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Digital platform bridges the gap between social care and healthcare A Norwegian company has found success in the UK with a platform that allows patients to receive follow-up from healthcare providers in their own home.
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ignio Ltd is the UK branch of Dignio AS, a SaaS healthtech company from Norway. Specialising within remote care, their user-centric connected healthcare platform helps patients to better understand and manage their chronic conditions. It also gives reliable tools to the clinicians so they can remotely monitor their patients, leading to better understanding of signs of impending deterioration.
“To build a sustainable healthcare system we have to work in new ways, and our solution is an important contribution. Our system is all about giving patients better and healthier lives, and at the same time giving healthcare providers a tool for using their resources on those who need it the most.” Ewa Truchanowicz Managing Director Dignio AS
Suitable for many patient groups
An important recognition
The platform is built up of different components, which can all be adjusted to the needs of the healthcare providers and their patients. The company offers telemedicine, remote patient monitoring, medicine compliance, home lab, self-reporting and self-managing. The components are integrated with Dignio’s platform for healthcare personnel and the patient app MyDignio, serving a number of possibilities for connected care.
Dignio recently won the start-up award at the Medilink West Midlands Medical & Healthcare Business Awards.
Managing Director Ewa Truchanowicz has noticed an increasing demand in the UK, commenting: “Dignio’s solution bridges the gap between social care and healthcare, and with stretched budgets and workforce demands, allows NHS staff to prioritise their attention according to the patient’s needs. We now have active patients on the solution and we are getting very positive feedback from both the patients and the healthcare providers.”
Truchanowicz commented on the achievement: “Launching a new service and a new way of thinking in a new country is not easy, and we have worked hard to get where we are today. This is an important recognition for us and gives us great motivation going forward. The demand for connected care is growing rapidly, and Dignio is well positioned in the UK with our solution. Hopefully this will contribute to even more patients getting the opportunity to live better and healthier lives with our health technology.” The company’s clients include hospitals, municipalities and other private healthcare providers. They also have several research projects underway in Birmingham, Norway and China. www.dignio.com/en/
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