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The East Midlands Imaging Network joins the Edison™ Accelerator as a Validation Partner
The East Midlands Imaging Network (EMRAD) has joined the Edison™ Accelerator as a Validation Partner.
The Edison™ Accelerator programme aims to accelerate start-ups and connect healthcare providers to innovators in digital health and artificial intelligence.
It allows start-ups to learn from all programme partners offering healthcare domain knowledge and IT expertise to enhance the value proposition of their business ideas.
As a Validation Partner, EMRAD has helped to select the start-ups and will offer advice and clinical mentoring throughout the programme. They will also provide an opportunity to run a pilot deployment.
The Edison™ Accelerator programme, designed by GE Healthcare in partnership with Wayra UK, Telefónica's Open Innovation Hub, launches solutions for specific problems and integrates innovative technologies or new business models.
Start-ups can tap into GE Healthcare’s extensive global network, which includes thousands of sales professionals and distribution partners in 160 countries.
Penny Storr, Network Director of EMRAD said: “Being a part of this programme is important for the imaging ecosystem as we can gain insights into innovative solutions that can assist with imaging (radiology) workflow.
“We are excited by the ability to support these companies in understanding imaging demands and how these solutions can be implemented to improve the quality of Radiology services across EMRAD.”
Jan Beger, Senior Director of Digital Ecosystem and Head of Edison™ Accelerator, GE Healthcare said: “The future of innovation will be about working across silos and collaborating across the healthcare ecosystem, including start-ups, research centres, hospitals, clinicians and patients. The Edison™ Accelerator is bringing together those stakeholders under a single, connected ecosystem to generate a real impact in helping to improve the bottom line and in providing patient care.”
About the East Midlands Imaging Network (EMRAD):
EMRAD aims to deliver timely and expert imaging services to patients across the region, regardless of where they are being treated.
It is a regional partnership of eight hospital trusts across the region and has been supporting the imaging (or radiology) community for many years. Between them, these Trusts run 14 hospitals, covering more than five million patients.
The eight NHS Trusts which are part of EMRAD are: Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (Host Organisation), Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust, and University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
For more information, visit the www.emrad.nhs.uk website.
Contact for further information:
Name: Dammy Bello
Email: info.emrad@nuh.nhs.uk
About Edison™ Accelerator
Launched in 2021, the Edison™ Accelerator is a start-up acceleration and healthcare provider collaboration programme in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
The Edison™ Accelerator provides support in customer discovery and product validation, mentoring for trials and regulatory clearance preparation, and aid in adapting, integrating, and launching the solution on GE Healthcare’s Edison marketplace.
About GE Healthcare:
GE Healthcare is the $18 billion healthcare business of GE (NYSE: GE). As a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator, GE Healthcare enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions through intelligent devices, data analytics, applications, and service, supported by its Edison intelligence platform. With over 100 years of healthcare industry experience and around 50, 000 employees globally, the company operates at the centre of an ecosystem working through precision health, digitizing healthcare, helping drive productivity and improve outcomes for patients, providers, health systems and researchers around the world.