EPIC2 External Evaluation

Tender description

E-Health Productivity & Innovation in Cornwall (EPIC2) (www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/epic) is a project part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) that builds on the user led approach developed in the previous EPIC project to take digital health in Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly (C&IoS) from a nascent market to one which is more developed, productive, accepted and embedded within the health and care sector, in order to drive economic growth and productivity. EPIC2 works across both the demand side and the supply side to maximise the impacts and opportunities for change. EPIC2 is being led by the University of Plymouth (UoP), which is the accountable body for ERDF. It is delivered in partnership with a range of delivery and strategic partners to ensure healthcare professionals, commissioners, policy makers and innovators can drive and adopt change Lot 1: Consultancy Services The key strands to the project include: • consumer led/end user led approach to identifying needs; • working with primary and social care as an initial focus to help articulate key challenges, but extending to all aspects of health and social care; • working with local SMEs to develop new solutions to issues and an understanding of market opportunities; • delivering a cultural shift with the users and commissioners and other stakeholders in the eHealth ecosystem to enable a long term change in the delivery of health and care systems; and • using UoP and partner strengths to support market development and cultural change.