At the heart of the matter
Reflecting on his early days in medicine, at times with a wry smile, Charles Young talks of clipboards, trolleys stacked with patient files and the snail’s pace at which the...
Talking the same language
Servelec, which was last year acquired by Access UK Ltd, believes in building common solutions to solve healthcare IT problems – which means it has made the rather less common...
All in the genes. New software lays down marker for tackling future pandemics
Software which speeds up the process of creating new diagnostic tests could help combat future pandemics, according to its developers in Scotland. A team of bioengineers and chemists at Glasgow University...
Innovative solutions putting Scotland on the global healthcare map
I firmly believe that Scotland’s ability to develop new solutions for healthcare based around informatics, big data and patient stratification is almost unrivalled globally. There is an incredible amount of...
AI storytelling companion to bring back memories for people with dementia
A team of researchers are developing an artificial intelligence-driven companion which tells personalised stories to aid the memory recollection of people living with dementia. The “groundbreaking” research project at the...
Harnessing AI to support long term condition management
Lenus Health is focused on connecting health data across the end-to-end care pathway from diagnostics to outpatient appointments through to remote management. This enables the structured datasets which are necessary...
Health board’s new ‘buddy’ as app frees up clinicians to spend more time with patients
NHS Lanarkshire realised during the pandemic that it needed to support remote patients and staff, which meant a digital solution for pre-operative assessment and then peri-operative support. The health board...
Getting the interoperability care puzzle right
The integration of health and social care in Scotland, as in the rest of the United Kingdom, has been long talked about but scarcely accomplished in any real sense. However,...
NHS Scotland awards contract to scale up remote patient monitoring
NHS Scotland has awarded a contract to a provider of virtual healthcare in the UK to support the scaling up and mainstreaming of remote monitoring services across the country. Under...
Users will be at heart of new ‘digital front door’ to healthcare services in Scotland
Citizen engagement will be key in the development of a ‘digital front door’ to health and care services in Scotland, according to a government health technology leader. A new streamlined...
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