What are the priority areas for innovations?
Applications will need to address the priorities set out in the NHS East of England Vision – Towards the Best Together, in particular those where innovation and new technology can make the most impact. In each case the challenge is to produce practical solutions which will make a substantial difference to the effective management of patients and improve healthcare outcomes. All proposals will need to demonstrate that they can contribute to reducing the carbon output from healthcare provision. 1. Keeping Children Active The areas that affordable technology could be applied in are: Motivating children at risk of obesity to take more exercise Monitoring the amount of exercise that children are taking and encouraging them to be more active 2. Managing Long Term Conditions We would like ideas that can be shown to make a difference to the care of patients with long term conditions. The areas that proposals should focus on are: Remote monitoring of patients combined with decision support to b