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Smartphone technology will use AI to help arthritis patients manage their flare-ups
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”A partnership between the health-tech company Living With….” _builder_version=”3.27.4″]A partnership between the healthtech company Living With, the Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH), and the University of Bath has been awarded a major grant to develop a Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler.
The award, from Innovate UK, will allow rheumatoid arthritis patients to use new methods capturing key disease activity data from smartphones, which will support clinicians to be able to classify and optimise care pathways.
Living With is developing the Flare Profiler in partnership with the RUH Trust’s Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), which is the internationally leading centre of excellence for rheumatic conditions, and University of Bath’s Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA), a leader in developing and evaluating new digital technologies such as the use of video, sound and motion for clinical application.
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=”https://livingwith.health/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/RA-Flare-Profiler-Social-2-copy.png” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” admin_label=” 3 logos” _builder_version=”3.23″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_image src=”https://livingwith.health/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/29816-0011.jpg” align_tablet=”center” align_last_edited=”on|desktop” _builder_version=”3.23″][/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”We are thrilled to have won – Chris Robson” _builder_version=”3.27.4″]“We’re thrilled to have won an Innovate UK grant,’ says Living With’s CEO Chris Robson. “This will transform the way patients with rheumatoid arthritis can be monitored intelligently between appointments and hopefully help the NHS reduce the cost of treating patients with RA. It also adds a transformational new capability to our existing Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis product.”
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Jane Carter” _builder_version=”3.27.4″]Jane Carter, Research & Development Manager at the RNHRD, said: “The Trust has an established international reputation for research and expertise in rheumatology. We are always looking at ways to further improve the care and treatments we can offer patients. Using the latest technology and artificial intelligence is an exciting development. We are very excited to be part of this innovative project.”
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Darren Cosker” _builder_version=”3.27.4″]CAMERA was created to help further and transfer the knowledge developed within computer science, often targeting the entertainment industries, to other sectors such as healthcare. CAMERA Director, Prof. Darren Cosker, says “This is a great project. Being able to take some of the computer vision techniques we developed for hand tracking for animation and transferring it into a condition monitoring platform that can operate in a person’s home is a very positive use of technology and exactly the kind of work we should all be doing.”
[/et_pb_text][et_pb_video src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drTJu1sCOwc” image_src=”//i.ytimg.com/vi/drTJu1sCOwc/hqdefault.jpg” _builder_version=”3.17.2″][/et_pb_video][et_pb_text admin_label=”The Flare Profiler will test a unique range of patient data” _builder_version=”3.27.4″]The Flare Profiler will test a unique range of patient data sources including video and thermal imaging technology. The project will then analyse patient data using cutting edge artificial intelligence and machine-learning technology to group patient disease activity patterns and identify the most effective treatment pathways for them.
The aim of the Flare Profiler is to demonstrate how better monitoring can provide earlier detection of issues, allow earlier clinical intervention and, over time, reduce need for costly acute treatments. It also aims to reduce the stress and need for patients to travel to hospital during treatment for specialist tests.
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About Living With
Living With is an award-winning digital health company and developers of the top paid medical app in the UK, Squeezy. The Living With condition management platform enables clinicians to connect to their patients and monitor their conditions remotely while saving costs and improving outcomes.
The Living With platform currently has three live products; Squeezy, the UK’s top paid medical app; Living With Pelvic Health and Living With Rheumatoid Arthritis. The products are live across fourteen NHS trusts and four private clinics. There are five further products in development.
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About Innovate UK
Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas.
We connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth.
We fund business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D. Our support is available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions.
Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. For more information visit: innovateuk.ukri.org
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About RNHRD
The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases (RNHRD), known locally as ‘the Min’, is a specialist hospital in the centre of Bath with an international reputation for research and expertise in rheumatology, chronic fatigue and pain management. We also provide diagnostic, endoscopy and clinical measurement services. The hospital was acquired by our local acute hospital the Royal United Hospitals Bath in February 2015.
Research and development is an important part of our hospital’s work. It informs our treatment programmes and contributes to a better understanding of many conditions. In partnership with local universities in Bath and Bristol, as well as many other universities and NHS trusts, we ensure that this research is carried out to the highest standards.
Research is undertaken in all our service areas, with approximately 30 projects being carried out at any one time. This rolling programme of research includes basic science studies, looking at blood and tissue cells to find the causes of disease and illness; multi-centre clinical trials, testing new treatments; and the development and assessment of new therapies.
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About CAMERA at the University of Bath
The Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications (CAMERA) is a £5 million RCUK-funded research centre based at the University of Bath. CAMERA creates advanced motion tracking technologies for use in the entertainment industry, to enhance training and athlete performance, and to help develop assistive technologies.
The University of Bath is one of the UK’s leading universities both in terms of research and our reputation for excellence in teaching, learning and graduate prospects.
In the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 research assessment 87 per cent of our research was defined as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’. From developing fuel efficient cars of the future, to identifying infectious diseases more quickly, or working to improve the lives of female farmers in West Africa, research from Bath is making a difference around the world. Find out more: http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/
Well established as a nurturing environment for enterprising minds, Bath is ranked highly in all national league tables. We are ranked 6th in the UK by The Guardian University Guide 2019, 5th for graduate employment in The Times & Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019, and 4th in the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018.
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