Shaping Digital Health & Social Care

DDM Health

Access to Health and Social Care

This challenge will look at overcoming issues around the limitation of accessing vital services and technology and making health and social care accessible to all. The challenge would encourage individuals to use technology rather than relying on human resources while still remaining mindful of the social isolation implications of technology.

More information on Challenge 1 here.

Digital at Home to enable Home Monitoring and Self-Management

We are interested in companies that can propose a 5G enabled solution to address issues around:

• Enabling self-management of chronic conditions at home.
• Using digital tools to enable people and partners to deliver care more efficiently.
• Independent living and enhances quality of life.
• Support for informal care givers.
• Enhanced home environmental monitoring.
• The replacement of analogue to digital in connectivity by 2025.
• Digital being a choice.

“At home” care in this context can also refer to those living independently within managed housing environments. There is also an opportunity for companies to address the switch from analogue to digital within this challenge to ensure services are maintained at a minimum of current standards.

More information on Challenge 2 here.

Sharing Information and Transparency

The challenge will look at 5G as an enabler to connect all solutions used by a service provider. With a focus on enabling the sharing of information while ensuring the safety of software in an interfaced, network-enabled clinical environment.

We are keen to receive applications from companies that can address issues around:

• Implementing a method for unambiguous patient identification.
• Developing and implementing decision support which improves safety.
• Identifying practices to safely manage information technology system transitions.
• Developing real-time methods to enable automated surveillance and monitoring of system performance and safety.
• Establishing the cultural and legal framework/safe harbour to allow sharing information about hazards and adverse events.
• Developing models and methods for consumers/patients to improve health information technology safety.

More information on Challenge 3 here.

Care Reality

13 Applications Submitted

8 Organisations Shortlisted

3 Challenge Winners

Programme