector collaborations and innovation, while opening up exciting practical opportunities for…
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The West of England AHSN is working in partnership with NHS England and the AHSN Network to lead a new search for the world’s best health innovators to help improve patients’ lives. The NHS Innovation Accelerator 2016 launches today (17 June 2016 ) after 3 million people benefit from the first wave in just nine months.…
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In its 2016 Impact Report published this week, The AHSN Network demonstrates the impact that AHSNs have made collectively to address gaps in health and wellbeing; care and quality; and finance and efficiency as outlined in the Five Year Forward View. The 15 AHSNs in England have a clear remit to connect NHS and academic…
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Hosted by the West of England AHSN as part of our innovation for quality improvement work, the second PPI (public and patient involvement) in Practice event took place last month. Drawing on the expertise of People in Health West of England, the network aims to strengthen and build good practice in PPI throughout the region. It…
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Members of our Diabetes Digital Coach team were invited to talk at the Digital Catapult’s Digital Health Festival last week in London about the opportunities for self-management being explored by our new NHS IoT (internet of things) test bed project. Tommy Parker from KI Performance and Tom Dawson from Rescon Technologies took part in a panel discussion at the…
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