Digital health is shaping the future  of healthcare

What role will you play?

Welcome to NextStage Consulting
— your partner in unlocking the potential of digital health

NextStage Consulting was founded with the belief that the continuous
digitalization of healthcare has the potential to significantly improve the quality and accessibility of health services to millions of patients globally.

Working together with stakeholders along the patient journey, we empower companies and organizations to assume their role in pushing this transformation forward.

Our ultimate aim is to unlock digital health’s full potential to improve health outcomes and lay the foundation for commercially viable business models.

“The application of digital health to improve the health of populations remains largely untapped, and there is immense scope for use of digital health solutions.”

— World Health Organization

What we do

Digital health is a dynamic industry with high exit rates for young companies; empirical data shows up to 90% of start-ups in the health & medical field failing within the first five years.

In order to be successful, digital health solutions need to be effective, user-friendly and engaging whilst also delivering superior value for money compared to pre-existing alternatives.

Our core offerings provide hands-on support along four critical dimensions to unlock and grow the success of digital health solutions:

Determine Efficacy

The primary aim of every digital health solution should be to achieve a positive impact on patient and user outcomes. Empirical evidence published in peer-reviewed journals remains the gold standard to demonstrate efficacy. Building this evidence base is a fundamental requirement for growing acceptance and confidence amongst patients, health care professionals and payers for a given digital health solution. 

    • Evaluation of guideline compliance

    • Study design and execution support

    • Data analysis and scientific publication

Research Usability

The majority of users consider ease of use to be the most important quality for a digital application. Solution providers must therefore ensure that their user interface and general feature set do not create barriers to effective usage. Special attention should be given to ensure accessibility and inclusiveness for all user groups.    

    • Heuristics evaluation

    • Focus groups and interviews

    • Conduct user surveys

Improve Engagement

Securing user engagement and long-term retention is a great challenge for many digital health solutions. Gamification is a valuable tool to make solutions more engaging by adding game elements to a non-game context. The aim is to grow user motivation, self-efficacy and thereby promote consistent, long-term use of digital health solutions.  

    • Expert gamification assessment

    • Evaluation of best practice adherence

    • Implementation roadmaps

Communicate Value

Digital health solutions exist in a crowded space of competition and must provide superior value for money to be commercially successful. Especially investors and payers place great emphasis on securing a greater ROI compared to both digital and non-digital alternatives. Developing a payer value story summarizing such value arguments is a success-proven method to effectively communicate the value of digital health solutions.  

    • Research pharmacoeconomic evidence

    • Calculate business cases

    • Create payer value stories

Why us?

Leveraging a unique combination of health research and business consulting expertise, NextStage employs innovative and evidence-based methods to swiftly work towards achieving your objectives.

Every project is overseen and driven by one of our experienced partners to guarantee maximum transparency, quality and ultimately success.

Meet the team

Dr. Nikita Weth

Managing Partner

Nikita Weth has been researching the development and application of digital health solutions since 2015.

Her academic qualifications include a Master of Public Health from Imperial College London, a Master in Business Administration (MBA) from Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and a Doctorate in Clinical Medicine Research from Imperial College London.

Dominik Weth

Associate Partner

Dominik Weth has seven years of experience in strategic advisory on the topics of sales, marketing, digitalization and project management.

His academic qualifications include a BSc in International Economics and Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and a MSc in Organizational Change and Consulting from Rotterdam School of Management.

Let’s connect!

info@nextstageconsulting.net
+971 (0)56-1747826

Business Center 1, M Floor,
The Meydan Hotel, Nad Al Sheba, Dubai, U.A.E