Care Homes Assessment Tool Proof of Concept : Stage 2 Report - Executive Summary

This document is an Executive Summary of the End of Stage Report for the Care Homes Assessment Tool Proof of Concept (CHAT Stage 2). The report has been produced by the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) and Scottish Care to;

• share learnings from CHAT Stage 2 with key stakeholders and project participants,
• formally report to the Scottish Government Digital Health & Care Directorate as funders of CHAT, and
• outline any next steps/ recommendations.

The effects of the coronavirus pandemic began to escalate in Scotland in March 2020. In response to this, DHI and Scottish Care agreed to collaborate on the development of a digital Care Homes Assessment Tool (CHAT) for Covid-19 following positive findings from a Stage 1 Test of Change undertaken in June 2020. CHAT Stage 2 sought to develop the wireframes tested in Stage 1 into an initial production version and develop an associated service model.