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On this episode, Kaleigh Hartigan, CEO and founder who has created fertility mapper joins the show. It’s powered by user reviews and provides clarity to those seeking fertility treatments. Kaleigh also reveals their newest tool to help those pursuing NHS support for fertility. The NHS IVF tool, breaks down complex criteria, to offer any person who needs it a comprehensive understanding of their eligibility for NHS treatment.
Having worked extensively in the NHS and also the WHO before developing Fertility Mapper, she advised private equity firms on health investments. Going on to adult social care, her experience, seeing those struggling to find support, prompted her entrepreneurial streak. Hear about her previous roles and learnings, how their platform empowers people looking for fertility support, how they built and plan to grow in the future.
Discover:
How Kayleigh began a 20-year stint in health, including roles at WHO and with NHS England
How she began Fertility Mapper to empower people on their fertility journey
Why she developed an NHS IVF eligibility calculator & the fertility clinic review system
How her work in private equity revealed the different players in the delivery of healthcare
Why she decided not to move into chronic conditions despite her experience in digital health
What the process of finding and receiving fertility treatment looks like for most patients
How the Fertility Mapper website provides people with a cadre of support and information
How Fertility Mapper seeks personalised feedback from patients on their fertility journey
How they structure their patient feedback through a review and metric system
How Fertility Mapper reviews are raising standards at Fertility Clinics
How they’re creating a system of financial transparency in clinics
How they’re deciphering policy documents for universal access to fertility treatment
Her thoughts on digital and the women’s health arena
What the future of her product and its uses in other areas of health
Guest: Kaleigh Hartigan
Website: www.fertilitymapper.com
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, we have CEO Bruce Elliot from Memory Lane games. It all started as a chat in a humble pub with his co-founder, where they began to discuss their own mothers and how much joy they gained from reminiscing over old photos. Recognising the value of conversation for those with dementia and cognitive decline, they have utilised a gamification model with photos and images in an app.
Learn about the journey to over 50k downloads and users in 100 countries, how they can utilise digital biomarkers in neurological conditions, how working with the Mayo clinic in the USA is helping to scale the platform and the story behind their popular game about the iconic London underground.
Discover:
How Bruce’s wisdom was developed during the dot.com boom
How visual, cognitive, and emotional stimuli is connected to fine motor skills
How stimulating memories on Vancouver and Sheffield, led to over 3000 games for those with dementia
How users can search for recognisable cities from across the world to use the app
How their premium service uses family photos and data
How collaborating with the Alzheimer Association helped them test and modify the app
How the games are designed to encourage conversation, not high scores
How an elderly patient was able to overcome a traumatic experience using the app
How the app can maintain or reduce the severity of symptoms in patients
How collaborations with Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University is scaling their product
How the app can track deteriorations in users with 7 clinical data points
How their game play data has the potential to serve as healthcare data for early interventions
How hyper-personalisation is what keeps the app competitive
Guest: Bruce Elliot
LinkedIn: Memory Lane Games
Website: https://memorylanegamesdirect.com/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, CEO and co-founder Kelly Klifa joins the show to discuss Ally Health. It’s a company that uses digital scheduling with a track and trace type system to bring clinical care to the home. No stranger to entrepreneurship, she is the founder of Testing for All, a company with an annual turnover of £29 million, which became the leading Covid-19 platform for connecting laboratories and home testing. They started with just one partner, and ended with eight labs processing between 8K and 10K tests a day.
Ally Health utilises a similar tech to ensure that community nursing workflow is optimised replacing traditional systems that meet demand with less efficiently. It also brings the ability for patients to have real-time updates about their nursing visits.
Discover:
How Kelly developed her first successful venture, Testing for All through the pandemic
How her mission to make Testing for All accessible and affordable succeeded
How they built real-time integrations across the logistical journey for transparency
How the development of Testing for All and the experience of Covid-19 led to the creation of Ally Health
How the limits of remote healthcare and the importance of nursing led them to Ally Health
How Ally Health can replace an inefficient paper-based system for mobile and community nursing
How they created a platform to aggregate nurses and create an on-demand scheduling system
How their solution can help support nurses with their workload by helping to get nurses in the right places which suit their competences
How homebound patients are now able to track their nurse visits with up-to-date visibility
How for agency nurses the platform creates a ‘gig economy’ to improve their access to work
How the platform is reducing admin work in the NHS
How their current pathways include preventative medicine and preoperative care
How they’re moving towards offering a supply-based resource search for nursing
Guest: Kelly Klifa
LinkedIn: Ally Health
Website: Ally Health
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode Dr Patrick Hart joins the show, he is the clinical operations lead at Concentric Health. We delve into how Concentric is pioneering change in surgical operations and procedures. It streamlines how patients and clinicians navigate the consent process, reducing errors and delays in operations, integrating with electronic health record systems, and ultimately leading to better informed patients. The company is the market leader for digital consent in the UK, offering standardised consent forms for over 2000 operations across various NHS hospitals.
Discover:
How Patrick pivoted from medical training to health technology
How he became a ‘founder associate’ at Concentric and what responsibilities and opportunities it has offered
How Concentric Health was developed by surgeons frustrated with archaic paper-based patient forms
How this digital solution prevents basic errors in information that can cause delays and cancellations
How increased medical-legal cases over the last 15 years have prompted a discussion on the field of consent in medicine
How the current organisational structure of colour coding consent forms often leaves clinicians stressed and overworked
How junior doctors and staff have praised the platform for providing standardised information at their fingertips
How a medical professional uses the platform and the customisable options they have available
How enhancing patient conversations not replacing them is the focus of digitalisation
How their internal monitoring continues to make the product more efficient for users
How their biggest competitor became the status quo, not a competing product
How Concentric are using several access touchpoints to make integration as seamless as possible
Guest: Dr Patrick Hart
Website: https://concentric.health/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, Vinay is joined by co-founder Umaima Ahmad, to discuss their startup 52North and their ambitious tech that powers a life-saving product. Neutrocheck is device for those undergoing chemotherapy and who are at risk of neutropenic sepsis. With a background in financial law, Umaima and her team of co-founders were inspired to solve a problem that is a serious side-effect for those needing crucial treatment for cancer. Hear all about their journey to creating the product and how it all took off after a small grant of only ten thousand pounds.
Discover:
How Umaima’s mid-career Masters led to the development of 52North
How her background as a financial lawyer gave her the transferable skills to become an entrepreneur
How a Cambridge University mentorship programme offered them their first investment
How they developed a product to diagnose neutropenic sepsis, a common side effect of chemotherapy without unnecessary A&E visits
How Neutrocheck, their product and app, can save time, money, and lives in cancer care
How using COVID-19 lateral flow kits as a stimulus helped them brainstorm a solution for diagnosing Neutropenic Sepsis
How branching out into digital and AI is being tempered by targets for accessibility and health equity
How patient feedback and input from medical professionals has been essential in building the solution
How they became the first product to be fully endorsed by the MacMillan Cancer Trust in 100 years
How Neutrocheck could reduce costs to the NHS by around £70 million
How they are beginning to explore new avenues for detecting disease using their portable low-cost device
Guest: Umaima Ahmad
Website: https://52north.health/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, Adam Robinson joins the show to share how his diverse background including working with Tesco and Spotify, led him to found Surgery Hero. The company was developed to tackle mental and physical issues that can reduce the effectiveness of surgery due to various aspects such as anxiety, weight management, alcohol use and more. They provide their patients with education, coaching and digital tools that can reduce cancellations, hospital stays, and rehabilitation times. With the evidence showing that good perioperative care can improve patient outcomes by more than 50%, their goal is to have 100 million people have successful surgeries. Adam takes us through the targets for the business, their vision for the expansion of the product, and how his own experience impacted the development of the product.
Discover::
How working with Tesco became one of the most creative times of his career
His thoughts on what companies understand about the necessity of UX/UI
His impressions on digital transformation in healthcare & the NHS
How they noticed a gap in the market for supporting surgical procedures
How they connected perioperative care and lifestyle changes with patient outcomes
How Surgery Hero is delivered as a ‘B to B to C’ model through their app
What you’d expect to find on the Surgery Hero app if you were facing a surgical procedure
How Wayne Rooney and Brad Pitt fit into their user design!
How they’re using behavioural change methods to foster lifestyle changes in the app
How they’ve built a market in the UK across 12 NHS sites
Guest: Adam Robinson
Website: https://www.surgeryhero.com/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, Vinay Shankar is joined by Athena Doshi, founder of Celeste, a medication diagnostic tool. The company aims to tackle the gender gap in health, to provide prescriptions that fit physiology to improve outcomes in women’s health. Celeste aims not only to bridge the gap, but decrease wastage and eliminate the time it takes to treat a patient with the optimal drug. The platform works seamlessly with healthcare systems to provide a holistic approach to diagnostics and prescriptions. Learn all about it, and why Athena believes the ExactRx platform is a crucial infrastructure piece for healthcare systems.
Learn about:
How she began her first company at college as a response to a medical mission trip in Tanzania
How she is using the principle of co-design to develop Celeste as a holistic standard of care
How Celeste is addressing the gender data health gap and its disproportionate impact on women
How Celeste’s diagnostic tool called ExactRx, is addressing the experiences patients have with medication to produce better health outcomes
How the tool automates existing guidelines
How the underpinning research for Celeste is pharmacometabolomics, an area the co-founder specialises in
How Celeste can be used by clinicians to better inform their prescriptions
How Athena is focussed on pitching Celeste as an infrastructure system for healthcare systems
Guest: Athena Doshi
Website: Celeste
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode we have Louise O'Mahony, who is the head of customer success at EXI. She shares her transformative journey from managing exercise referral services to working with the National Diabetes Prevention Program and now working on the EXI platform. EXI has been built to integrate with existing technologies to create a seamless pathway to prescribing exercise and holistic fitness. The app simplifies the task of prescribing exercise for people, including those with long-term conditions, acknowledging all achievements. The data leveraged from the app is designed to help medical professionals review exercise regimes easily while continually refining the AI in the platform for better outcomes.
On the show, you will discover::
Louise’s background in exercise and nutrition
How the EXI platform works and its approach to prescription-based fitness
How the word ‘prescription’ is influencing the role that exercise plays in health
How market research plays a crucial role in patient engagement
Louise discusses EXI’s decision to become a Class 1 medical device
How rewards on the EXI platform are used to promote healthy behaviours
How employers using the platform are exploring new opportunities for their employees
Louise touches on the benefits of human connection to improve health outcomes
How setting achievable goals is an essential part of healthy lifestyle changes
Guest: Louise O'Mahony
Website: https://www.exi.life/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
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On this episode, we welcome Alastair Murray who is the chief pharmacist at Phlo. He was started his healthtech journey at Echo, the digital pharmacy that was later acquired by Lloyds Pharmacy. Phlo aims to provide a safer, error-free prescriptions-based system. Its API creates seamless connections with existing client’s software and the distinctive Phlo Connect system uses AI to track availability, stock, and price. Learn all about Alistair’s journey, the experiences he gained scaling Echo, how Phlo works and their unique tech, and their ambitious plans to transform medication dispensing.
On the show, you will discover::
How Alastair began working in the pharmacy world
His insights on Phlo, a digital prescribing platform
How utilising modern technology is an essential part of modernising healthcare
The key differences between Phlo’s proprietary Phlo Connect data system and paper-based methods
How the API system and safety protocols they’ve developed ensure consumer safety
How finding a team of like-minded has been a challenge for Phlo
How Phlo has developed various points of contact for patients
And much more…
Guest: Alastair Murray
Website: https://wearephlo.com/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
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On this episode, Dr Peter Fish, the CEO of Mendelian joins the show. Their mission is to make it easier for clinicians to diagnose rare diseases. Their AI based platform can sift through medical records to discover more than 100 rare conditions. As a serial entrepreneur, he has built and invested in various tech companies, combining his medical background with his passion for the tech industry. Learn about his investment experience starting at the age of 18, why they created the product, how it works, their journey to development, and their ambitious plans for addressing rare diseases, which seem to be not as rare as we think.
On the show, you’ll find out:
Peter’s background and experience in molecular genetics
How he became a serial entrepreneur in South Africa at just 18
What Peter learnt from failures and success in entrepreneurship
How optimism and a can-do attitude are essential attributes for entrepreneurs
How Mendelian began life in California with a few software engineers and a clinician
How they decided to tackle the ‘diagnostic odyssey’ affecting those with rare diseases
How research into disease and genetics mean that rare diseases may become more prevalent in the future
How MendelScan is identifying patients with patterns of symptoms to provide better diagnosis and/or treatment
How all their algorithms use deep clinical data in their iterations
How their NHS pilots have allowed them to scan 700 000 patient files records so far
How their work earned them the NHS AI Award 2023
Guest: Dr Peter Fish
Website: https://www.mendelian.co/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
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On this episode we have Dom Raban, the CEO of Xploro, a digital therapeutics platform. As a result of his daughter developing and then beating cancer as a child, he was inspired to create the company to help young people better understand their health condition. The platform uses augmented reality, games, chatbots, and AI to deliver health content to children and young adults in a more meaningful way. This improves satisfaction and health outcomes. Learn about his design background, developing the product, the key features and research, expanding into world markets, and how they plan to bring the product to adults.
On the show, you’ll find out:
How Dom began his career in design and UX in the 80s
How his daughter's cancer diagnosis inspired the development of Xploro
How noticing his daughter’s resistance to treatment was a consequence of little to no age-appropriate information
How Xploro's uses 3D avatars to improve a child's care & understanding
How games, gamification and AR can help a children’s familiarity with their diagnosis and treatment
How Xploro’s content is based on research into improved prognosis based on informed patients
How content is created in partnership with children and medical professionals
How their subscription fee is based on content configuration and not number of users
The differences between the US and the UK market in patient care
The future of the product for both children and young adults into 2024
Guest: Dom Raban
Website: https://www.xploro.health/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
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In this episode, Vinay talks to Brian Plackis Cheng, CEO of OpenRad, a teleradiology service. The company brings radiology reporting services to the cloud. It enables all medical imaging interpretation to happen remotely, allows easier collaboration with clinical colleagues and patients can access their scans through the patient portal. Brian is a specialist in scaling tech companies, with a deep passion for defining the future of radiology. As a serial entrepreneur, he has brought his expertise in AI, the cloud and online media to OpenRad.
On the show you’ll find out:
What is OpenRad?
How OpenRad was designed to tackle the growing shortage of radiologists
The need to improve access to radiologists remotely and across the world
How traditional reporting is moving to the cloud to aid collaboration
How patient portals can lead to empowerment
How automation and AI can help the healthcare workforce
How solutions like OpenRad can decrease burnout and increase workload distribution
Brian’s experience in developing cloud-based apps and elderly care
How AI is becoming an important tool in diagnostics
How OpenRad has the capacity to create huge savings for hospitals
Brian Plackis Cheng: Brian Plackis Cheng:
Website: https://www.openrad.com/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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Lucy Jung is the CEO of Charco Neurotech, a start-up that has created a non-invasive device for improving symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. The CUE1 device uses vibrotactile stimulation through a small electronic device placed on the chest. It’s a unique device inspired by the famous neurologist Dr Charcot and already has 16 000 patients on the waiting list. Learn about her story starting from developing the product while doing her Masters at Imperial College London, her focus on using tech to help with long-term conditions, and all the detail about developing the product.
On the show, you’ll discover:
How Lucy believes in the power of tech to improve quality of life
How meeting a man with Parkinson’s changed her research focus
How she developed Charco Neurotech’s mission statement
How keeping patients at the centre of their work drives innovation
How the CUE1 works and its development from interview-based research
How the device uses vibrotactile stimulation
How users have reported better balance, posture, decreased tremors and better sleep
What challenges Charco Neurotech faced and overcame
Lucy’s advice for other healthtech entrepreneurs
Guest: Lucy Jung
Website: https://charconeurotech.com
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, we have Lisa Patel, who is the CEO and co-founder of the drug discovery & development company Istesso. They work in the emerging field of immunometabolism, harnessing the connection between immunology & metabolism to help a patient return to their natural rhythm. Lisa wanted to further her passion to eliminate conditions like rheumatoid arthritis by creating a ‘first in class’ medication that could change the way we treat autoimmune conditions. Hear about her experiences from working at a world-class pharma company, her views on being mentioned in a leading financial column, the role of big tech in drug discovery and her advice for entrepreneurs in the STEM field.
On the show, you’ll find out:
How Lisa’s experience at GlaxoSmithKline helped her start Istesso
How Istesso has successfully gained support from Innovate UK
How Lisa’s motivation to create efficient and effective medical solutions is powering Istesso’s work
How patient care became a driving force of drug development at Istesso
How she developed an arsenal of new skills as an entrepreneur
How restoring the body’s ‘natural rhythm’ is a core part of immunometabolism research
How Istesso is developing a new drug that could replace a common drug with many side effects used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
Her passion for solving the ongoing symptoms of patients suffering from autoimmune diseases
How deep tech and AI are helping in clinical trials and drug research
Her advice for women wanting to enter STEM careers or become entrepreneurs in the field
LinkedIn: Lisa Patel
Website: https://istesso.co.uk/
Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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Dr Abdullah Albeyatti is a GP and founder of two healthtech companies. Medicalchain harnesses blockchain technology to provide patients with access to their medical records on multiple levels of healthcare, removing barriers and enabling patients to be at the centre of their health. MyClinic is a telemedical solution created within three weeks of the Covid pandemic starting. It is now used in 78 countries and has unique clinician-inspired features. Discover the lessons learned through his entrepreneur journey, his insights on the intersection of medicine and tech, and the importance of empowering patients.
On the show, you’ll discover:
How Dr Albeyatti found his calling as a GP in 2018
How challenging systems were essential to becoming an entrepreneur
His experience in a Leeds Cardiology department where he built his website to standardise discharge summaries
How standardising discharge forms led to the development of Medicalchain
How Medicalchain helped create patient partnerships with doctors
How patient-held health records empower patients
How using Blockchain ensures the authenticity of medical records
How they developed MyClinic into a virtual waiting room for patients and practitioners
What Dr Abdullah has learned in over five years in Healthtech and as a digital health entrepreneur
How networks, whether employees or mentors are essential parts of your success
Get to grips with how Dr Abdullah Albeyetti became a two-time founder – putting his logical brain to the task of creating more effective and efficient processes for medical systems worldwide.
LinkedIn:Dr Abdullah Ableyatti
Website: https://medicalchain.com
Website: https://www.myclinic.com
Connect with Vinay: Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
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On this episode, we have Benyamin, a Doctor and co-founder of Deep Medical. He developed the idea for the company in 2020 alongside his co-founder, David Hanbury, who is an AI engineer. They wanted to help utilise appointments in healthcare more efficiently while being focused on finding solutions that were people-centred.
Using AI, Deep Medical is designed to better understand human behaviour and predict who might be at risk of missing their appointments with 90% accuracy. We talk about Benyamin’s journey to developing the product, how the product works, their current rollout and their ongoing ambition to reduce health inequalities.
On the show, you’ll find out:
Benyamin’s experience as a junior doctor
How he started his own business in standardising care
How he’s used AI and a patient-centric approach to find out how to prevent missed appointments
How Benyamin found medicine despite a love of Maths & Economics
How he found radiology through his passion for digital innovation
How moving to the US allowed him to assess a tech-based approach to medicine
How looking at demographic data helped him understand the barriers to appointment attendance
How inequality, class and local environments are key to AI-based appointment allocation
How he and his co-founder David combined their knowledge of machine learning and clinical care to develop Deep Medical
and much much more!
Website: http://www.deep-medical.ai/
LinkedIn: Dr Benyamin Deldar
LinkedIn: David Hanbury
Connect with Vinay: Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co/
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Dr Anas Nader is the Co-Founder of Patchwork Health, a digital solution that connects NHS organisations to an increasing number of healthcare workers, reducing dependency on locum agencies and improving the experience of flexible working in the NHS. Learn about Anas's career journey, which he currently describes as three acts in a theatre show, why he left medicine, how they built and tested their tech at a large hospital and some key learning points on their digital health start-up journey so far.
Patchwork Health is a healthcare cloud-based workforce management application. Patchwork Health offers digital tools for rota creation, e-rostering, employee engagement, management of temporary staffing banks, collaborative staff banks, and vendor management. In addition, the clinical community is a source of extra capacity.
"People are to be treated with the level of value and respect that they deserve, including giving them the choice and empowerment to make a choice for themselves of how to work and where to work."
Patchwork Health works with over 60 NHS partners across the UK to solve workforce issues since the medical career flexibility for clinicians who want to develop their multi-potentiality. They put flexibility and humanism at the centre of staffing systems through their end-to-end workforce management. Doctors in collaboration with the NHS created it to save millions in recruiting agency fees and enhancing interaction with healthcare professionals.
Patchwork Health https://www.patchwork.health/
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Owain is a former NHS surgeon and founder at Cinapsis. It’s communications platform that enables GPs and clinicians to access support from specialists easily. Doctors can access the service through an app or directly through their primary care electronic health record system like EMIS or Systmone. It saves time, improves the patient journey and can save money.
What you will learn in this episode:
What is Cinapsis?
Cinapsis is a clinical communication platform that makes it easy for clinicians to communicate and securely share information. Typically, those are clinicians who work in different organisations. The most common example is a GP or a nurse in the community who wants to get advice from a consultant who works in their local hospital. So it's used within and between hospitals.
What distinguishes it from other platforms?
The focus is on user experience. The platform is where you get advice without thinking about how to get it. It is quick and easy, and everything is automatically recorded into the patient record. So, for example, it's effortless to take a picture on your mobile and send it to a consultant to have a conversation.
Tech Integration in the NHS
Integration took time. The platform wasn't integrated during its first launch. It only works if it integrates on the primary care side and secondary care side and with all NHS systems.
How to Build Good Tech in Primary Care
Listening to the people who use the technology is crucial, and it is an ongoing process. Clinicians tend to make the worst mistakes. But, they just make and find workarounds. Ask your users about their problems, and keep checking and improving. Some clinicians are really good at giving feedback, but many are too busy. So it's about listening and having empathy.
The Future of Cinapsis
The problem that Cinapsis is solving is enabling clinicians to get advice for patients quickly. Over the next five years, getting that right will transform how patients receive care. Making communication between clinicians in all parts of the health system as easy and as smooth as possible is a big challenge for the next five years.
Get to know more about Cinapsis better by visiting their website at www.cinapsis.org
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Ben is a family dentist, and the founder of the Brush DJ app. Inspired in his early career, he created an app bringing together music and the simplicity of brushing teeth for two minutes into an app downloaded almost half a million times. He shares how he created it from mockups using a ruler and compass, how he has hundreds of 5-star reviews with almost no marketing spend, and his ongoing passion for improving oral health.
What you will learn in this episode:
What is Brush DJ?
Brush DJ is a free smartphone app developed by dentist Ben Underwood that plays two-minute music from the user’s streaming device to make brushing teeth fun. It also has features wherein you can set reminders for brushing twice a day, flossing, and even a reminder on when to see a dentist, hygienist, and many more.
Where did the idea of Brush DJ come from?
The idea started in the 90s when Ben was a dental student. He had a patient who wasn’t cleaning their teeth very well, so they tried different methods for motivation. Finally, they came up with the idea of listening to a song while brushing their teeth.
What’s the scale of the problem?
There is a huge problem for children who require general anaesthetic due to the removal of teeth due to decay. It’s a global problem affecting adults too.
What was the design process for Brush DJ?
When it comes to its user interface, he wanted to make it accessible. Ben drew the design personally using a ruler and a compass, creating a variety of mockups. The app was built for both Android and iOS devices.
How is Brush DJ funded?
Ben personally invested money into building the application, and he also had the opportunity to get a grant from NHS Innovation Accelerator Program and SBRI. In addition, they recently did some work with Health Innovation Manchester, where they built an e-learning package for non-dental health care professionals.
What is Brush DJ’s current performance?
Brush DJ has reached approx. half a million downloads. The app also had the opportunity to reach about 270 countries and is extremely popular, with users leaving very positive reviews.
Are there any plans to incorporate other features?
Ben mentioned that he wants to add more about behaviour change techniques. They want the app to have behavioural techniques. He also wants to improve the design and improve the app for the better.
Get to know more about Brush DJ Platform better by visiting their website at https://www.brushdj.com/
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Grace Gimson is the co-founder of Holly Health, a coaching app to support wellbeing. Grace came from a family of engineers and is naturally drawn to solving problems through creating products or services. The unsolved issues surrounding the health industry attracted her to build Holly Health. Learn about her story, how it all works, their challenges and their vision.
What you will learn in this episode:
What is Holly Health?
Holly Health is a digital app that aims to help people by being their personal lifestyle coach. It provides support in everyday life and guides people to proactive health.
Holly bird will be your friend and a personal coach. At first, it will be asking a few questions to build a profile. Next, this will lead to Holly bird providing suggestions based on previous research and evidence. Finally, it will provide coaching, reflection exercises, meditations, and articles to help you have proactive health.
How does Holly bird work?
Holly Bird will ask about sleep, mental health, diet, one's connection with food, and physical activity. It then aims to develop a prioritisation system depending on your motives and where you are right now. Lastly, it will help to encourage the person based on that information.
Are there any expected pilot or research outcomes?
There have been studies. They've seen excellent outcomes in reducing problematic eating habits, stress eating, and sustainable weight management. They are also focusing on sleep behaviours. They've begun a series of trial projects with GP surgeries across the country, and they want to collect more clinical outcomes from patients.
What are the ambitions for 2-3 years?
They'd like to make these treatments available to patients across the country, whether through weight management programs with a more psychological approach or mental health and eating disorder services. They developed it digitally yet welcoming and individualised to reach as many people as possible.
What are the struggles?
Challenges are inevitable. One of them is the process of education for clinicians and NHS commissioners. Nevertheless, they have been establishing some approaches to new evidence and applying mindfulness-based techniques to lifestyle behaviours.
Get to know more about Holly Health better by visiting their website at https://hollyhealth.io/.
Connect with Grace Gimson on LinkedIn or email her at [email protected]
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