SBRI FAST – Automated Staff Deployment of pharmacy staff in a hospital setting. A new Medicines Optimisation Automated Staff Deployment Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competition has been launched by the Department of Health (DoH) and Department for Economy (DfE) in Northern Ireland. The competition is seeking to source new innovative technology solutions to enable the
Read more ...The Department of Health (Northern Ireland) has launched two new Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) competitions to stimulate the development of innovative technology solutions to optimise patient health and social care outcomes through staff deployment and improved medication management.
Read more ...An event by Invest NI and Enterprise Europe NI will focus on funding opportunities from the Technology Strategy Board and Framework Programme 7. For stratified medicine up to £7.5m will be invested in the development of novel and innovative diagnostic tests and assessments. Forthcoming FP7 themes will be considered.
Read more ...The Technology Strategy Board and the Department of Health have announced £7.5 million in funding for three R&D programmes focusing on diagnosis and management of sepsis, a life-threatening illness caused by the body overreacting to an infection. Part of the Detection and Identification of Infectious Agents (DIIA) Innovation Platform, New Funding for Sepsis Detection and
Read more ...The fifth theme of the Health Innovation Challenge Fund is Infection Response Systems: Development and application of technology for prevention, diagnosis, intervention and control of infection. The Challenge Infectious diseases account for over a fifth of human deaths globally and Health Innovation Challenge Fund – Infection Response Systems was last modified: June 28th, 2011 by
Read more ...The fourth theme of the Health Innovation Challenge Fund is Smart Surgery: Innovative technologies or interventions to reduce, replace or refine invasive surgical procedures. The Health Innovation Challenge Fund is a five-year parallel funding partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health to stimulate the creation of innovative healthcare products, technologies and interventions, and facilitate their
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