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Myia is the intelligent remote health monitoring platform designed for patients and for clinicians to address serious chronic conditions such as heart failure, hypertension, and diabetes. Myia transforms streams of personal, vital health data into actionable insights on patient condition, empowering clinicians to take better and more timely action, prevent costly medical events, and ultimately set new standards of care.

76% of young people with mental health issues never get treated, 50% of all adult mental health issues begin by age 14, 1 in 5 people self harm by the age of 16. The list of obstacles facing today’s youth goes on and the statistics show it. Alleviating the harm done during these formative years and ensuring solid foundations are built for future success is a social media application. You read that right, enter: Meetwo. Developed to help empower young people ride the turbulence of being a teen, MeeTwo is a peer-to-peer support app designed to function like other social media platforms on the market. Albeit with different intentions. HealthRedesigned sits down with one of MeeTwo’s founders, Kerstyn Comley, to discuss the importance of teenage empowerment and how MeeTwo helps young people do that.

There are 850,000 people living with dementia in the UK today. This number is set to rise in the coming years. Tending to the needs of this growing population is the focus of UK’s Alzheimer’s Society. The most pressing issue facing the organization is accessibility of digital services to people affected with dementia. Due to the nature of the disease, resources have to be made radically easy to access, follow and navigate. Solving this problem for an organization founded in the late 70s meant major changes and a new perspective. This week, HealthRedesigned sat down with two ushers of this evolution, senior digital manager Imogen Levy and UX researcher John Dickens, to break down exactly how these changes are occurring and their importance as the charity looks to the future.

Staying motivated to complete your health goals when faced with a chronic illness can feel overwhelming. Omada Health want to fix that by changing lives, one small habit at a time. Pioneers in digital behavioural medicine, they are building the tools and support systems to empower people across the chronic disease spectrum to set and reach their health goals. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Patrick Weiss, Senior Director of Product Design at Omada Health.

Women are waiting longer than ever to have children. When they are ready to, they often find themselves in the dark about their fertility until they have reached the clinicians office. What if there was a way to get hold of this information earlier to make better more informed decisions about family planning whilst staying on top of your reproductive health? Modern Fertility is a women's health company based in San Francisco that's focused on making fertility information more accessible to women everywhere. Offering the first comprehensive fertility hormone test you can take at home, alongside a dashboard to view your fertility profile directly on your phone or computer. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Afton Vechery the CEO and Co-founder of Modern Fertility.

If you end up in a hospital unable to contact your loved ones or communicate with a doctor what would you do? That was the question Cat Noone asked herself before going on to launch Iris - the app that sends alerts to those closest to you and informs the doctor of your health data in emergency situations. Now the company is going one step further helping customers to track their everyday health so that emergencies that could be preventable don't happen in the first place.

The way we eat has a significant impact on our health and wellbeing. But finding the time to research and plan what and how we eat prevents a lot of us from living healthier lives. Methodology is a food-as-medicine delivery service that wants to change that by providing ready-to-eat meals, designed around your health goals, straight to your door. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Julie Nguyen the CEO and co-founder of Methodology.

Having quick, reliable access to mental health services can be life-saving. But more often than not people find multiple barriers in their way when it comes to getting help. Healios is a digital healthcare company that’s set out to change that. Reimagining the way children, young people and adults interact with mental health services, Healios combines technology with specialized clinical expertise to provide care for patients from the comfort of their own homes, exactly when they need it. Joining us on this episode of Health Redesigned is Richard Andrews the Chairman and CEO of Healios

Knowing what’s going on in your body is essential to making the right decisions when it comes to your health and wellness.### But getting hold of information about your health can be a struggle - not to mention expensive! And when you do finally receive your data it can be baffling to make sense of it all. Based in London, LiveSmart is a digital health platform that’s set out to make health assessments simple, accessible and actionable. Combining blood tests, online health reports and remote one-to-one coaching, LiveSmart uses a blend of technology, people power and behavioural change techniques to help people improve their health and wellness. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Mat Griffiths Product Manager and UX Designer at LiveSmart.

Performing operations repeatedly and constantly being exposed to different procedures can make all the difference in a surgeon’s career. But as a surgical trainee, performing these procedures can be daunting, especially if you’ve had little to no real experience with a particular procedure. So how do you prepare for a surgery in a way that’s safe and convenient? Based in London and New York, Touch Surgery is a surgical simulator that uses 3D rendered content to help healthcare professionals learn about surgical procedures and rehearse for surgery. It’s available for free as a mobile app—giving anyone, anywhere the opportunity to learn about and practice over 100 surgical procedures that span 15 specialities. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Ali Bahsoun, Product Lead and Fiona MacDougall, Senior UX Designer at Touch Surgery.

Meditation has been proven to improve our well-being, but it’s not unusual to sometimes wonder if it’s actually making a difference. This self-doubt can sometimes throw people off the practice, especially beginners, and lead them to believe that meditation isn’t right for them. Based in San Francisco, Core Wellness is hoping to give people more confidence around meditating and encourage them to build on the habit. They’ve created a physical device, Core, that people can hold in their hands while meditating. It connects to an app and emits vibrations to guide users through exercises while the biosensors embedded in the device track health data—allowing users to see that meditation is, in fact, having a positive effect on their bodies. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Sarah McDevitt, Founder and CEO of Core Wellness. Connect with Core Wellness on: Core Wellness’ website Twitter Instagram

Most young people now expect to find services online, including support for their emotional wellbeing. While face to face counselling is a great way to address mental health issues, many young people are unable to access such services or may sometimes prefer to anonymously talk about their problems. Kooth is a digital platform for young people to on-demand get mental health support that's developed by XenZone, a pioneer of online counselling services in the UK that’s been improving access to mental health services for children, young people and adults over the last 20 years. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Elaine Bousfield, Founder and Chair of XenZone. She shares how XenZone works with local authorities to provide a blended approach, delivering mental health services that are more holistic and accessible. Connect with XenZone on: XenZone’s website Twitter Facebook YouTube

More and more healthcare professionals in the UK are turning to Whatsapp and Facebook Messenger to communicate at work. Since the 1960s and even till today, doctors, nurses and other healthcare staff in the UK are still expected to communicate at work via radio pagers, which is why most of them have switched to mobile instant messaging apps. But the problem with these apps is that the patient data that's being put on these platforms isn’t being handled in a way that’s legal and safe, putting sensitive patient information at risk. They’re also not built with the kind of features to help doctors and nurses to be more efficient at their jobs. Built by a team of tech-savvy junior doctors in the UK, Forward is an app for healthcare professionals to communicate with their teams as well as other healthcare professionals while sharing patient information securely and managing tasks more efficiently. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned, Dr Barney Gilbert, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Forward. Listen to this epi

A physician’s time should be spent diagnosing and treating patients rather than spending hours pouring over a patient’s test data. While medical tests like Electrocardiograms or ECGs are easy to record, they can be complex and time-consuming to interpret due to the many patterns and abnormalities that can be present in the data—and physicians have to remember and recognise each one of them. But what if artificial intelligence could be leveraged to do the heavy lifting of the analysing part instead? Cardiologs, a French startup has built a cardiology analysis platform powered by artificial intelligence to help healthcare professionals detect heart abnormalities from ECG data quicker and more effectively. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Chiara Scabellone, a Product Manager at Cardiologs who tells us how the company plans to create intelligent cardiology tools to help physicians manage cardiac patients at scale and make high-quality cardiology accessible to all. Listen to this episode on Hanno'

Things like staircases, escalators and lifts often make navigating indoors difficult for visually impaired people. But what if it was possible for a blind person to step off a train and get from the station’s platform to a coffees shop on the first floor all by themselves? Thanks to Wayfindr, indoor navigation is set to take a turn for the better, especially for visually impaired people. Starting out as a mobile app, Wayfindr is now creating a free and open standard for indoor navigation that everyone from developers to organisations and venues can use to design and provide consistent and user-friendly audio-based navigation in indoor environments. Joining us on this episode of HealthRedesigned is Umesh Pandya, the Co-founder of Wayfindr. He discusses how the award-winning tech nonprofit plans to use navigation technology and effective design to empower visually impaired people to navigate the world independently, even indoors. Listen to this episode on Hanno's website Connect with Wayfindr: Wayfindr’s websi

More and more people are going on social networks to share their problems and get emotional support. At best, they get a little encouragement from their peers or strangers on the internet. However, it’s not unusual for posts like these to receive backlash or become ignored, creating even more emotional distress for the person who’s already feeling down. But what if this was never the case? In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Robert Morris, Co-founder of Koko, an AI bot that crowdsources words of encouragement for anyone going through an emotionally difficult time. Through Koko, people can get advice and support anonymously to help them cope with their feelings and improve their mental wellbeing. ####Listen to this episode on Hanno's website ####Connect with Koko on: Koko’s website Twitter Facebook

Virtual reality isn’t just for video games anymore, it’s being used to cure phobias too. One of the best ways to help people get over their fear of something is to expose them to it. Technologies like virtual reality have made it possible for therapists to safely immerse their patients in fear or anxiety-inducing scenarios, but this modern approach to treating mental health disorders hasn’t always been affordable and accessible for most. Based in San Francisco, Limbix designs virtual reality software that therapists can use to simulate a variety of public environments for patients, coach them through these experiences and teach them various coping techniques. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Tony Hsieh, Co-founder and Product Lead at Limbix who discusses how virtual reality can be a powerful tool for treating mental health disorders. Listen to this episode on Hanno's website Connect with Limbix on: Limbix’s website Twitter Facebook

The rapid progression of healthcare means that it’s more important than ever for hospitals to understand how they should evolve But even with abundant access to their own data, it’s often not the biggest priority for hospitals to engage in strategic planning, which could make all the difference in helping them to maximise growth and better serve the needs of their patient population. Thanks to Stratasan’s software and services, it’s now easier for hospitals and healthcare systems to turn their data into intelligence and make data-based decisions that’ll help them grow strategically and stay competitive while keeping costs low. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Jason Moore, Co-founder and CEO of Stratasan. Based in Nashville, Stratasan assists over 700 hospitals across 40 states in the US with their strategic planning, management and growth through a combination of customised software and hands-on consulting. Listen to this episode on Hanno's website Connect with Stratasan: Stratasan’s website

In designing and building better cities, shouldn’t we involve the most important stakeholder—the people who live in them? Manchester is becoming a city that values the opinions of its citizens to co-design a smarter and better-connected city. From businesses and jobs to better healthcare and transport, the CityVerve project in Manchester aims to engage and empower citizens and eventually create a blueprint for smart cities worldwide. As one of the main drivers of CityVerve, FutureEverything leads three areas of the project: human-centred design, citizen engagement, and culture and public realm. Starting out as an internationally acclaimed festival that began in Manchester in 1995, FutureEverything has become so much more than a conference about technology over the past 22 years—it's a cultural facilitator at the intersection of art, design, science and digital. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we speak to Mahnaz Yusaf, a Service Designer and Feimatta Conteh, a Program Manager from FutureEverything about t

With a touch of a button, a blind person can get a little help with everyday tasks. When Hans Jorgen Wiberg was just 25 and about to take over his parent’s farm, he started losing his sight. He went from having a normal 180-degree vision to a vision of five degrees. This means that he can just about read the text on his mobile phone, but uses a cane when walking around. Knowing a treatment has yet to exist for his condition, he was confident that technology could somehow help the blind and visually impaired carry out simple tasks, making their lives a little bit easier. He created Be My Eyes, a free mobile app that connects blind and visually impaired people with sighted volunteers, helping them solve all kinds of daily challenges. In this episode of HealthRedesigned, we chat with Hans, the founder of Be My Eyes who discusses how the app is empowering the blind and visually impaired to lead more independent lives while spurring a micro-volunteering movement that involves over 800,000 volunteers worldwide. Lis