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Your problem could be the next SBRI Innovation in Health
Following on from their article in the last issue of Life Stories, the SBRI Centre of Excellence have wrapped up some of those projects and are now looking for the next set of challenges to take forward.
The SBRI Centre of Excellence would like to hear from you and the problems and challenges you face within Health. Their focus areas for this year include:
•Continuing to reduce the impact that COVID 19 has had on the overall health system • • • • • • Mental Health Cancer Preventative health Genomics Early diagnosis Giving patients the information they require If you work in the Public Sector and have a challenge that you would like to discuss with the SBRI team, you can contact them at sbri.coe@ wales.nhs.uk or visit their website where you can read about previous and current projects: https://sbriwales.co.uk
The Centre can take care of all aspects, including engaging key stakeholders, governance, administration and project management. For challenge owners who wish to be involved with project management, there is mentorship available if required.
Some recent projects include:
Simulation Training in Healthcare
This project has now closed with solutions being developed using virtual reality platforms for tracheostomy training and other clinical training. Paul Twose from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board said: “What has been achieved in a short space of time is incredible. The Covid-19 pandemic provided significant challenges to the traditional ways in which we provided education and simulation training for tracheostomy skills. Through this project, solutions have been designed that not only overcome the challenges, but also have provided insight to the future of healthcare education through the use of virtual reality. Working with the SBRI has been incredible, and I/we hope to do so again in the near future!”
Outpatient Transformation
Two companies were taken through to Phase 2 and are now working with NHS Wales to develop and test their solutions. The first solution is an app to support patients digitally through their disease pathway which will digitise the ‘see on symptoms’ process used by many consultants across different specialities and Health Boards, along with providing resources for self-care and monitoring symptoms. The second uses an artificial intelligence platform to support pathologists to diagnose prostate cancer cases. You can contact the SBRI Centre about any of these projects or to discuss your own challenges at sbri.coe@wales.nhs.uk.
