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Ufonia's mission is to increase the sustainability of healthcare by automating high volume, low complexity care. The company has developed Dora, an autonomous telemedicine assistant that can telephone patients as a like-for-like replacement for routine clinical appointments.
Dora uses next generation artificial intelligence, but patients don't require any technology - they simply receive a phone call. Clinical trials have shown patients are highly likely to recommend it to others. By reducing the demands on clinical staff patients can be cared for sooner. The solution provides triple-bottom line sustainability benefits by reducing the environmental and financial costs of healthcare travel and infrastructure, whilst improving accessibility, particularly to digitally disenfranchised citizens.
| Project | Dora - autonomous telemedicine triage to increase the sustainability of hospital referrals |
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| Description |
Ufonia's mission is to increase the sustainability of healthcare by automating high volume, low complexity care. The company has developed Dora, an autonomous telemedicine assistant that can telephone patients as a like-for-like replacement for routine clinical appointments. Dora uses next generation artificial intelligence, but patients don't require any technology - they simply receive a phone call. Clinical trials have shown patients are highly likely to recommend it to others. By reducing the demands on clinical staff patients can be cared for sooner. The solution provides triple-bottom line sustainability benefits by reducing the environmental and financial costs of healthcare travel and infrastructure, whilst improving accessibility, particularly to digitally disenfranchised citizens. |
| Funding | £ 82,330 |
| Competition | Competition 18 - Delivering a Net Zero NHS |
| Competition Date | July 2021 |
| Health Innovation Network Partner | Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley |
| Website | https://ufonia.co |
Ufonia's mission is to increase the sustainability of healthcare by automating high volume, low complexity care. The company has developed Dora, an autonomous telemedicine assistant that can telephone patients as a like-for-like replacement for routine clinical appointments.
Dora uses next generation artificial intelligence, but patients don't require any technology - they simply receive a phone call. Clinical trials have shown patients are highly likely to recommend it to others. By reducing the demands on clinical staff patients can be cared for sooner. The solution provides triple-bottom line sustainability benefits by reducing the environmental and financial costs of healthcare travel and infrastructure, whilst improving accessibility, particularly to digitally disenfranchised citizens.
| Project | Roll out of Dora, the automated clinical assistant, to the cataract pathway |
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| Description |
Ufonia has developed Dora – an automated clinical assistant that can conduct routine clinical conversations with patients over the phone. This project will expand the use of Dora to help manage the care of patients undergoing cataract surgery across the Thames Valley. Dora has been conducting follow-up after cataract surgery, and patients are reporting they are highly likely to recommend it to others. This project will use Dora to conduct three other routine conversations with patients across the cataract pathway at four NHS hospital trusts. Ufonia aims to ensure that patients will receive a more convenient experience, whilst increasing the capacity for care by reducing the amount of clinical staff time conducting routine appointments. |
| Funding | £ 413,688 |
| Competition | Competition 19 - NHS Reset and Recovery and New Ways of Working |
| Competition Date | August 2021 |
| Health Innovation Network Partner | Health Innovation Oxford & Thames Valley |
| Website | https://ufonia.co |