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Delegate Brochure 2016

OUR IMPACTS 2015/16
The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) has delivered a significant
impact for its members, stakeholders and partners in 2015/16.

Innovation impacts

59

Improvement impacts

378

Innovations on
Meridian

Registered users
on Meridian

26911

Economic impacts

Patients benefitting
directly from WMAHSN
programmes

396

221

West
Midlands
companies

National and
international
companies

10

83
56

Sites that have
implemented or spread
WMAHSN innovations
Innovations supported
this year

981

1462
organisations

Users of
MyHealth
patient portal

4074

Genome
samples
collected

11%

of
national
total

199

Physios
trained in
STarT Back
approach

28

6528

10663

Jobs
safeguarded

Patients benefiting
from RAID liaison
psychiatry programme
Patients using
WMAHSN technology
enabled care services

24%

Increase in
adverse drug
reaction
reporting

3215
Hours of
engagement
with industry

£

13

Jobs
created

15
Ideas
commercialised
via MidTECH

15.8m

4m

NHS
savings

Investment
leveraged

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