South Lanarkshire Council modernises ‘Care at Home Service’ with new software partnership
South Lanarkshire Council will save time and money by transforming its ‘care at home service’ in a new partnership with a leading software company. Council staff and Totalmobile, a specialist...
Ransomware attack downs systems for health service in Ireland
A ransomware attack has caused widespread disruption this morning – forcing the cancellation of outpatient appointments – for Ireland’s health service. The cyber incident forced the Health Service Executive to...
‘IT issues’ cause Covid data glitch at Public Health Scotland
National testing and case data for Covid-19 was impacted this morning after “IT issues” forced Public Health Scotland monitoring systems offline. The unknown data glitch affected the digital and security...
AWS secures £15m contract to host NHS’s digital health platform
Amazon Web Services has secured a contract worth up to £15m over 10 years to host a national digital platform for healthcare in Scotland. The procurement notice was posted on...
New contact tracing ‘check in’ app used 700,000 times since launch last week
A new app launched last week to speed up national Covid-19 contact tracing efforts has already been used 700,000 times to ‘check in’ to venues across Scotland. That means the...
New online mental health service launches in Stirling Council region
Young people living in the Stirling council region are the latest in Scotland to be offered free access to 24/7 online mental health services following an extended period of strict...
New ‘check in’ digital service launched to improve Scotland’s contact tracing efforts
A new digital service was launched today to support businesses collecting personal information of visitors in order to speed up the national Covid-19 contact tracing system. More than 6,400 venues...
Creators of digital camera pill that detects bowel cancer win innovation award
The creators of the ‘pillcam’ – a pill containing a tiny digital camera that can be swallowed to detect early diagnosis of bowel cancer – have been named one of...
Building our economic recovery around life sciences
In just under a month, Scottish voters will go to the polls to elect the next Scottish government and regardless of who is returned to St Andrews House they will...
From bench to bedside
Edinburgh academics support digital health innovation from germ of idea to effective treatment The Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to challenge traditional ways of working, innovate and accelerate transformation,...
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