Wales – Digital Health Ecosystem Wales

WALES - DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEM WALES

Overview

Digital Health Ecosystem Wales is a network connecting developers and companies with innovative digital health solutions with the NHS in Wales. It represents a collaboration between the Life Sciences Hub Wales and the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) and is funded through the Welsh Government’s Efficiency Through Technology Programme.

Objectives

DHEW aims include:

Accelerate the delivery and adoption of the latest digital solutions to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs
Create a pathway for access to health and care data through the development of APIs in a test environment.
Foster innovation from all stakeholders, encouraging cross-sector co-operation and implementation
Support the development of new products and services to drive business growth, job security and creation, ensuring prosperity for all

Key Links

Life Science Hub Wales
Accelerate – collaboration between Welsh universities and the Life Science Hub Wales aiming to speed-up the translation of ideas into new technology products and services for the health and care sector.
Special Interest Groups – collaborative opportunities to support the growth of the life sciences sector in Wales. Bringing together industry, NHS, academia and other partner organisations to drive forward a change in the way healthcare is delivered, the SIGs have the potential to progress curative treatments for a range of disease areas (e.g. Cell and Gene Therapy).