Our Services
The Digital Health Validation Lab provides healthtech innovators an extensive range of dedicated services that will accelerate and transform their projects into impactful healthcare products. We bridge the gap between idea and implementation by offering the expertise, infrastructure and partnerships needed to refine and deploy healthtech solutions in real-world care settings.
If you have a project or an idea you would like the Digital Health Validation Lab to support, please contact us.
Insight
Patient and Clinician Focus Groups
Gaining insights from both patients and clinicians is key to enhancing the usability and acceptability of healthtech solutions.
We can support through:
- Focus Groups and Simulations: We design and conduct focus group sessions and simulations to gather valuable feedback that informs product design and optimisation.
- Actionable Reports: We provide detailed reports with actionable insights, helping to refine the technology to better align with user expectations and clinical workflows.
Structured Expert Advice
Navigating the complexities of the healthcare landscape requires expert guidance. With our support, you can position your product more effectively in the market, increasing its chances of adoption and success.
Our structured advice services offer:
- Clinical Expertise and Strategic Insights: Tailored to your product’s development stage.
- Expert Guidance: Advice on integrating your technology into existing clinical pathways, identifying potential use cases, and addressing workflow challenges.
Clinical Study
Public and Patient Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)
DHVL ensures that patient and public voices are integrated into trial design and product development through carefully planned PPIE activities, aligning with early-stage requirements set by many funders and healthcare decision-makers.
How we can help:
- Expert-Led PPIE Services: Our PPIE services are led by a dedicated PPIE officer and aligned with best practices from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
- Engaged Participation: We involve relevant patient groups and community participants to ensure that healthtech trials and solutions truly meet their needs.
Clinical Trials
Demonstrating clinical effectiveness is crucial for any healthtech innovation. Our team delivers comprehensive clinical studies, ranging from feasibility assessments and pilot studies to pivotal trials.
We support every phase of clinical study design and execution, including:
- Ethics Applications
- Patient Recruitment
- Protocol Development
- Data Analysis and Reporting