New regional portal to integrate health and social care data across North Scotland
Clinicians across the North of Scotland will from next year have access to an integrated digital view of a patient’s health and social care data through a new web-based portal...
Projects explore potential of NHS Scotland data to improve cancer care and outcomes
Three projects have won up to £35,000 each from Cancer Innovation Challenge to demonstrate how insights gained from NHS Scotland data could used to improve cancer patient care and outcomes...
Highlands and Islands Enterprise plan series of innovation events as part of DataFest18
Health professionals are being invited to a Highlands and Islands event focused on how data can support innovation in the health sector. From March 19-23, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE)...
New technology could extend cancer survival rate by up to five months
Cancer patients in Scotland could soon be able to share their symptoms with their medical team in real time using new technology after two new projects each received a £100,000...
Scottish charity rolls out digital passport
PAMIS has been described as ‘a small charity, punching well above its weight’, following the roll out of their digital passport programme. PAMIS is a Scottish charity based in Dundee...
Stirling Council announces launch of digital local information sharing platform
Stirling Council has launched a digital local information sharing platform designed to help its citizens “lead long, safe, happy and healthy lives”. Developed in partnership with Glasgow-based Frog Systems, it...
£1.7m of Innovate UK funding to tackle silent killer affecting one in four Scots
Eagle Genomics and the Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS-IC) have been awarded a £1.7m grant from Innovate UK for a project to develop tests and treatments for patients with...
A modern approach, true to founding principles
An innovative approach to supported living for people, including the older group, is being pioneered in Scotland. The initiative aims to meet the changing needs of society and the expectations...
Aberdeen named as partners in project to transform health through data science
Researchers at the University of Aberdeen have been named as part of a partnership which will receive a portion of a £54m research fund focussed on using data science to...
Building commercial confidence in engineering innovations
My son Leif was five years old when he went blind in his left eye. This was because a detached retina was not detected soon enough. At the time, ophthalmologists...
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