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...
Six NHS trusts in northeast England embark on ‘largest deployment’ of digital care in the country
A digital health and care project involving six NHS trusts in northeast England has developed over 50 services – in a bid to improve patient outcomes and create ‘capacity’ in...
New public health body will have key leadership role in data science and innovation
A new public health body to be set up in Scotland will have a key leadership role for data science and innovation, according to a consultation paper. Public Health Scotland...
The electronic doctor will see you now. NHS begins collaboration with Amazon Alexa
The NHS has begun a collaboration with Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant to give people ‘reliable’ health information in their home. People will be able to access verified health information from...
Billionaire philanthropists donate $7.5m to Glasgow University’s bid to become world-leading precision medicine hub
A billionaire philanthropist couple have donated $7.5m to Glasgow University’s bid to become a world-leading hub for precision medicine. Husband and wife John and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, whose biopharma firm Biocon is India’s...
Scotland’s largest health board introducing sophisticated AI tool which ‘mimics’ pathologists
Scotland’s largest health board is introducing a powerful new artificial intelligence tool which can automate the process of detecting and diagnosing disease. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde – which serves...
Health service veteran appointed as new Chief Executive of NHS Scotland
Malcolm Wright, a health service veteran with over 40 years of experience in various NHS roles, has been appointed as the new chief executive of NHS Scotland after performing in...
Judge us on the benefits to people
A year has passed since the Scottish Government published its Digital Health and Care Strategy. The strategy highlighted the challenges with existing technology that make it difficult for clinicians and...
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