Healthcare Innovation & Private Practice Opportunity Meeting

Purpose of the Meeting

This meeting aims to bring together doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, and other clinicians who are interested in:

1. Identifying unmet clinical needs and service gaps

Many patients are unable to access certain treatments through NHS services in Northern Ireland — for example:

- Weight-management treatments not commissioned locally

- ⁠Mental health needs that aren’t met quickly enough

- ⁠Men’s and women’s health services that fall through the cracks

- ⁠Metabolic and lifestyle therapies that are unavailable locally

- ⁠Other internationally accepted interventions that are not NICE-funded or are routinely deprioritised

- ⁠Dermatology, fatigue clinics, pain optimisation, menopause support

- ⁠Any field where global evidence is advancing faster than NHS adoption

These patients are often turned away not only by the NHS system but also by large private providers, leaving them without care. We want to explore how we can ethically and safely offer these services within a regulated, patient-focused private setting.

2. Creating new opportunities for clinicians

Not every clinician has access to established private-sector networks or the capital needed to launch their own clinic. This platform allows professionals to:

- Provide private consultations

- ⁠Offer specialist services

- ⁠Work independently or collaboratively

- ⁠Start with zero infrastructure cost

- ⁠Deliver care through a secure, modern digital system.

Think of it as enabling clinicians to benefit from an “open-source–style” healthcare ecosystem — flexible, accessible, and not controlled by large corporate structures.

3. Exploring a new healthcare model powered by technology

The cloud-based, secure, software-as-a-service can support every stage of a private outpatient journey, including:

- Online and in-person consultations

- ⁠Clinical notes and secure records

- ⁠SMART Questionnaires

- ⁠Patient Portal

- ⁠Appointment management

- ⁠Workflow automation

- ⁠Tasks and follow-up management

- ⁠Virtual clinics

- ⁠Multi-practitioner collaboration (Referral management)

- ⁠Billing and Payment Management

Citizen Portal | Decisively | JoraClinic.com

The goal is to build a patient-first network that gives clinicians autonomy, and patients access to services they cannot obtain anywhere else.

Why Your Participation Matters

Your front-line expertise is essential. Learn about:

- Innovative service models

- ⁠Explore opportunities in private practice

- ⁠Participate in discussions to plug gaps in service

- ⁠Contribute to the changing landscape of healthcare delivery

Info: Welcome by your host and a brief overview of the objectives of the meeting.

Info: Short presentations from speakers from various specialties outlining the unmet needs of patients.

Info: Learn about the innovative Jora healthcare model

Info: Patient journey with the Decisively software, showcasing key features that enable clinical transformation and how Jora proposes to meet patients' needs.

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