Design & Co-Create
Through various formats including online office hours, in-house workshops, and innovation events, we support individuals (or teams) from research and/or clinical practice to conceptualise and advance their ideas for new digital health solutions. Whether you are curious about digital health, have a problem that digital tools might solve, or have a solution in mind already or have already begun assembling a team – contact us today to learn more about how we can help you Design and Co-Create your way to success!
Whether you are a researcher, clinician, or student, we provide several opportunities for researchers and clinicians to conceptualize and advance their ideas for new digital health solutions.
We understand that embarking on a new project can be challenging, regardless of your level of expertise. This is especially true for busy clinicians and researchers, who have to balance their limited time available outside of their other responsibilities. Digital health projects are particularly challenging because they require input and expertise regarding clinical, scientific, regulatory, business, data protection and technology. Thus, even for experienced teams, insights for multiple experts with different backgrounds are crucial to ensure efficient and effective digital health products.
We offer a comprehensive suite of services to support you at every stage of your project, from ideation to scaling. We can help you challenge your idea, refine your concept, and provide expert opinions to guide you through the complex landscape of healthcare innovation. Most importantly, we help make sure you have all the information you need to make your own choice about what is the best next step for you.
Whether you are just starting with a vague idea (and want some early non-committal expert feedback before you invest more of your time) or have already assembled a team (and need support to take your project to the next level), we are here to help.
Offerings
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Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) Mailing List
Keep up to date about the various offerings of the digital health accelerator and keep updated on both the progress of the current teams and when the next call for applications will begin.
Stay up to date about the opportunities and support offered for digital health at Charité and BIH. Usually once a month, occasionally more often with time-sensitive announcements, our mailing list aims to help keep you updated on what is happening at the Digital Health Accelerator. We will let you know about possibly relevant meetings, keep you updated about the Digital Health Accelerator call, share tips to increase the success rate of applications and help project teams or individuals find complementary people to join their team.
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Digital Health Accelerator (DHA) Office Hour
Talk with us about your digital health aspirations, ideas or projects and get expert advice about what options and opportunities are available for your next step.
How will new options in digital health affect your area of healthcare and what role will you have in determining how it works?
Our Digital Health Office Hour is a unique opportunity for researchers and clinicians at any stage of their project to get expert advice and guidance on their digital health aspirations. Whether you are just starting and looking for direction or have a specific project in mind, our team is here to support you. Meetings can be virtual, on-site, or at our Digital Labs’ office, making it easy to fit into your schedule. We welcome individuals exploring digital health as a potential avenue for their research or clinical work and can provide an early touchpoint to guide you on your journey. Contact us to schedule an appointment and take the first step towards realizing your digital health vision.
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Co-Creation Workshops
If you have an idea for a digital health solution – or where one is desperately needed – but are unsure how to develop it further, our one-on-one workshops can help you take the next step. We work with you to evaluate the potential of your solution and provide constructive feedback to refine your idea and help to clarify what paths are available and what each option requires.
Whether you have a good idea but are unsure how to translate it into a viable product or service, or you are seeking advice on aspects such as medical need, design, product development, or regulation and reimbursement, then our workshops are there to help you take the next step.
Our Co-Creation Workshops provide a unique opportunity for individuals to evaluate the potential of their digital health solutions and learn step-by-step how to develop targeted solutions from a user perspective. You can expect a laid-back and informal meeting, with an emphasis on helping you are to brainstorm and elaborate your ideas by prompting you with insights from the challenges, obstacles and opportunities that other digital health start-ups encounter.
Our one-on-one workshops offer constructive feedback, challenging your ideas and helping you to identify the unmet needs and challenges of future users. We will guide you through the important innovation and business concepts, help you refine your idea, and advise you qualitative user research to ensure you receive feedback from future users and stakeholders at an early stage.
We help you to identify how you can further develop your Digital Health idea product and how to cover the essential basics to maximise your chances of success if you elect to apply to the Digital Health Accelerator. Join us and transform your idea into a targeted digital health solution!
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Ideathons: Collaborative Brainstorming for innovative Digital Health
Join our in-house ideathon brainstorming session and discover need-based innovation ideas that can transform healthcare. Our structured brainstorming sessions encourage team building and foster innovation within your clinical or research group. We help you to identify ideas that have the potential to transfer into digital health solutions, and talk about the path and outcomes needed in order to progress from concept through to impactful digital health solution.
Digital health solutions are rapidly changing the landscape of healthcare. How could the challenges you observe in the clinic – or the research you do in the lab – shape this new generation of digital solutions?
Our Ideathons are for interested clinical or research groups to support in the brainstorming and identification of need-based innovation ideas that could potentially lead to real-world digital health solutions. With initial guidance, we help identify critical medical needs and potential solutions that could have a big impact. Teams gain a better understanding of how to translate medical needs or research projects into impactful digital health solutions. Additionally, the group will come have identified several new and exciting ideas that have a plausible pathway to becoming real-world tools.
Ideathons are a good fit for clinical or research groups seeking new avenues to develop high-impact practical implementations or explore real-world clinical trials and products. Through Ideathons, teams gain new perspectives, cross-disciplinary learning, and foster innovation. Join us and be part of developing targeted digital solutions to meet the challenges of tomorrow!
