Government body Innovate UK provides funding to Oxehealth for secure room monitoring.
Oxehealth, a spin-out of Oxford University, has received funding from government body Innovate UK to trial camera-based monitoring of patients in secure psychiatric wards.
The six-month trial is taking place at Broadmoor Hospital, the most renowned high-level secure psychiatric hospital in the UK.
Constant monitoring of patients is required in Broadmoor as situations can quickly arise. However, mental health services are stretched thin, making it a battle for hospital managers to provide the level of care necessary while staying under budget. As well as ensuring the wellbeing of a patient, the monitoring equipment also exams movement, breathing, and heart rate for any signs of distress.
Jonathan Chevallier, CEO at Oxehealth, said: “In a world in which people are choosing to install and use cameras in ever more settings, Oxehealth’s technology will invisibly monitor personal health enabling us all to live safer, healthier and longer. This trial at Broadmoor Hospital is a demonstration of how our technology works in secure environments, but it can equally be deployed in every home, vehicle and hospital worldwide.”
