Expert insights

We are excited to announce a forthcoming tender from the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), working in collaboration with BE-ST (Built Environment Smarter Transformation) Innovation Centre and Moray Council for the development of a smart housing blueprint that focuses on health, well-being, and environmental sustainability in rural settings.

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.

63-year-old Fleming McNiven from Broxburn spent 40 years sitting behind a desk as a chartered accountant before the desire to “give something back” took hold. So, when the chance to volunteer at St John’s Hospital in Livingston came up during Covid, he threw himself into it. Fleming works Tuesday mornings in the outpatient department for ophthalmology, diabetes, and podiatry and on a Thursday morning at the hospital’s main entrance reception.

RDS recently unveiled its ambitious new business plan for 2025-26, marking a significant step forward in its mission to enhance health and social wellbeing in Scotland. In addition to the business plan, RDS has also updated its Safe Haven Charter for the first time since 2015. This charter underpins the secure and ethical use of sensitive health data, ensuring that researchers can access and analyse data within a trusted framework.

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.

Developing a national harm reduction app to enhance digital support for people with lived experience of substance use.

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

A pioneering partnership between the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) and Research Data Scotland (RDS)

Read Moira Mackenzies insight into digital solutions design to inform health care services and providers published in AgendaNI Annual Report

DHI is delighted to contribute to this new special report exploring digital healthcare innovation in Scotland.