The Digital Health Kitchen is a brand new organisation that works collaboratively to accelerate the adoption of game-changing innovation in the healthcare sector, to create opportunities for the creative collision of ideas, and to further the UK’s global position as experts and leaders in the delivery of healthcare. In this exclusive interview we speak to Professor Nick Peters of Imperial College London and Founder of Digital Health Kitchen about his background and also his vision to drive not just the invention, but implementation of new healthcare technology.
SD – Hi, could you please introduce yourself ?
NP – Nicholas S Peters MD FRCP FHRS Professor of Cardiology Head of Cardiac Electrophysiology
Director Cardiovascular Research Imperial College & Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London
Founder, Digital Health Kitchen
Professor N Peters
SD – Where are you based ?
NP– London
SD – What is your background ?
NP – I’m currently Professor of Cardiac Electrophysiology, Imperial College & Imperial NHS Trust, London. I come from the healthcare community that applies and implants more biosensors on and in the human body than any other and have a clinical, research and commercial background in appraising and implementing technologies to enhance health and wellbeing
SD – What has been the inspiration for the Digital Health Kitchen ?
NP- Healthcare is on the brink of being overwhelmed in the developed world by the burden, the unsustainable cost and the demand for less intrusive chronic disease care, and in the less developed world by limitations of access to and availability of frugal models of care delivery. Healthcare systems are also on the brink of a technological gold rush that will revolutionise these unsustainable delivery models – to be transformed by smart and mobile technologies. Ultimately, the vision is that of a backbone of components within and between such technologies that creates a universal and seamless platform for tools for smart transformation of hospitals, empowering patient self-care and generating valuable data on population health and wellness that will transform evidence-based medical practice.
SD – What is the Digital Health Kitchen
NP – The Digital Health Kitchen is the authoritative body to focus design, demonstrate innovation, and drive implementation of current and emerging digital health technologies. Our mission is to drive adoption of high-quality solutions and meaningful digital technologies across all aspects of the healthcare sector.
The Digital Health Kitchen drives the successful application of digital health solutions locally, nationally and globally in healthcare at scale.
We work with patients, clinicians, caregivers, companies, regulators and government to identify and implement technology that matters. We provide a stimulating, supportive and permissive approach that encourages and rewards innovation, investment and adoption.
The Digital Health Kitchen fosters collaboration to demonstrate the benefits emerging technologies have on health and wellness. Through enhanced user experiences and identifying high value solutions, we work to address the challenges faced by healthcare providers around the world.
SD – How does the Digital Health Kitchen differ from other similar programs ?
NP – We focus on the implementation, not invention of technology.
SD – Who should be part of the Digital Health Kitchen ?
NP – The Digital Health Kitchen works collaboratively to accelerate the adoption of game-changing innovation in the healthcare sector, to create opportunities for the creative collision of ideas, and to further the UK’s global position as experts and leaders in the delivery of healthcare. We welcome the input, contributions and perspectives of individuals, companies and organisations, and invite you to be a part of the Digital Health Kitchen. We are interested in speaking with all stake-holders in the creation of a permissive healthcare environment and necessary platform for systematic and serial implementation at scale
SD – What do you see as your biggest challenges for the DHK ?
NP – I think the biggest challenge we face is the creation of both the permissive healthcare environment and a regulatory framework that is sufficiently light touch as to permit rather than stifle progress
SD – What do you see the digital health landscape being in 2020 ?
NP – It’s not about the technologies per se, but their enablement of self-care. That is of people and wellness as well as patients and health. Normalisation of lives through the tools and systems to enable broadening acceptance and responsibility for self-care.
SD – How do people find our more information ?
NP – Please visit our website www.digitalhealthkitchen.com or email us on hello@digitalhealthkitchen.com – we’d love to hear from you.
SD – thanks for your time
The Digital Health Kitchen is heavily supporting the Diabetes Professional Care conference in London on 11-12 November 2015. Approximately 3,500 healthcare professionals will attend to learn more about the prevention, treatment and management of diabetes. The conference is free to attend and packed with educational content. The DHK is inviting innovative companies to showcase their solutions that help in the treatment of this complicated disease.
More information on this to follow in the next few days but please contact Nick and the Digital Health Kitchen to learn more.
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