Networking event: "5 lessons I've learned from working in digital health"
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About this event
An opportunity to meet others interested in digital health in a friendly and informal setting.
Presented by Loft Digital and hosted by Health Foundry, this event will include a short talk "5 things I learned from 10 years working in Digital Health" by Helen Akoni from Loft.
Drinks, pizza and other light refreshments will be provided.
Tickets are not required for entry but will help to give an idea of numbers so we can ensure adequate refreshments are available.
Helen Akoni, Product Lead at Loft, has a Biological and Biomedical Sciences degree from Cambridge and an MSc in Health Informatics from Leeds. Helen has worked in digital health for over 10 years, including for Medisoft, the UK’s leading supplier of electronic records for ophthalmology, and macusoft, a startup developing clinical decision support system for the optimal management of preventable sight threatening eye conditions. Helen's expertise includes designing clinical software and data pipelines, implementing and managing software in a healthcare setting (she has worked with 40 NHS Trusts`), integrations with other clinical systems, data migrations, data extraction for research and data analysis and visualisation.
Loft (https://www.loftdigital.com/) are a digital consultancy and software developer - with particular expertise in cloud-based systems - who have helped many startups on their growth journey as well as building major systems for global brands. In joining Loft, Helen is excited to have the opportunity to combine her digital health experience with Loft's technical expertise and track record of designing modern, usable, scalable applications.
Health Foundry (https://www.healthfoundry.org/) is a collaborative, community driven co-working space set up by Guy's & St. Thomas' Foundation to help start-ups who are working to improve health and wellbeing. They provide a supportive environment for digital health start-ups including a collaborative workspace, a growing community of 190+ members within the health and digital tech sectors, and a team which facilitates connections with actors across the healthcare system.
Organizer Loft Digital
Organizer of Networking event: "5 lessons I've learned from working in digital health"
Loft is an award winning digital consultancy and software developer, headquartered in London and providing services globally. We design, build and manage systems and advise on tech and data strategies.
We act as a strategic technology partner and an extension of our clients’ teams. Our approach combines speed, creativity, engineering excellence and human insight. Our advice is founded on years of experience and the technology we deliver is secure, scalable, innovative and intuitive.
We work with all sizes of company from startups to global brands and engage with clients on projects both large and small - anything from 1/2 day consultancy to 10 year bespoke development projects!
Loft was founded in 2007. Today our systems connect millions of users, and transact hundreds of millions in revenues for our clients annually. They set the bar in their respective fields.
