context , are all critical factors to creating the cultural transformation we need to achieve sustained and effective change in how care is delivered and received in our region .
Beyond the Yorkshire and Humber region , we played a leading role in the AHSN Network ’ s national Health and Care Reset campaign . Our objective was to bring together all of the insights and examples of best practice identified across the national Network and we will soon publish a report that identifies nine key themes and makes a series of recommendations that we believe will be pivotal to realising the vision for a more innovative and equitable health and care system .
Complimentary to this work was our collaboration with NHS Confederation and The Health Foundation to support the ‘ Best Practice and Innovation ’ theme of the national NHS Reset campaign . We focused on how the health and care sector can work with staff , patients and the public to understand , translate and adapt the best COVID-19-related innovations and initiatives into everyday practice . Our own regional findings around how the speed and scale at which innovation was adopted was led by frontline staff and empowered by a changed leadership culture made a valuable contribution to both of these national campaigns .
As well as conducting insightful research , we are extremely proud to have been able to support the three Integrated Care Systems in our region with their COVID-19 response , leveraged an additional £ 5.3m of investment into our region over the last year , and worked with more than 350 companies to help them bring their innovations into Yorkshire and the Humber .
Much of our work has focused on helping to keep people out of hospital and reduce the burden on frontline staff , for example ;
- Our work to support the rollout of COVID Oximetry @ Home saw an estimated 1,500 patients being able to self-monitor their COVID symptoms with pulse oximeters and detect early signs of deterioration with support from primary care .
- Through our work with NHSX , 14 organisations in our region are being supported to pilot Tytocare , a handheld medical device that enables patients and their carers to self-test for a range of acute conditions as well as monitor chronic conditions .
- Our collaboration with Humber , Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership to introduce HN ’ s service to the region , will help up to 1,000 patients manage their long-term health conditions through a clinical coaching tool that uses artificial intelligence to help reduce the need for unnecessary hospital admissions .
- More than 1,100 women have safely been discharged from hospital thanks to our spreading of the Placental Growth Factor test across seven hospital trusts in the region which helps to eliminate the risk of poor prediction of preeclampsia in pregnant women and reduces unnecessary hospital admissions for women who will not develop the condition .
- Over 1,200 people with diabetes have been given the opportunity to complete urine tests at home thanks to our partnership with Healthy . io who have designed a special testing kit and smartphone app for patients to monitor their own kidney health .
While these innovations are already improving the lives of people in our region ,