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TECHNOLOGY Joop Tanis

TECHNOLOGY Joop Tanis

TITLE : DIRECTOR OF MEDTECH CONSULTING COMPANY : HEE INDUSTRY : HEALTHCARE EDUCATION

“ WE SHOULD USE THE TIME WE HAVE RIGHT NOW TO TRANSFORM THE WAY WE DELIVER HEALTHCARE PERMANENTLY ”

JOOP TANIS DIRECTOR OF MEDTECH CONSULTING , HEE
products and services for the health and care market ", explains Dr Anne Blackwood , CEO of HEE .
Blackwood says that the NHS has a much more open relationship with technology providers now compared to when HEE was founded in 2004 . " This has accelerated during the pandemic , where the NHS and industry came together to solve problems , whether it was accessing teleconference technology for remote consultations or responding to the shortage of ventilator
LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
Tanis is responsible for leading the business development activities of HEE , helping to drive new sales for the organisation .
Originally from Holland , where he trained as a physiotherapist , he moved to the UK in 1984 and began working in the NHS . He was the Manager of Physiotherapy Services at Cambridge University Hospitals for 13 years before joining NHS Innovations East as their Head of Innovation . This led to a position at The Young Foundation , where he led social venture incubator Launchpad .
In 2017 he joined HEE , where among other things , he helped lead the Small Business Research Initiative ( SBRI ) from a regional to a nationwide programme .
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