“Prior to the Pathfinder, we wouldn’t have had the design vocabulary within the HSCP to generate the interview maps. ...The paradigm of enquiry, a qualitative research lens rather than asking and seeking answers to specific questions or an appraisal of a service, was a conscious choice designed to help us dive deeper than normal and learn this skill in action by realising benefits in a test case.”
Matthew Curl
Digital Programme Manager
Midlothian Health & Social Care Partnership
Health and care providers
Innovate with us!
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is a catalyst for change and a conduit for NHS reform. We harness Research & Innovation (R&I) to support the essential recovery and digitally enabled transformation of health and social care services.
We work with the NHS, local authorities, independent health & care providers, housing associations, 3rd Sector and charities.
DHI deploys our core, national digital assets, including the DHI Exchange, to co-design change and remove barriers to the implementation, adoption, and scaling of successful innovation, to ensure service readiness is embedded into the process for all partners.
Spotlighting impactful innovation
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.