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...
Speech tech company adds ‘Scottish children’s voices’ to its range of text-to-speech services
Scottish children with a range of communications difficulties will be able to speak in their native tongues thanks to updated speech technology. Until now, children in Scotland have only been...
NHS hospitals system Patientrack rebrands as Alcidion as it expands offer of early warning informatics services
A health tech platform which provides early warning signs to clinicians – helping them quickly identify the sickest patients in hospital – has been rebranded following a takeover last year....
5G networks can be ‘transformative’ for health and social care
A joint report has been launched urging government to consider a series of recommendations to ‘harness’ the capabalities of 5G networks in healthcare. Tech UK – the tech trade body...
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