Connecting care across Fife’s acute, community and mental health hospitals
NHS Fife made a big step this year in connecting the care we provide across our acute, community and mental health hospitals. When we switched on our TrakCare patient information…
Medical visualisation hackathon focused on advances in precision medicine
Product Forge has partnered with Toshiba Medical Visualisation Systems Europe and Scottish Health Innovations, to host a hackathon based on creating innovations that would help solve medical challenges faced by…
Computer scientists aim to identify link between places and sounds
A study being carried out by the Universities of Aberdeen, Stirling and Edinburgh is aiming to identify and analyse sounds associated with particular places in a bid to gain an…
Brand new technology for NHS Scotland patients
The Golden Jubilee National Hospital has implemented a pioneering new digital system for recording patients’ vital signs which allows clinicians to monitor their condition in near real time. Unveiled at…
Data specialists invited to improve cancer care in Scotland – one week left to register
Data specialists, technicians and clinicians are being called upon to contribute their expertise to a project aimed at making Scotland a world leader in cancer care. The Cancer Innovation Challenge…
Organised Health moves offices and plans London expansion
Glasgow-based digital health start-up Organised Health Technologies celebrates continued growth with move to city centre office and plans for future London expansion. After months of continued internal and external growth,…
Stirling Student scoops top industry award for patient data work
A University of Stirling student has won a prestigious industry award for her data analysis project with NHS National Services Scotland. Anita George scooped the top accolade at the Data…
Make your health services more accessible – Top Five Tips from Texthelp
The internet is changing the way we live – we pay our taxes online, apply for jobs, book travel and search the web for offers and information. It’s changing the…
Citizens Advice Scotland calls on Avaya for 0800 NHS helpline
Citizens Advice Scotland has chosen Avaya to provide the technology behind the ‘Patient Advice & Support Service’ (PASS), a new 0800 helpline service for anyone who wants to give feedback,…
Medical Visualisation Hackathon to be held at CodeBase
Product Forge and Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems to run competitive hackathon at CodeBase in Edinburgh later this autumn. Entrepreneurially minded data scientists and analysts, clinicians, designers, and software engineers, will…