To develop evidence-based digital health technologies which promote self-management and improve outcomes of mental health problems.
We are a Manchester-based social enterprise company established in December 2015. A team of clinicians, academics and software engineers, we work closely with mental health service users to develop innovative digital technologies which we test in the health service to ensure they are safe, acceptable and effective. We aspire to provide the self-management system of choice across the UK initially, but also internationally.
Our products have been developed in partnership with service users, caregivers, clinicians and the public. Our apps have evolved to offer the greatest benefits and fewest disruptions to the lives of people they are designed to support. Throughout development and even today, we are working with a service user advisory group, meeting every three months, to get a range of opinions as to how our technology can best serve service users and the community.
To empower people to monitor and manage their own health
We set up a Social Enterprise Company because we believe this approach will deliver the biggest gain for helping with mental health problems. Rather than limit our products for use within an academic setting, we want to improve our ability to make our products available beyond the research context. That’s why we set up a social enterprise company, to ensure that we can support further research and develop new products that enhance the ClinTouch technology so that it can help people with long-term and enduring health problems.
ClinTouch is both a platform technology and a stand-alone app that helps people with psychosis start to manage their own symptoms. It is based around a Smartphone app developed by a team of service users, leading clinicians and academics, software engineers and health professionals at The University of Manchester and Manchester NHS Trusts. ClinTouch is built around a Smartphone application which triggers, collects and wirelessly uploads symptom data in real-time to a central server at the clinical team base. The provision of diary entries encourages service users to record information relevant to how they are feeling, allowing for greater contextualization of data, leading to more informed discussions between service user and healthcare professional. Graphical information highlighting general mood and behavior patterns allows the service users and clinicians to track their progress and understand their experiences more clearly.
ClinTouch Integrated – As well as a stand-alone app, ClinTouch Integrated offers complete mobile support technology for people with psychosis and their clinical team. ClinTouch Integrated can be fully or partially integrated with your NHS Trust or service provider ICT systems depending on your needs.
ClinTouch is adaptable to all mental and physical long-term conditions that have fluctuating symptoms. For instance, it is currently trialled in people with rheumatoid arthritis.
ClinTouch is both a stand alone app and end-to-end clinical management system (ClinTouch Integrated) aimed at predicting and averting relapse in psychosis.
ClinTouch works as a personalised Smartphone app that triggers the collection of real-time symptom data from a mobile handset touchscreen that wirelessly uploads data to a secure central server several times daily.
Starting in 2013, we have built ClinTouch into an end-to-end system in community mental health teams in Manchester and South London so that summary data and personalised early warning alerts for relapse are available for healthcare staff. Summary data are viewed by healthcare professionals and a are streamed into e-care records.
Our training package provides the latest training for recognition of early warning signs of psychosis, implementation of the ClinTouch system into routine service delivery and technical support.
Professor Shôn Lewis is Professor of Adult Psychiatry at The University of Manchester, UK and a consultant psychiatrist with Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. He is an internationally leading researcher and clinician in severe mental health problems, with over 200 published academic papers. Professor Lewis represents Affigo.io in face-to-face meetings with potential customers. He is the head of Affigo.io research and funding opportunities.
John Ainsworth is Professor of Informatics at the University of Manchester. He has wide experience in the Industry sector as well as in academia. He is Deputy Director of the MRC-funded Health e-Research Centre (HERC). Prof Ainsworth is Affigo’s head of software engineering operations and oversees management of the company.
Sandra Bucci is Professor of Clinical Psychology at The University of Manchester. She is an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Prof Bucci is an internationally-leading researcher in psychological interventions for psychosis and has worked around the world as a practicing Clinical Psychologist and clinical academic, with nearly 20 years experience in mental health.
Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell has wide experience of health research governance and regulatory issues and managing clinical trials. She is a qualified PRINCE 2 Project Manager and Affigo.io company secretary. Charlotte is responsible for administrative tasks and the day to day running of Affigo.io and is the central point of contact for potential customers.
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