PainChek Receives funding for 12 month pilot in Wales
- PainChek (PCK) receives funding for a 12-month pilot program in care environments across Wales
- The developer of a smart phone-based pain assessment and monitoring app received the funding from the Gwent Regional Partnership board in Wales
- As part of phase one, the initial deployment will include 1000 beds in the residential aged care sector, before phase two sees the deployment expanded to hospices, hospitals, and palliative care facilities
- Care homes providing dementia, palliative, and learning disabilities care can apply to take part in the program, with the aim being to gather an evaluation of the use and impacts of the app-based medical device
- The company is up 7.14 per cent, trading at three cents at 12:01 pm AEST
