Vantage Health has been selected as one of 20 digital health companies to join the 2020-21 DigitalHealth.London Accelerator programme. The Accelerator aims to speed up the adoption of technology in London’s NHS, relieving high pressure on services and empowering patients to manage their health.
Now in its fifth consecutive year, the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator works with up to 20 high potential SMEs over a 12-month period, providing bespoke support and advice, a programme of expert-led workshops and events, and brokering meaningful connections between innovators and NHS organisations with specific challenges.
Each SME is assigned an NHS Navigator, an experienced professional from the NHS with the expertise to share advice on products in development, NHS navigation and business models. Support focuses on areas specific to individual companies’ needs and may include helping to refine products to meet NHS need, showcasing innovations in health facilities and market access and navigation.
The companies successful in getting onto the Accelerator programme have been chosen through a rigorous and highly competitive selection process, involving expert NHS and industry panel assessments, interviews, and due diligence checks. This year saw an increase in the number and average score of the applications, making it the most competitive selection process since the programme began four years ago.
The NHS delivered programme – which is supported by the European Regional Development Fund – has supported some of the most effective digital innovations now being used by the NHS. Many of the digital products and services currently providing vital innovation, support and capacity to the NHS during the response to Covid-19, have come through DigitalHealth.London’s Accelerator programme.
Why has Vantage Health been chosen?
Vantage Health provides technology-driven solutions to the NHS as part of its mission to help transform the way healthcare is delivered. With a 12-year heritage, Vantage Health delivers outpatient transformation using a new tailored AI-powered solution – Rego – that helps GPs and dentists direct patients to the best care option by automating pathways. The first eRS compatible solution to be deployed in the NHS, Rego provides automated GP referrals in one efficient system, which reduces the complexity of outpatient pathway guidance and eliminates manual triage processes.
David Ezra, co-founder of Vantage Health, says: “DigitalHealth.London’s flagship Accelerator programme is the leading digital health programme out there, so we’re thrilled to be selected. Vantage Health is rooted in transforming the way healthcare is delivered, using technology and AI to help GPs and dentists direct patients to the best care options. Now more than ever, the NHS needs efficient solutions that work, so we’re looking forward to the guidance and expertise we’ll glean through the Accelerator programme – and in helping shape the future of London’s healthcare.”
Jenny Thomas, Programme Director, DigitalHealth.London said: “We are delighted to announce today the 20 digital health SMEs on our fifth DigitalHealth.London Accelerator cohort. After what was the most competitive selection process yet, it is clear that digital health in London is rapidly growing and supporting patients and our NHS and social care services.
“This year has been a defining moment for digital health as it has been at the forefront of the COVID-19 response and will continue to be part of our country’s recovery in the months and years ahead. These 20 SMEs are all ones to watch and we look forward to working with them and playing our part in supporting the NHS and social care through digital transformation.”
Other digital health innovators in this year’s DigitalHealth.London Accelerator cohort include patient self-management tools, femtech, digitising NHS processes and cutting-edge machine learning.
The full list of companies includes:
- ART Healthcare Software – psHEALTH’s software enables efficient processing of patient referrals, improves capacity planning and patient access.
- Concentric Health – A digital consent application, with remote consent functionality.
- Feebris – An Artificial Intelligence powered platform that enables carers to conduct high quality check-ups in communities, triage health issues proactively, and escalate concerns to clinician.
- Bleepa® – Feedback Medical’s CE marked digital medical imaging communications tool that enables clinicians to view and discuss patient cases at the touch of a button.
- FibriCheck – A certified solution for symptomatic/known Atrial Fibrillation (AF) patients, and a cost-effective, scalable detection tool for asymptomatic/intermittent patients.
- getUBetter – An evidence-based, CE marked, digital self-management platform for all common musculoskeletal injuries and conditions.
- EXi – An app that analyses user’s health and prescribes a personalised physical activity plan.
- Mendelian – A software solution that supports earlier diagnosis of rare diseases.
- Odin Vision – An Artificial Intelligence enabled applications for endoscopy and aids endoscopists to detect and characterise polyps during colonoscopy procedures.
- Oxehealth – A contact-free vision-based patient monitoring platform for use across inpatient and residential care facilities.
- patientMpower – Remote monitoring application across a range of pulmonary conditions, including pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, lung transplant and COVID-19.
- Patients Know Best – A platform that allows patients and professionals to access healthcare records – anytime, anywhere.
- Peppy Health – App that provides health support through life’s big transitions, such as becoming a parent, going through the menopause or going through a fertility journey.
- Phlo Digital Pharmacy – A rapid on-demand same-day pharmacy delivery service empowering patients to better manage their healthcare.
- Regimen – A digital therapy for the 30% of men struggling with erectile dysfunction.
- S12 Solutions – An app and website which helps Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) and s.12 doctors to efficiently complete Mental Health Act (MHA) processes.
- Solutions 4 Health – A CQC registered provider of both lifestyle and clinical services using artificial intelligence, digital health and clinical healthcare.
- Vantage Health – An Artificial Intelligence platform that transforms the referral process by helping clinicians to direct patients to the best care, based on pathway guidance.
- PocDoc – A digital platform and associated tests from Vital Signs Solutions that allow individuals to test themselves for major diseases using their smartphone, with results available immediately, see a full health assessment and have access to follow on care where required.
- VUI Diagnostics – A plug and play retinal screening device and companion software for simple, affordable and accurate retinal screening.
Tara Donnelly, chief digital officer at NHSX, adds: “The DigitalHealth.London Accelerator is part of a digital revolution in the NHS that continues rapidly to develop, and we will continue to support innovative organisations delivering ground-breaking work. This programme has established itself as an important player in supporting the NHS and social care to make the most of the opportunities digital healthtech offers.”
