East Midlands Innovation Exchange

Health Innovation East Midlands hosted an Innovation Exchange event focused on productivity – a major challenge faced by many across the NHS: reducing the administrative burden and creating time for more patient care.

The event for NHS colleagues showcased 13 innovators who have solutions that can respond to productivity challenges.

 As a result of engagement with local patients and NHS stakeholders, three productivity challenges were identified, and the innovations showcased at the event addressed one or more of the following:

  1. Accelerating and improving processes, providing time for optimal patient care
  2. Supporting and empowering patients on their care journey
  3. Improving access and coordination across care settings

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Productivity innovation enabling fund

Launched at the event, awards of up to £25,000 were available to support the deployment of productivity innovations within NHS health and care organisations. This opportunity is now closed. 

Innovation fund enabling fund next steps

Timeline updated 28/10/2025

  • We received 67 expressions of interest (EOI), which are being reviewed and shortlisted.
  • All who submitted an EOI will be notified of the outcome by COP Monday 3rd November.
  • Shortlisted applicants will be contacted to complete a full application as part of the second stage.
  • The deadline for stage two to complete a full application is COP Monday 24th November
  • Applications will be reviewed by COP on Friday 28th November.
  • As part of the final stage, all applicants will be notified of the outcome by COP Monday 1st December. Successful applicants at this point will be invited to interview on the following dates: Monday 8th or Tuesday 9th December, between 9:00am – 12:30pm.
  • Between 3 and 5 projects will be funded these will be confirmed by COP Friday 12th December.

Q&A briefing 

 We held a Q&A briefing session on 25 September 2025 to support interested applicants wanting to express an interest in our innovation fund. Listen to a recording of the session here. 

Productivity innovations

HIEM has collated a range of innovations, including those presented at the event, recorded presentations and company profiles that can support an expression of interest, depending on your organisation's challenges.

Listen back to the event recording here to hear 4-minute presentations from the innovators on how they address the challenge statements. A copy of the event slide deck, including all innovator presentations, can be downloaded here. View a summary of their innovations below.

Big Picture Medical

Big Picture Medical

Big Picture Medical enables more efficient, integrated and scalable care through rapidly configurable patient pathways, real time data flows and AI-enabled data mappings. It integrates with devices, EHRs, and imaging to support virtual wards, risk scoring, and equity insights.

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CardMedic

CardMedic

CardMedic is a language platform and app designed by clinicians to improve communication between healthcare staff and patients. It encompasses 1000s of instantly accessible clinical interactions written for patients on any device in 50+ languages, sign language, easy read and text-to-speech.

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Doc Abode

Doc Abode

Doc Abode is a web-based platform that optimises Urgent Care Referral staff deployment in real-time, improving workforce efficiency through geolocation, secure messaging and dashboards. It also offers modules for planned care and on-demand scheduling to manage patient demand and clinician availability.

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Dr Julian

Dr Julian

Dr-Julian is a modular platform for mental health, combining triage, self-help, digital coaching tools and therapy access. Patients can complete assessments, access tailored self-help resources, and self-book therapy with qualified clinicians based on their preferences.

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ExpertCare

ExpertCare

ExpertCare by DXS International is a clinical decision support tool that automates the collection of personalised information for hypertensive patients, saving time and reducing clinical resource use. It provides prescribing recommendations for clinicians tailored to individual patient-specific data.

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Enrich My Care

Enrich My Care

EnrichMyCare is an AI-powered triage and care pathway management platform designed to streamline complex care and reduce clinical workload. It reduces admin, supports ADHD/autism waiting lists and empowers patients and families with personalised resources.

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Feebris

Feebris

Feebris is a fully integrated virtual care platform that allows community and family care workers to capture and share health data from multiple devices. It enables AI-powered, hospital-level care at home with diagnostic kits, a mobile app, smart alerts, and a clinician portal.

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GP Autopilot

GP Autopilot

GP Autopilot is an AI-powered tool co-developed with GPs and practice teams that reads and processes medical letters automatically, helping to save time, reduce admin workload, and keep patient records up to date with greater speed and accuracy.

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Gro Health

Gro Health

Gro Health by DDM Health offers personalised health programs and expert coaching to help patients manage and improve their health. The app is available in 15+ languages and combines behaviour change techniques and expert coaching to tailor to individual patient goals, preferences and health conditions.

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Healthtech-1

Healthtech-1

Healthtech‑1 automates administrative tasks in NHS primary care (such as patient registrations, clinical coding, lab result filing and data workflows) via secure, integrated solutions to enhance efficiency, accessibility, and data management in general practice.

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Logifect

Logifect

Kaenect an innovation by the company Logifect, is a secure, cloud-based digital health platform enabling GP practices to seamlessly refer patients to community pharmacies for clinical services. It provides real-time appointment booking, patient engagement via web and mobile interfaces, and pharmacy-side consultation recording.

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EQL

EQL

Phio an innovation by the company EQL, is an evidence-based digital platform for MSK triage and self-management. It provides personalised exercise therapy, self-assessment tools and ongoing support, empowering patients to manage their conditions confidently and giving healthcare teams better visibility and coordination of care.

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Skin Analytics

Skin Analytics

DERM by Skin Analytics, uses AI to assess, screen and triage lesions for skin cancer by analysing dermoscopic images of skin lesions and classifying skin lesions in seconds. It safely triages patients with non-cancerous lesions away from cancer pathways, allowing dermatologists to focus on the patients that need them most.

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  • Pitch videos from other innovators

    See below presentation videos and company summaries from innovators who were unable to pitch at our event.

    Proxximos

    Tracks where pathogens may have spread, enabling rapid and accurate action to enable early interventions and help prevent further spread. Through wearable tags and location-tracking hubs that monitor interactions in hospitals, the system traces contacts and locations to identify exposure risks.

     

    Psyomics

    Supports the collection, secure storage, visualisation and communication of patient and medical information relating to the status of patients' mental health in secondary care. Designed by clinicians, it streamlines referrals, reduces admin, and brings patient input in from the start.

     

    Download

    Applies the neuroscience of memory formation to learning, reducing learning times by between 75-96% whilst increasing knowledge acquisition and retention. It aims to reduce the training time burden whilst improving learning outcomes and resultant behaviours.

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    The Aide patient app uses conversational AI to help patients and their clinicians better understand and manage long-term conditions and chronic diseases. Aide guides people living with long term conditions through their prescribed care, helping them manage their day-to-day and form positive habits around their health.

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    Ark Immersive Training

    Ark uses stereoscopic 360 film to create training assets that uses connect with. This speeds up learning, enhances connection and decentralises teaching. Ark also offers immersive wellness assets for use by patients and staff.

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    EFSim is a web-based, clinically validated assessment tool that measures executive function skills which are closely linked to ADHD and other neurodevelopmental conditions. It delivers objective, data-driven results in under an hour and can be completed at home, in schools, or in clinicalsettings.

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