Digital Health Innovation
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Digital Health & Innovation
Built with people,not just for them
SYBTE recognises digital health as an important area where technology, research, innovation and community experience can come together to improve lives.
Our purpose
Inclusive,community-centredinnovation
Our Digital Health & Innovation work creates space for communities, health professionals, researchers, innovators, founders and technology specialists to explore how digital solutions can be developed with people, rather than simply for them.
We want to help connect the people who understand health challenges with the people who can research, design, build and scale technology solutions — while keeping health equity, accessibility and lived experience at the centre.
Health equity, accessibility and lived experience at the centre of every conversation.
Key areas of focus
Where technology and health meet
Eight areas shape how this strand develops — spanning innovation, equity, co-design, responsible AI, ecosystem building, founder support, digital confidence and knowledge exchange.
Health Equity & Digital Inclusion
Reducing digital exclusion so that new health technology narrows gaps rather than widening them.
Community-Led Co-Design
Solutions designed with communities, drawing directly on lived experience of health challenges.
Responsible AI in Health
Artificial intelligence applied to health with care — transparent, accountable and safety-conscious.
Connecting the Ecosystem
Bringing healthcare, research, technology and community expertise into the same conversation.
Supporting Health Founders
Backing innovators and founders developing health-focused solutions with mentoring and business support.
Digital Confidence in Communities
Improving digital confidence, access and understanding so people can use health technology well.
Learning & Knowledge Exchange
Creating opportunities for collaboration, learning, research and knowledge exchange across sectors.
Community-centred innovation
Innovation that responds to real needs
Technology can create new opportunities in health, but innovation is most meaningful when it responds to real needs. SYBTE encourages conversations with communities that may be underrepresented in technology, research and innovation — helping ensure lived experience informs the development of more relevant, accessible and inclusive digital health solutions.
Connecting the ecosystem
Bringing four worlds into one room
Through events, panel discussions, workshops, partnerships and specialist leadership, this strand brings together universities, health and care organisations, researchers, businesses, technology professionals, founders and community organisations — creating connections that can lead to learning, collaboration and practical innovation.
Strand leadership
Digital Health Innovation Lead
The role supports the development of SYBTE's digital health direction, with a focus on innovation, research, community engagement and health equity.
Dr Patience Amos
Digital Health Innovation Lead (Voluntary)
Patience shapes SYBTE's digital health direction, with a focus on innovation, research, community engagement and health equity. Her work connects communities, health professionals and researchers with the technologists building health solutions.
What we want to develop
The next steps for this strand
These are the activities we are actively building towards. If any of them match what your organisation, research group or community does, we would like to hear from you.
In development
- Digital health talks, panels and community conversations.
- Innovation workshops and collaborative problem-solving sessions.
- Opportunities to showcase digital health founders, researchers and emerging solutions.
- Connections between communities, academia, health services and the technology sector.
- Digital health and health-equity content for the SYBTE platform.
- A growing network of people interested in shaping inclusive digital health innovation across South Yorkshire.
Get involved
Help shape inclusive digital health
Whether you are a researcher, clinician, founder, technologist or community organiser, there is a place for you in this conversation.