New high-tech skills centre to use real-world simulations to train NHS Scotland staff
A new high-tech skills centre will use real-world ‘simulations’ to train NHS staff in Scotland, it was revealed today. The NHS Scotland Academy Skills and Simulation Centre at Clydebank’s Golden…
Thanks to upfront research investment we are now ‘tantalisingly close’ to realising goal of AI-driven healthcare in Scotland
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer an alien concept. It’s shaking up traditional perceptions and saving precious time across different sectors on a global scale – and there’s no doubting…
Harnessing potential of healthcare data
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, data has emerged as a potentially transformative force, improving patient care, driving innovation, and shaping the future of medicine. The healthcare system generates and…
Connections critical in closing health gap
Digital inclusion stands as a crucial avenue for addressing the widening health disparities in Scotland, emphasised a senior healthcare leader. Mary Morgan, Chief Executive of NHS National Services Scotland, who…
Unlocking DataLoch’s vault holds key to improving treatments
Covering about 1 million patients in the Lothian region of Scotland, the DataLoch is one of the largest single repositories of health data in the country. Funded by the University of…
Healthcare innovations require collaboration and support
Amid a fast-moving, constantly evolving healthcare landscape, many of what were once considered exciting breakthrough possibilities for the future are increasingly becoming a reality. We are now starting to see…
Digital ‘early warning’ system at Lanarkshire hospital helps doctors identify sickest patients
A new digital early warning system at a Lanarkshire hospital is helping doctors to identify the sickest patients in the emergency department. The Patientrack system is being trialled at University…
Millions of Scottish health board files dumped on dark web by hackers
Millions of files belonging to a Scottish health board have been dumped on the dark web by hackers. Sensitive documents including confidential patient data at NHS Dumfries & Galloway has…
Can Scotland follow in Bologna’s footsteps to reduce bed blocking?
Bed blocking is a neat shorthand to highlight one of the health service’s most persistent problems. Solving the causes of bed blocking will free up resources and reduce waiting lists…
Medical device company secures £4.7m to accelerate ‘next generation respiratory pharmaceuticals’
A medical device company spun out of the University of Glasgow has secured £4.7 million in its bid to accelerate ‘next generation respiratory pharmaceuticals’. Nebu-Flow’s technology compresses particles to such…
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