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Grow with us!

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is an international leader in the field of Research & Innovation (R&I) in digital health and digitising social care. 

We work with you to gather insight, undertake research, co-design and develop collaborative innovations to implement change, generate real impact and attract increased investment and funding into R&I and institutional capabilities.

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DHI engages with schools, colleges, universities to raise awareness of careers in the digital health and social care sector.

 

We offer Master's Scholarships to support a talent pipeline and nurture future leaders into the sector. 

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DHI 10 Year Strategy

DHI facilitates collaboration between commercial, academic, and healthcare sectors to expedite research and innovation adoption, leveraging its robust delivery history to support the goals outlined in its 10-year strategy.

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DHI 10 Year Strategy

DHU Executive Digest

Digital tools for the self-management of chronic diseases: Mode of action and conditions of market success.

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DHU Executive Digest

Daring to consider “The art of the possible"

A Holyrood Magazine interview with our CEO, Professor George Crooks OBE.

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Daring to consider “The art of the possible"

The Rural Centre of Excellence (RCE)

The RCE for digital health and care in Moray is a £5 million initiative funded by the UK Government and delivered by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre through the Moray Growth Deal.

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The Rural Centre of Excellence (RCE)

Innovation clusters

We facilitate an innovation cluster approach to support collaboration between academic, business and civic sectors including citizens, health, social care and housing partners.

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Innovation clusters

#DigiInventors Challenge

Inspiring and empowering young people to identify and develop entrepreneurial and digital skills while raising awareness of career opportunities in the digital health and care sector.

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#DigiInventors Challenge

Spotlighting impactful innovation

Skills

DHI collaborates with key stakeholders, at strategic and operational level, to generate a future skills pipeline into the digital health and social care sector.

Resources

DHI undertakes research, facilitates international knowledge exchange, and publishes academic outputs, grey literature, white papers and a variety of other digital resources focused on digital health and social care.

Funding

Finding and engaging with relevant funding organisations can be challenging. DHI has partnered with The Data Lab to provide access to their funding finder – a search tool that leverages data and AI to navigate the UK funding system.

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Become part of an exclusive community, that wants to collaborate and transform great ideas into real digital health and social care solutions.


Share your interests and expertise, to receive tailored emails to participate in activities that align with your preferences.

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Our team

DHI comprises a team of multi-cultural and multi-lingual individuals, with extensive skills, experience, and a shared commitment to transform great ideas into real digital health and social care solutions.

Meet the team
Our team

Funding

Finding and engaging with relevant funding organisations can be challenging. DHI has partnered with The Data Lab to provide access to their funding finder – a search tool that leverages data and AI to navigate the UK funding system.

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Funding

News

Keep up to date with the latest digital health and social care news from across the sector.

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News

Who we are

DHI is a key enabler and catalyst for change, occupying a unique and visible position at the heart of the innovation ecosystem for digital health and social care, in Scotland.

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Who we are

Expert insights

Dive into the latest expert insights and elevate your understanding of the digital health and social care sector.

Gain expert insights
Expert insights

Innovation clusters

DHI facilitates a growing portfolio of Scottish innovation clusters to share learning, skills, experience and collaborate on new ideas to solve key health and social care challenges

Explore our innovation clusters
Innovation clusters

Design innovation

Design Innovation is at the core of DHI and runs right through its innovation process, enabling direct engagement with quadruple helix organisations and individuals to define requirements, align different perspectives, and provide a stable foundation for scalable, adoption ready health and social care solutions.

Experience design led innovation
Design innovation

Events

DHI is keen to support knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practice. Explore the latest digital health and social care events taking place from across the sector.

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Events

Skills

DHI collaborates with key stakeholders, at strategic and operational level, to generate a future skills pipeline into the digital health and social care sector.

Elevate your skills
Skills

Resources

DHI undertakes research, facilitates international knowledge exchange, and publishes academic outputs, grey literature, white papers and a variety of other digital resources focused on digital health and social care.

Browse our resources
Resources

Health and care

In the complex landscape of health and social care, numerous terms are frequently employed to describe the integration of technology in health and social care services. DHI prefers a more inclusive and simplified approach to our terminology.

Defining digital health and social care
Health and care

DHI exchange

DHI’s space for you to innovate! Our DHI exchange is one of Scotland’s key national assets to support health and social care service transformation.

Access our health data exchange
DHI exchange

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