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Explore our innovation pipeline and discover cutting-edge health and care innovations from the South West region and beyond.

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All innovations have been reviewed and assessed by the Health Innovation South West Innovation team. Please note, all product information and product resources have been provided directly by the innovator. Whilst Health Innovation South West attempts to validate the content, we cannot be held responsible for inaccuracies.

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Category	Products and services that:
Digitalising the system	– Trigger a shift from paper-based working to digital working. – Increase patient access to information, records, remote and assistive technology – Includes population-based intelligence systems
Greater support and resource for primary care	– Release GP capacity – Make GP practices more effective and efficient places to work
Health inequities	– Help close health equity gaps in access to care, quality of care, opportunity for a healthy life and agency in managing individual health
Improving system flow	– Reduce time spent in hospital and delayed transfers of care – Help navigation of the urgent care system to prevent admissions – Identify bed availability across the system
Independence and prevention	– Improve the physical, mental and emotional wellbeing of individuals and carers – Are targeted both at healthy people to keep them well and prevent illness, and also people at risk of disease or deterioration
Operational excellence	– Improve effectiveness and efficiency of ‘back-office’ non-clinical systems – Reduce variation and duplication in processes – Help organisations do things better, faster, safer, cheaper
Patient activation and self-care	– Support people with an existing diagnosis to manage their condition and maximise their wellbeing – Use of support and education to increase patient activation that will reduce likelihood of exacerbation
Patient safety and quality improvement	– Increase the quality and safety of clinical services, improves patient experience and outcomes, reduces serious incidents and side effects
Workforce resource optimisation	– Support recruitment or the creation of new roles – Increase productivity of the workforce and cross functional integration – Offer new technologies that plug gaps in workforce (e.g. AI in diagnostics)

Stage	Products and services that:
In Development	In process of being developed and/or undergoing preliminary testing, including proof of concept and small-scale pilots (usually delivered in a controlled environment).
Under initial evaluation	In process of being evaluated and/or seeking first pilot site to validate findings in a real-world setting.
Ready for deployment	Deployed in at least one site and seeking additional sites for further validation of efficacy and impact.
Proven innovation	Fully market ready solution. Adopted across multiple sites with evidence of reproducibility of impacts.

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