Healthcare ‘decision support programme’ will feature AI tools
The Digital Health and Care Institute is working in collaboration with the Scottish Government to launch the next research and development phase of the innovative ‘decision support programme’. This programme...
Two Scottish islands added to list of remote locations served by personalised wellbeing and digital health programme
A service which facilitates the self-management of people with long-term conditions – through personalised wellbeing plans and digital health interventions – has been expanded to include two Scottish islands. Uist...
Nine out of 10 Scottish citizens believe IoT and smart-tech will enhance healthcare delivery
Nearly nine out of ten of Scottish citizens believe the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart technologies will enhance healthcare delivery in Scotland. Eighty-eight per cent of people polled in...
Innovator network will help Scottish digital health firms break into US market
A Chicago-based consultancy has been appointed to help Scottish digital health and ‘med-tech’ firms break into the US market. AVIA, which specialises in helping health systems deliver digital solutions ‘at...
Care matching tech service receives £1.5m grant to fund ambitious growth programme
A tech platform dubbed the ‘Rightmove of care’ has received a £1.5m grant as it bids to create 70 new jobs. Edinburgh-based Care Sourcer – which matches people to the...
Medical student helps develop new app which monitors lung patients
A medical student has helped develop a pioneering new computer-based modelling system to better predict how much oxygen lung disease patients require. University of Edinburgh medical student Emma Chang worked...
Woman left bedridden for eight years after being bitten by a tick helps launch new app to tackle Lyme Disease
A woman who was left bedridden for eight years after being bitten by a tick has helped launch a new app which flags up Lyme Disease hotpsots. Morven-May MacCallum had...
Six GP surgeries pioneer use of FaceTime-style video consultations with patients
Six GP surgeries in Lanarkshire are among the first in Scotland to offer FaceTime-style video consultations to patients. The practices are early adopters of a new Attend Anywhere service, which...
Technology to be ‘key enabler’ of Edinburgh’s new health and social care strategy
Technology is set to be a ‘key enabler’ of Edinburgh’s new health and social care strategic plan, which was published today. Devices which can provide assisted living capabilities could be...
‘We are on the cusp of a huge health tech revolution’, says health secretary on launch of new National Artificial Intelligence Lab
A new ‘National Artificial Intelligence Lab’ has been launched as part of a UK Government £250m investment into AI. The AI Lab will bring together academics, specialists and technology companies to work...
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