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University of Warwick
Assistive Technologies (MAIN)
01 October 2010
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Programmeto
boost health
with innovative
technologies
By Dominic Musgrave
THE Universityof Warwick hasjoined
forces with NHSWest Midlands to
create the new Institute of Digital
Healthcare.
The five-year programme based in
the new International Digital
Laboratoryis aimed at improving
people's health and wellbeing
through the use of innovative
technologies.
their servicesfor people with long
term conditions.
"We will be working with the local
NHS,small businessesand others to
generate the evidence needed to
help policy makers,cliniciansand
patients decide how to invest in and
make best use of these new digital
healthcaretechnologies.
"This unique partnership providesus
with insight to design, develop,
deploy and evaluate a wide range of
The Institute is led by two codirectors,
healthcaretechnologies to addressa
professorof eHealth
range of healthcarescenarios."
innovation JeremyWyatt and
As part of the Institute'slaunch,
professorof healthcaretechnology
there are a seriesof international
Christopher James.
conferencesplanned over the next
Jeremysaid the Institute is tackling a
few years.The first, Advances in
number of issues,including the use
Digital Healthcare: Telehealthand
of monitoring and communication
Mobile Health, will take place on
devicesto support people in their
October 7.
own homes, and improving the
The aim is to review research
communicationwithin and between
activitiesand achievementin
health and social care teams.
telehealth and mobile health in the
He added: "After many pilot studies,
West Midlands and beyond.
we are now in a position to design
The conferencewill include invited
and carry out large scale rigorous
trials to answer key generic questions speakerspresenting on key aspects
of digital healthcareas well as a
about how health systemsshould
variety of oral presentationsand
use these technologiesto improve
posters.
the quality, efficiency and safety of