Exclusive: Former Skyscanner CTO to help deliver Scotland’s new digital health service
The former chief technology officer at Skyscanner, the global travel search giant, has joined the NHS in Scotland to help deliver a new national digital health service. Dr Alistair Hann,…
Scottish Ambulance Service pilots UK defibrillation map using Microsoft’s Azure
Thousands of people who are at risk of dying every year from cardiac arrest could be saved under new plans to make the public aware of their nearest defibrillator. A…
Canon Medical Research to develop AI-powered cancer assessment prototype
Canon Medical Research Europe has been awarded £140,000 to develop a prototype that combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and medical imaging technology to improve assessment for one of the most difficult…
Aberdeen researcher leads £10.5m prostate cancer project using big data
A £10.5m prostate cancer project led by a researcher at Aberdeen University will use big data to answer critical questions about the disease. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer…
Edinburgh AI healthcare firm raises $8m in funding
AI-enabled healthcare company snap40 has announced that it has secured $8m in seed financing led by ADV, with participation from MMC Ventures; the largest funding of its kind for a…
Health Call: a case study
What is Health Call? Health Call is a collaboration between six NHS trusts and technology partner Inhealthcare in the North East of England. It represents the largest deployment of digital…
Scotland’s MindMate partners with Australia bio-tech firm on treatment for Alzheimer’s
MindMate, the Glasgow-based creators of a free mobile health app that is used by more than million people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, brain injury, and other forms of…
Virtual reality opens up a new world to young hospice patients
A collaboration with students at the University of Strathclyde is giving young adult patients at The Prince & Princess of Wales Hospice the opportunity to explore a new virtual reality…
Capita proposes IoT enablement of SWAN to ‘transform Scottish public services’
Capita, in conjunction with the SWAN Innovation Forum, is proposing to roll out Internet of Things (IoT) capability across the Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN). Designed to fulfil the Smart…
Innovation and the potential of technology within healthcare
Ajenta are excited to be part of Digital Scotland 2018, participating in the discussion around innovation and the potential of technology within healthcare. Since start-up, Ajenta have been instrumental in…