Congratulations to Isansys who were deserved winners of our second annual Best Public-Private Collaboration award. The prize was presented during the OBN awards night at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, on 1 October. The Isansys Patient Status Engine – a wireless patient monitoring platform which captures and analyses real-time data – has already won £1m in […]
SBRI Healthcare, an initiative led by Academic Health Science Networks to develop innovative products and services that address unmet health needs, has launched its latest clinically-led competition. Companies can secure up to £100,000 each in Phase 1 feasibility funding to develop products that reduce pressures on urgent and emergency care services. The competition closes on […]
Three successful partnerships have been shortlisted for the Oxford AHSN Best Public-Private Collaboration prize. The shortlisted entries (in no particular order) are: The DIABLO consortium Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Cranfield University and Cascade Technologies Ltd – Rapid detection of C. difficile infection at point of care applying laser sensor technology to healthcare Isansys Lifecare and […]
The Oxford Academic Health Science Network’s latest monthly newsletter includes information and updates on the following: the shortlisted entries in our annual partnership awards national recognition for a clinical innovation we’re backing key events including test beds briefing (15-17 Sep), TTIP and life sciences (24 Sep) and Get Physical (9 Dec) sustainability project partnership Alumni […]
The Oxford AHSN and Wessex AHSN are working hard on a joint submission to the NHS England test bed programme. Our focus is ‘Keeping people well and out of hospital using digital, diagnostic and precision medicine innovation’. We are in the process of identifying lead organisations and innovators to improve patient outcomes, experience and safety […]
The Oxford Academic Health Science Network’s August newsletter includes: a review of our successful first Alumni Summit success stories involving our patient leaders and anxiety & depression clinical network latest funding and training opportunities Read all the stories here > Subscribe here so that the next edition goes straight to your inbox.
The Oxford Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) is running a course to help current or future healthcare leaders develop new skills. The programme runs across two days in September and October in conjunction with the University of Oxford’s Said Business School: Monday 21 September (Modules 1 & 2) – Egrove […]
Partners of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network are being invited to take part in an independent survey. This feedback will help us better understand how we can best serve those with whom we collaborate. The survey is run by YouGov on behalf of NHS England. The deadline to complete it is 7 August. The […]
George Freeman MP, the Minister for Life Sciences, praised the Oxford Academic Health Science Network in his speech during our Alumni Summit. Speaking at the Ashmolean Museum on 9 July, Mr Freeman said: “Something very special is going on here in Oxford in this AHSN. “The life sciences sector is doing extraordinary things. It’s all built on […]
Headlines and highlights from our July newsletter include: feedback from our annual Partnership Council meeting – read more > our latest reports – Annual Review 2014/15 and Q1 2015/16 Our showcase highlights wealth of innovation Patient safety update: Q initiative Come and meet us at Venturefest We’re hosting our first international summit Nominations open for […]