Market Assessment for Recap Health

Introduction Health2Works Limited specialises in producing web and mobile applications that help NHS and local government organisations support patients and clients. The company has recently developed a new product called Recap Health which is an online patient information and self-care platform. Recap Health enables clinicians to send personalised, relevant, digital health and social care content … Read more

Powered wheelchair market assessment

Introduction Many powered wheelchairs use heavy, out-dated technology and come with an out-dated, often complacent, customer experience. Accelerate Associates was appointed by Freedom One Life to examine the structure of the powered wheelchair market. The Challenge The client required a market assessment of the powered wheelchair market across the UK, Norway, Sweden, Germany and USA. … Read more

Market Assessment Case Study intra-operative cell salvage and swab washing

Introduction SwabTech Limited, a spin out from three NHS Trusts, is developing a device to automate the recovery of blood from surgical swabs in high blood loss surgery. The blood is subsequently processed via an intra-operative cell salvage system, for immediate infusion to the patient, providing an alternative to donated blood products and assisting the … Read more

Business Bridge tender success for Accelerate Associates

Marketing consultancy Accelerate Associates is delighted to have successfully tendered to provide expert market research services to companies applying for market access assistance via the Keele University and University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) Business Bridge programme.

Cancer screening and health systems research

Accelerate Associates, a scientific marketing consultancy, has researched the structure of healthcare markets in selected geographical areas including Australia, China, Iberia, Scandinavia, U.A.E and the U.S.A, in order to determine: how the healthcare markets operate in relation to breast cancer screening; how breast cancer screening and diagnostic mammography is funded; and to develop an understanding … Read more

Identifying potential academic collaboration partners in Australasia

Introduction Accelerate Associates completed a mapping exercise for The University of Exeter’s Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) to identify potential academic collaboration partners in the Australasian region. The ESI is an interdisciplinary centre leading cutting-edge research into solutions to problems of environmental change. The aim of the research was to identify overseas academic organisations and … Read more

Complications of nutritional support

Nutritional support is necessary for many hospitalised patients who should not, cannot or will not eat. Parenteral nutrition (PN) utilises specially formulated mixtures containing lipids, emulsions, and sources of nitrogen, electrolytes, vitamins, trace elements and sufficient calories to sustain a patient. PN is delivered directly into the patient’s bloodstream via a central venous catheter. Accelerate … Read more

Shifting roles in medication prescribing

Pharmacy prescribers are increasingly involved in drug administration as well as prescribing whereas clinicians are increasingly removed from the decision of how to deliver medication. This was a key finding in a recent Accelerate survey of hospital nurses, nurse prescribers, hospital pharmacists and pharmacy prescribers. With shifting roles, a key benefit of using nurse prescribers … Read more

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