{"id":79854,"date":"2017-03-20T09:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=205326413f5268f261b5880d61c8c710"},"modified":"2017-03-20T09:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T09:00:14","slug":"news-story-technology-to-improve-patient-care-apply-for-contracts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79854","title":{"rendered":"News story: Technology to improve patient care: apply for contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p><a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scot.nhs.uk\/\">NHS Scotland<\/a>, working with <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hie.co.uk\/\">Highlands and Islands Enterprise<\/a> and <a rel=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.scot\/\">Scottish Government<\/a>, has up to \u00a3400,000 to invest in projects that use technology and digital platforms to support and manage inflammatory bowel disease.<\/p>\n<p>Crohn\u2019s disease and ulcerative colitis are collectively known as inflammatory bowel disease. They are lifelong conditions that affect 300,000 people across the UK and have a significant impact on life opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Treatment is traditionally given in outpatient clinics. For patients living in the north of Scotland this can mean regularly travelling long distances to access care.<\/p>\n<p>Remote monitoring and better communication is seen as a way of improving patients\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>The competition is looking for proposals that:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>help patients manage their health from home<\/li>\n<li>promote independence and support people to be more involved in decisions about their care<\/li>\n<li>facilitate easier and quicker communication with clinicians<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This competition is funded under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">SBRI<\/a> (the Small Business Research Initiative) and will have 3 phases \u2013 feasibility study, prototype development and pre-commercial testing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/collections\/sbri-the-small-business-research-initiative\">Find out more about SBRI.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"competition-information\">Competition information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>the competition opens on 20 March 2017, and the deadline for registration is at midday on 10 May 2017<\/li>\n<li>the competition is open to any organisation that can demonstrate a route to market, working either alone or with partners<\/li>\n<li>we expect feasibility projects to range in size to a total cost of \u00a315,000 and to last up to 8 weeks<\/li>\n<li>we expect prototype projects to range in size to a total cost of \u00a345,000 and to last up to 6 months<\/li>\n<li>we expect pre-commercial testing projects to range in size to a total cost of \u00a375,000 and to last up to 1 year<\/li>\n<li>projects will attract 100% funded development contracts<\/li>\n<li>a briefing event will be held in Inverness on 4 April 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/sbri-funding-competition-technology-to-improve-ibd-care-and-management\">Find out more about this competition and apply.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Organisations can apply for funding to develop technology and digital platforms to improve care of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}