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,...
New software investment to improve Glasgow health and social care services
An IT and business consulting firm has invested in award-winning software which will modernise and streamline health and social care services in Glasgow. The upgrade in IT systems for Glasgow...
Computer modelling to determine Covid-19 airborne droplets risk
Computer modelling techniques and fluid mechanics are to be used together to understand the risk of the spread of Covid-19 airborne droplets in indoor spaces. Engineers at the University of...
A new era for data sharing
The power of cloud computing offers exciting potential for improving patient outcomes in Scotland The importance of data to protect public health. From tracking and monitoring the spread of the...
Driven by ambition
Scottish Health Innovations Ltd’s bold five-year plan aims to optimise true potential of skills and expertise We continue to live in exceptionally challenging times – but, of course, with challenges...
Software clicks with joined-up treatment
It’s always better to be lucky than smart,” says Ian Crichton, reflecting on a fortuitous decision taken just days before the first lockdown on 23 March last year to move...
Transforming healthcare through cloud technology
Nicky Murphy is passionate about the power of technology to drive health system transformation to deliver better outcomes and services for populations and individuals. The Head of Healthcare Public Policy...
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