The Health Innovation Network is delighted to announce the launch of Innovation Insights, a brand-new webinar series designed to highlight the latest in health innovation, offering attendees valuable insights into the adoption and spread of innovation within the health and care landscape.
Each interactive webinar will feature:
- Expert presentations: Delivered by thought leaders across the network.
- Interactive Q&A’s: An opportunity to engage directly with speakers.
- Key takeaways: Practical calls to action to help attendees apply what they’ve learned.
This series is free to attend and is open to everyone, regardless of role or organisation.
Simply click the registration link for any session you’d like to attend. All webinars will be hosted online, with joining instructions provided upon registration.
Upcoming Webinars
Applying health equity principles and addressing inequalities
Date: Tuesday, 11 March, 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Host: Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex
Health equity ensures that everyone has the opportunity to achieve their optimal level of health. This webinar will introduce the Ten Principles of Health Equity, developed by Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex, and demonstrate how they can be applied to promote equity across health and care systems. Attendees will hear real-world examples and engage in a Q&A with experts in the field.
Harnessing AI brain imaging to transform delivery of thrombectomy for stroke
Date: Tuesday, 18 March, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Hosted by: Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley
In January 2025 the UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer launched the government’s commitment to harness the power of artificial intelligence with a real-life story of a patient whose recovery following a stroke was transformed thanks to the use of AI technology.
Around 100,000 people in the UK experience a stroke each year, and that figure is expected to increase by 50% in the next decade. Stroke is the leading cause of disability; early identification, rapid decision-making and prompt treatment are essential to reduce brain damage and long-term disability. AI-supported imaging technology has enabled high-quality CT scans to be shared securely and quickly, is increasing timely referral for mechanical thrombectomy (MT) following strokes caused by blockage of a large artery in the brain. Six years ago barely a handful of stroke units in England were using AI brain imaging. Now all units are doing so. Over the same period use of MT has trebled, resulting in 1,000 more patients avoiding long-term disability annually. This success has been underpinned by strong local, regional and national collaboration alongside an extensive evaluation and implementation programme led by Health Innovation Oxford and Thames Valley.
The session is for anyone interested in transforming a patient pathway through the introduction of a digital innovation. Attendees will gain insights from regional and national clinical leaders, national commissioners, an industry partner and senior figures from the Health Innovation Network. They will learn how this approach to successful implementation can be applied in other clinical pathways.
Measuring benefits and impacts – An introduction
Date: Tuesday, 1 April, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Host: Health Innovation East Midlands
This hour long webinar will explore this fascinating and sometimes challenging subject of measuring the benefits and impacts of innovation in health and care. You will hear an overview of some of the issues involved in identifying benefits for patients, the workforce, and health and care organisations, and once identified, some of the challenges in measuring these.
The webinar will provide an overview for those new to measuring benefits in healthcare projects and will be a useful opportunity for reflection for those with more experience with innovation and improvement projects who would like more expose to helpful tools and ideas.
The session is open to anyone but may be of particular interest to those interested in change within the health and care system, and also to innovators, who are starting to think about how an innovation delivers impact.
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