DDM Health chosen by The Scotland 5G Centre as a Digital Health and Social Care challenge winner

DDM Health has been announced by The Scotland 5G Centre as a winner of its first Innovation Challenge focussing on ‘Shaping Digital Health & Social Care’. The challenge seeks to improve digital access to healthcare services, support care at home and share health information safely.

DDM Health offers home monitoring and precision chronic disease management and Safehouse allows people to receive quality care in their homes.

Arjun Panesar is Chief Executive Officer at DDM Health, a digital therapeutics company and creator of Gro Health, an NHS certified App, which provides home monitoring, preventative care and chronic disease management, elective care support for patients waiting for treatment and supports post-treatment rehabilitation.

Encouraged by winning a place on this ground-breaking development programme, Arjun said:

“Our mission is to empower people to live healthier, longer lives and  combining our Gro Health platform with the latest digital connectivity can achieve this aim and deliver care efficiently.

“We are looking forward to building relationships with healthcare providers and peers to see how we can offer our Gro Health app using 5G and IoT devices to improve the care of patients in Scotland.”

Lara Moloney, Head of S5G Connect welcomed the winners along with key challenge owners, Dumfries and Galloway Health and Social Care Partnership and Scottish Care and technical advisors AWTG.  She said:

“Our first Innovation Challenge is realising our ambition to bring businesses into our hub and helping them to use 5G technology to create new, innovative solutions.  We are all very excited about the high calibre of winners and look forward to working with them to get their products and services market ready to ultimately improve health and social care delivery.  

“The Innovation Challenge is about enabling direct solutions to the benefit of the health and care sector,  and we look forward to sharing knowledge and supporting the ambitious companies to realise their potential in a 5G environment. The solutions created will help the Dumfries region and will also be transferable to other rural areas coping with the demands of an ageing population.”