About CHISEL (coded)

Centre for Healthcare Innovation Start-Up Enterprise Link (CHISEL)

Centre for Healthcare Innovation Start-Up Enterprise Link (CHISEL) is a programme that aims to accelerate the adoption of market-ready healthcare innovations that are fit for mainstream use, at speed at scale.

It provides a sandbox and marketplace that enables start-ups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to access real use cases and environments, and demonstrate proof-of-value (POV) of market ready or near market-ready solutions, with one of the three Singapore healthcare clusters as a primary collaborative test-bed site. The eventual aim is to bridge the gap between market-ready solutions and adoption, with the aim of procurement for use by healthcare institutions.

Simultaneously, healthcare clusters are able to evaluate the operational feasibility of solutions prior to adoption or scale-up. The platform aims to bridge the market adoption gap, and allow patients early access to new and emerging healthcare innovations to meet healthcare gaps.

Over 3 successful runs from 2021 to 2023, over 500 innovators across 54 countries have competed and 11 companies were selected to test-bed their solutions that could enhance patient care and deliver positive health outcomes.

An end to end process that moves a potential solution from proof of value to adoption

The Challenge consists of several rounds, inviting start-ups and SMEs to submit solutions to solve pressing challenges and transform the future of healthcare. Shortlisted participants can look forward to coaching by healthcare professionals and a Final Pitching Event.
Winning start-ups and SMEs will be matched to one of the healthcare institutions from the partnering healthcare clusters to carry out test-bedding. The test-bedding is to be completed in a simulated and/ or clinical environment, complying to regulations and institutional policies in the partner healthcare cluster.
Upon completion of test-bedding, the Centre for Healthcare Innovation Evaluation Framework (CHIEF) would be used as the main evaluation framework to evaluate the success of the test-bedding.
Solutions may potentially be adopted by local healthcare institutions if the CHIEF outcomes criteria are met, solution is feasible, sustainable and ready for deployment and there are interests from the various healthcare clusters to adopt the solution.