AIRO

Future Healthcare NI have developed the AIRO Clinical Communicator, a web-based clinical task management dashboard, designed to improve the communication between doctors and nurses, which improves patient safety and reduces costs. The product is aimed at improving inefficiencies within current healthcare for example practices around paging systems through application of advances in data transfer and smart phone technology.

Annagh Ltd

Annagh develops devices which detect when a diabetic who lives on their own, or spend a lot of time on their own, is entering a hypoglycaemic event and alert nearby carers to check diabetic is medicated.

Diabetes has become a worldwide epidemic. The greatest fear for a diabetic is a hypoglycaemic event so they tend to keep blood glucose levels artificially high which leads to long term side effects such as retina, kidney and feet damage.

Where the diabetic does not have frequent human contact (living alone or partner away from home), a hypoglycaemic event can go untreated and the sufferer fall into a coma which can be fatal (although this is a rare occurrence the fear of this outcome is very real to diabetics). The highest risk is present overnight while sleeping. An alarm would give the diabetic and loved ones greater peace of mind and a better quality of life.

Aventura Ltd

Aventura provides personal and organisational effectiveness tools that help people to fulfil their roles and goals. A key part of this is self-management of daily activities and a healthy lifestyle. The aim is to help people to make more informed and timely choices in their daily activities, whether at work or in any aspect of their lives. We work with healthcare specialists and other experts to provide guidance on areas for improvement.

www.aventura.co.uk
kd@aventura.co.uk

07968-786420

Clearway Medical Limited
Clearway Medical Limited is a research and development company established February 2006, primarily focusing upon the development of therapeutics, devices and novel technology solutions aimed at key areas within the respiratory health sector.

Clearway Medical is developing a number of products and services that will address niche opportunities in the respiratory market including management and monitoring of respiratory disease state, dosage monitoring for inhaled therapeutics, reducing the impact of environmental triggers and encouraging positive patient behaviour.

Intra-Health Designers

We are a collective of designers from various disciplines who provide a design service in new product development, 3d visualisation and design communication within the clinical centre. We work with clinical partners, both public and private sector, on a broad range of projects assisting them articulate or solve unmet needs. It is recognised globally that engagement with design is directly related to increased growth and wealth within a knowledge economy and similar to healthcare is all about people. Our collaborative model is an innovation within the Healthcare system and aims to stimulate new inventions and enterprise opportunities at the centre of patient care and engagement, bringing ideas to reality and improving the provision of healthcare through good design.

Digit-Ease

DIGITEASE is a research team formed to address issues around care and treatment of patients with Rheumatoid arthritis (RA).  Ongoing work incorporates the development of an intelligent computing system which consists of a wearable glove measurement tool and a 3D interface. The computing system is designed to enable more accurate measurement of movement in the human hand than current techniques.

The system will provide:

• Increased accuracy of movement for analysis by consultants, eliminating the need for manual measurement or dependence on patient’s memory.
• Reduced valuable time spent by all medical staff assessing patients and taking measurements; leading to increased time to care/talk with patients and increased potential for increased efficiency savings in the NHS.
• Less stressful for patient as measurements are recorded at home during everyday living, less intrusive.
• Monitor/evaluate exercise done by patient between visits, potentially reducing rate of progression RA.
• Up to 50% of RA patients lose jobs within 5 years of diagnosis.  If exercise can be increased through less intrusive monitoring (by remotely recording movement and exercises undertaken) this could lead to more RA patients being economically active for longer than 5 years.
• Annual medical cost of RA patient estimated at £3,600 in 1992.  It is feasible to suggest that this would be nearer £4,000 per annum by 2011.  If RA patient can continue to be economically active for longer as a result of better monitoring then they are helping to offset economic burden on NHS and are greatly improving their own self-confidence and self-worth during a very difficult period of their lives.

Gen-X Healthcare Ltd

Gen-X Healthcare Ltd have developed an electronic hygiene monitoring and control system which utilizes Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology. Its unique application of RFID, called ACTI/PASS™, together with its flexible reporting software, combine to deliver a powerful management tool which will prove indispensable to any organisation where hand hygiene is of critical importance.

I-Innovations Ltd

I-Innovations Ltd is a company operating within the realms of healthcare and living.  Our mission is to create innovative technology that can help those most vulnerable in society, and in doing so create a profitable export focused business.

Currently we are developing a novel Non-Invasive Incontinence Management System designed to remotely detect and alarm care providers of dependents incontinent episodes.

SmartAir Medical

SmartAir Medical is a start-up company in association with Intelligent Systems Research Centre (ISRC) at the University of Ulster (Magee) and the Clinical Translational Research & Innovation Centre. The company has developed a unique spacer device to ensure drug compliance and improved drug delivery for asthma sufferers.

Beeches Management Centre

The Beeches Management Centre was established in 1993 to provide a range of management and organisational support to health and social care organisations. Since 1993, by developing a range of innovative, high quality and cost effective products and services, The Beeches has successfully expanded its client base to include many other public and private sector organisations. At the same time, The Beeches as an organisation has grown in size and now incorporates 5 distinct business Units:

• Leadership and Management Development Unit

• Nursing and Midwifery Education Unit

• Allied Health Professional Unit

• IT and Web Solutions Unit

• Widening Participation Unit

Website: http://www.beeches.hscni.net
Email: enquiries@beeches.hscni.net
Telephone: 028 9064 4811
Fax: 028 9049 1855