SWITCH – Digital Health in the South West

NEW: We’re offering up to £30,000 funding to care providers across the UK for our Tech for Better Care programme. Teams will explore the potential for using technology to enable care at home and in the community. Apply by 29 June 2023, 17.00 👇 health.org.uk/funding-and-pa…

Find out how e-nursing could transform care provision in a new paper published in @BJNursing by @PlymUni @PlymUniCHT researchers from our recently completed EPIC project: lnkd.in/eRhnMjZP Congrats to authors @BradwellHannah and @Katie_Edws!

Following the end of the EPIC project, we have made some changes on our account. Keep up to date with digital health in the South West of England, with our updated Twitter presence. Find out more – plymouth.ac.uk/research/centr…

Hot off the press! @Ultramed_LTD – an EPIC business – has been announced today as a @TheKingsAwards for Enterprise in Innovation winner. The company is one of only 148 organisations nationally to receive this honour. Congrats to the team! Read more: epicehealth.co.uk/ultramed-award…

A huge thank you to @AHI_HQ for their ‘enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and inspiring’ mentorship (just some of the positive feedback we received from our SMEs!) Read about our successful collaboration: epicehealth.co.uk/south-west-sta… #digitalhealth #startup #mentoring

Researchers from @PlymUniCHT have been assessing how @YetiCare_ health technology can aid special needs education, with very positive results. Read about their findings: sttinfo.fi/tiedote/an-une…

As part of the SWITCH Health Ecosystem, we’re delighted to feature as @ECHAlliance's Ecosystem of the Month. Find out how SWITCH has been addressing digital health inequalities @PlymUniCHT: echalliance.com/england-switch…

@StephensScown has done a fantastic job helping EPIC’s registered SMEs protect and develop their innovations with bespoke intellectual property audits. Read more: epicehealth.co.uk/stephens-scown…

Thanks to a partnership between @PlymUni’s EPIC project and accessibility experts, @PurpleTuesday, 10 South West organisations are now much closer to meeting internationally recognised standards for web accessibility. Read more: epicehealth.co.uk/epic-and-purpl…

Great to hear that The Silent Hospital Project, incorporating SMART hospital technology at @RCHTWeCare in partnership with @PlymUni has been selected for representation at the European Healthcare Design Conference in London on 12-14th June. Congrats to all involved!

We’re delighted to secure a SHAP(E)ing Health Collaboration Fund grant to support Out of the Woods CIC help children with special education needs receive fully beneficial play therapy. The CIC can now co-develop a sensory product prototype with EPIC and @PlymUni academics.

Great to be with @EPIC_eHealth to discuss what’s next #digitalhealth #Cornwall

Attending and speaking at @EPIC_eHealth @CE_EPIC “Looking back, looking forward: Collaborations in digital health and care Event”. Given 5 minutes to speak and I was overrun by enthusiasm for what we do so overrun (a little)

Our closing conference in St. Austell is up and running! We’re looking forward to fascinating discussions with some of the 150 organisations EPIC has worked with over the past six years about past, present, and future #eHealth collaborations in the South West.

On #InternationalWomensDay, we appreciate the incredible work being done by the many female-led SMEs we’ve worked with to bridge the gender health gap and champion the advancement of digital health technologies. Keep up the great progress! #digitalhealth #healthequality #femtech

Thanks to @garden_internal for a fascinating #biosonification demo in Truro! Find out how the electrical signals given off by plants create a sensory experience that might improve wellbeing: bit.ly/3KWW41c #digitalhealth #subpac #plantmassage #healthtech

Congratulations to @BradwellHannah, her fellow researchers at @PlymUni's @PlymUniCHT, and @TouchByte on their promising study of #facialrecognition technology in residential care settings, published today in the journal Frontiers in Digital Health: bit.ly/3KSnk0Q

New paper just out, great work @Akara_Robotics, @EPIC_eHealth Development and Demonstration of a Wireless Ultraviolet Sensing Network for Dose Monitoring and Operator Safety in Room Disinfection Applications mdpi.com/2156688 #mdpisensors via @Sensors_MDPI @PlymUniCHT

How would you like to be given a massage by a plant? We’re looking for 10 participants to try out @garden_internal's new biosonification tech and give feedback at our demo in Truro, 6th March, 10am. Interested? Email Cito Maramba: inocencio.maramba@plymouth.ac.uk

@rjonesplymouth @sharonevansGPN @PUNC14 @150Leaders @BridieKent @ToniPage9 @lenny_byrne @FordeJohnston @WeNurses @WeStudentNurse @StNurseProject @CYPStNN @EPIC_eHealth Thanks Ray, you know how proud I was and continue to be to work with @EPIC_eHealth and your good self as and undergrad and now post grad 😊