NHS Scotland CEO: ‘Digital approaches are vital to our recovery’
The last two years have been the most challenging that the NHS in Scotland has ever lived through. I am enormously proud of the way in which staff across our…
NHS Scotland ‘cannot afford’ to slow down digitisation, says tech boss
NHS Scotland “cannot afford to drop the pace” of digital transformation as it emerges from the pandemic, according to a former health tech boss. Deryck Mitchelson, who stepped down from his role…
Ministers urged to scrap Covid app relaunch over low usage rates
Ministers have been urged to scrap plans to relaunch Scotland’s “failing” contact tracing app as it emerged fewer than two in 10 people are using it properly. Despite new data…
Digital system to spot when hospital patients are getting sicker completes successful trial
A digital system that automatically alerts clinical staff when patients are becoming unwell has been successfully tested as part of plans for a new hospital in Lanarkshire. The Patientrack digital…
Unlocking the power of AI to make babies
BJSS is a leading digital consultancy with 10 years’ healthcare experience designing and delivering a range of critical NHS systems and services, including NHS Spine, the e-Referral Service and the…
Protecting cloud-based Scottish health data from cyber harms
The Health Informatics Centre (HIC) at the University of Dundee specialises in the provision of secure data collaboration to facilitate cutting-edge medical research. The centre holds consented health data on…
Groundbreaking technique restores ‘feel’ to surgeons performing robotic surgery
Scottish researchers have been awarded £1.25 million to develop a “groundbreaking” technique to restore surgeons’ sense of ‘feel’ when performing robotic surgery. The new method will be used during keyhole…
Expansion of telecare could save Scotland over £1bn by 2030
Extending telecare services to more people could save Scotland’s care providers £1.1 billion by the end of the decade, new analysis has found. Economic modelling from digital connectivity consultancy FarrPoint…
How tailor-made medicines could be the future of disease management in Scotland
Health is wealth. What does that actually mean? There are lots of interpretations of this phrase and it is the topic I’ll be addressing when I step onto the virtual global stage…
Lift off for Scotland’s first drone port which will assist with NHS Covid response
Scotland’s first drone port is set for take off after plans were agreed to start doing test flights for NHS deliveries – aiding the Covid-19 response. The innovative trials are…
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