From website to web service – our young people’s hack
Last Saturday we ran a hack day for young people aged 16-25, which was all about designing a mental health and wellbeing website for young people in Leeds. With web developers supporting each of the...
View ArticleShow and Tell – What have we learned?
On the 14th May 2014 we hosted our first mHealth Habitat Show and Tell event at the new ODI space at Munro House in Leeds City Centre. We were joined by some fantastic speakers , including John...
View ArticleNever mind the data, hear the stories!
Yesterday the fabulous Leeds Data Mill ran an event for people working in healthcare to consider the role of open data. Participants were challenged to imagine a future where people are in control of...
View ArticleWhat’s the answer to the question you don’t know to ask?
This is a guest blog post by Andrew Wilson During the Planning Care hack day, the group I was part of focused on the answers to the “any other comments” questions in the Care Quality Commission’s...
View Article#NHSSM – digital tools in healthcare
The mHealthHabitat team are really pleased to be participating in an #nhssm Twitter chat on Wednesday 17 September 8-9pm. #nhssm meet weekly on Twitter to discuss the use of social media in the UK’s...
View ArticleA process of discovery
The first two days of advent were less about chocolate and more a journey of discovery for five clinical teams from Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH). Supported by a willing and able...
View ArticlePeople-driven Digital Health & Wellbeing – 13 & 14 May #PdDigital15
Most digital health events may have one speaker on the podium who has innovated to solve a problem they have been personally affected by – either as a patient or family member. Our event not only...
View ArticleHow can the habitat widen digital participation and why is it important?
On Wednesday 4 March we were delighted to welcome Bob Gann, lead for widening digital participation at NHS England, to join our Heart of the Habitat breakfast meet up. We were joined by around 30...
View ArticleDigital Innovation Lab #2
On an unseasonably warm evening, we again found ourselves at Leeds ODI for a bit of an innovation session. In the second of our monthly digital innovation labs, we got closer to our outcome of coming...
View Article“You’ve got lego in the consultation rooms – this is just “virtual lego””?
Thank you to James Woollard, one of the speakers at our Minecraft – understanding the application of videogames in healthcare event in April, for this guest post: Hi I am James Woollard and I am a...
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