Innovations Showcase

Cervical cancer is one of the most common forms in the UK, killing more than 1300 women a year. Despite this the cancer can be easily detected by regular examinations and, if caught early enough, treated and cured. Due to the embarrassment and discomfort caused by the procedure however, thousands of woman each year avoid taking the test.

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Hypodermic Needle Disposal Cabinet

Medical Devices

These cabinets can be installed in needle exchange centres, pharmacies, primary care trusts, hospitals, A&E departments, GP surgeries, dentists, public toilets and bars & clubs or anywhere that would benefit from the safe and secure disposal of used hypodermic needles, syringes and related paraphernalia.

MAX - Infection Control Guide

Software / IT

A cartoon animation explaining the importance of proper hand-washing for healthcare workers and patients is the first innovation to be turned into a commercial product by Health Enterprise East.

Laindon Survival Model

Software / IT

The Laindon Survival Model has been developed to enable patients to make a more informed choice about their healthcare. This mortality assessment technology translates the percentage risk of cardiovascular disease from the varying presentations of particular patients. Every patient has their own view of acceptable and unacceptable risk, and what interventions they would tolerate or avoid. This software allows patients to visually see the impact of their life-style habits and also the benefit of available interventions.

INR Relay

Service Delivery

INR RELAY is a fully automated centralised dial-out telephone service which converts laboratory INR results, warfarin dose information and clinic appointment times to a voice message which is then automatically telephoned out to the patient.

Service Delivery

The Diabetes Weight Management Resource Pack is an A4 ring bound folder especially developed to assist diabetic patients with weight management.

CICERO

Service Delivery

The technology now exists for the better sharing of experience of individual case outcomes - on an international basis using the internet to create and populate a registry or database of case reports. CICERO is a proposal to create a universal database on the net, with online access to accredited contributors, where individual case reports of treatment outcomes and serious adverse events can be recorded - initially for patients with haematological malignancy.

Encopresis Resource Pack

Service Delivery

The resource pack is designed to be used by front line staff working with children with learning disabilities who have constipation or encopresis. The pack design is based around 8 flow charts representing developmental stages in the helping process and one summary chart. Each stage is broken down in three parts: aims, actions and resources. For each flow chart there is an overview chart which can be filled in with the key points and shared with parents.

Butterfly Dressing

Medical Devices

Reliable vascular access is one of the most essential features of modern medical care. Central venous catheters (CVCs) are being increasingly used to provide long-term venous access as around 5 million CVCs are purchased each year in the US. These devices are indispensable, but their use is far from problem free.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the US estimates that the average rate of CVC-associated bloodstream infections (BSIs) is 250,000 per year at an estimated cost of $25,000 per episode. The annual cost of caring for patients with CVC-associated BSIs ranges from $296 million to $2.3 billion in the US alone.