Our Mission
Our mission is to establish the Digital Innovation Hub as a centre of excellence for scoping, prioritising, piloting and scaling innovation in digital health products, services and processes.
The Digital Innovation Hub
Our priority will be to lay the building blocks for the Digital Innovation Hub, including continuing to create an environment and culture that is conducive to innovation. We will work in an agile and safe manner, finding the best and quickest path to deliver each stage of the innovation pathway. The following pages will outline the functionality of the hub.
Innovation Projects
Innovation Discovery Project
HCNI in partnership with colleagues in R&D and the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, have embarked on a discovery project aimed at assessing, understanding, and optimising our healthcare system through innovation and collaboration. We have commissioned the Healthcare Innovation Consortium (HIC) to assist in this work.
Learn MoreTechnology Enabled Care
Digital Health & Care NI (DHCNI) and
Big Motive embarked on a Technology Enabled Care (TEC) Discovery Project to explore the potential of leveraging technology in healthcare delivery in Northern Ireland.
Core Strategic Outcomes
A coherent pathway
The Digital Innovation Hub will provide a coherent method and pathway for digital innovation activities that meet our strategic objectives and prioritisation approach.
Prioritised initiatives
The Digital Innovation Hub will provide a fail safe environment in which prioritised initiatives can be progressed, tested and piloted before progressing to the scale and spread stage.
External stakeholders
The Digital Innovation Hub will engage with internal and external stakeholders to scan for future opportunities, explore innovative funding solutions and develop mutually beneficial partnerships across different sectors and industries.
Accelerated adoption
The Digital Innovation Hub will lead the way in accelerating the adoption of innovative digital solutions in health and social care in Northern Ireland.
Connecting
Finding valuable partners
Funding advice
Awareness and dissemination
Influencing
Promoting industry needs
Supporting
High level application review
Navigating
Navigating the innovation support landscape
Page last updated: 18 June 2024