Hosted by LEAP, a Digital Health Hub for the South West and Wales
LEAP’s events will focus on four key themes that make up their upcoming research funding call. Objectives include:
- Provide background information about the call and application process
- Introduce the Hub’s research themes with overviews from key problem owners
- Collaboratively develop new project ideas through activities and discussion
- Facilitate connections between professionals from academia, industry and healthcare who share expertise or interest in the themes
- Announce the application process for the Hub’s Fellowship schemes
Consumer electronics including smartphone, wearable and video technologies put powerful computing and sensing capabilities in the hands of patients and health & social care professionals alike. Digital health (and care) opportunities include:
- Predicting exacerbations of chronic conditions.
- Image and video analytics for conditions such as eye health, hearing loss, cardiovascular health and skin lesions.
- Facilitating remote interaction between professionals and patients.
- Evidencing benefits and side-effects of new therapies and interventions, from pharmaceuticals to physiotherapy, to talking therapies and social care support.