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Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) has appointed award-winning sustainable architects Architype to lead the design of a Smart Housing Blueprint, focusing on improving health and wellbeing, and environmental sustainability in rural communities.

Join us on Friday 7 November for the second webinar in our international series, hosted in collaboration between the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre and the Centre for e-health at the University of Agder, Norway. This session will focus on the practical side of AI: the skills, tools, and mindsets needed to thrive in an AI-enabled world.

Over the last 10 months, Scotland's four Innovation Centres - The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), Built Environment-Smarter Transformation (BE-ST), Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC), and The Data Lab - have been travelling across the country to engage with colleges and collaborative business partners, exploring opportunities for innovation and partnership that can strengthen the local economy and shape the future workforce.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is looking for a supplier to deliver a qualitative study to explore how the UK can strategically leverage India's AI innovation ecosystem strengths to address NHS challenges, and scale trusted innovation for the benefit of the UK health system.

At the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), we champion innovation not only in health and care but also in how we support our team’s wellbeing. In the spring, ten enthusiastic staff members took part in the Step Count Challenge - an eight-week workplace walking and exercise initiative designed to encourage movement, connection, and a healthy work-life balance.

The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) along with key partners are progressing a Strategic Outline Case (SOC) to develop a ‘Rural AI Lighthouse for Digital Health and Care’ project based in Moray.

On behalf of the UK Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, BMG Research has invited members of the UK’s Engineering Biology (EB) sector to take a survey about their use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

A recent evaluation of the digital pain assessment tool, PainChek, by a team at Edinburgh Napier University suggests it could improve the way pain is identified and managed for people with dementia in Scottish care homes.

Young Innovators Shine at #DigiInventors 2025 Awards as SSERC Announced as New National Partner.

The Chief Scientists Office (CSO) launched a national open innovation challenge aimed at innovating mental health services in Scotland on 22nd June 2022. The aim of this challenge was to develop disruptive innovative solutions that deliver sustainable, accessible, and equitable mental health services.

Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre has appointed Archangel as development partner for a pioneering Technology Enabled Care project

We were proud to celebrate the winners of the DigiInventors Challenge Secondary School Edition at Digital Health & Care Scotland 2025.

The #DigiFest24 Skills Webinar, a satellite event of Scotland’s annual Digital Health and Care Fest

I’ve been part of a diverse and dynamic cohort of women taking part in the Empowering Women to Lead Digital Transformation programme. 

This blog explores some examples of how AI is shaping different industries, and considers the steps needed to ensure a successful transition

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could contribute to a healthier future if we engage skilled care practitioners in its design and development.