COVID-19 demonstrates the vital role of data in healthcare
We must recommit to an innovation ready NHS that can benefit everyone The public health emergency caused by the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) at the start of the year is...
New Scottish expert group to study spread of COVID-19
A new expert group providing additional scientific analysis of the impact of COVID-19 in Scotland has been announced by the First Minister. As the number of cases increases, the Scottish...
University of Edinburgh experts to join ‘rapid response’ to coronavirus
Experts from the University of Edinburgh have secured £5m in funding to join the government’s ‘rapid response’ to the coronavirus pandemic. Researchers are set to collect data and samples of...
Heriot-Watt AI spin-out which helps ‘reduce isolation’ to play part in fight against coronavirus
A Scottish university spin-out is developing artificial intelligence (AI) software that that can understand and respond to human conversation, which can help play a part in the global fight against...
Award-winning platform which improves quality of life for cancer patients set for national roll-out
My Clinical Outcomes (MCO), an award-winning online platform which uses data to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, is targeting a national roll-out following the success of five...
Med-Tech company unveils smart device set to ‘revolutionise’ how medical events are managed in the air
A med-tech spin-out from the University of Aberdeen has unveiled a smart device set to revolutionise how medical events are managed in the air. MIME Technologies has launched a device which the has...
Global health and safety software company secures £7m to expand
A global health and safety software company headquartered in Scotland has secured £7m investment funding to accelerate growth. Glasgow-based SHE Software has completed a Series B round led by Frog...
Government launches £10m Innovation Scholars scheme to develop new tech for NHS
A new £10 million scheme will give leading researchers and businesses, based in the UK, the chance to work together to develop treatments and cures for those facing life-threatening conditions...
App shares real-time data with clinicians to improve Scottish breast cancer patients’ experience and their health outcomes
An app that allows breast cancer patients to record treatment symptoms, with data delivered to clinicians in real time, is being trialled at NHS Lothian. OWise, created by Px HealthCare, lets...
National Digital Platform Chief Technology Officer hits out at ‘bullies’ in NHS and public sector
The man tasked with building a new national digital platform for health and care in Scotland has hit out at “bullies” within the NHS and wider public sector. Alistair Hann,...
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