About
Doc Abode, developed by GP entrepreneur Dr Taz Aldawoud, aims to deliver better care and an improved patient experience by opening access to a wider, more sustainable and flexible workforce; providing clinicians with an alternative to shift-based work. DocAbode has cross-organisational applicability throughout out-of-hours and in-hours settings and is delivering a proactive response to the workforce and operational efficiency issues within the sector.
In 2016 Yorkshire & Humber AHSN supported the development of Doc Abode though its Proof of Concept programme. The AHSN has supported further development through pathway modelling, trials and a successful application to SBRI Healthcare’s ‘GP of the Future’ call. This included intensive one-to-one support as part of the OLS funded Innovation Exchange programme to help prepare the product for market, advice on routes to market, business planning, investment and real-world evidence generation.
In 2017, an independent, academic evaluation measured outcomes achieved through utilising the Doc Abode platform. Its performance was compared against a control group and shown to improve National Quality Requirement (NQR) performance by between 10 and 20 per cent in absolute terms.
This year, Doc Abode won a Health Service Journal Partnership Award (Workforce Innovation Category) and a special recognition award in the Digital Enterprise Top 100.
