This Year 4 annual report highlights DHIs significant impact in the past year. DHI has advanced various strategic initiatives, including crafting our 10-year strategy, which played a pivotal role in shaping the SFC Infrastructure Investment case and presentation. Furthermore, we’ve successfully transformed our headquarters in Glasgow to create a more agile and inspiring space. < Return to resources Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre Phase 2 - Year 4 Annual Report (August 2022 to July 2023) Hughes, J This Year 4 annual report highlights DHIs significant impact in the past year. DHI has advanced various strategic initiatives, including crafting our 10-year strategy, which played a pivotal role in shaping the SFC Infrastructure Investment case and presentation. Furthermore, we’ve successfully transformed our headquarters in Glasgow to create a more agile and inspiring space. View resource Previous item Next item Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre Phase 2 - Year 4 Annual Report (August 2022 to July 2023) Executive summary 2023 Start Now

This is a report of a formative evaluation of the National Decision Support Programme, focusing on Cambio, a pilot platform tested in primary care. The Scottish Government funded the National Decision Support Roadmap in 2015 to enhance decision support in health and care settings, leading to the development of a Decision Support Platform. Stakeholders supported Cambio as an open standards-based decision support platform, emphasizing the need for strong national leadership, system usability, and ongoing monitoring to address potential challenges in implementation and achieve desired benefits. < Return to resources Creating and Applying an Evaluation Framework for the National Decision Support Programme in Scotland Cresswell, Kathrin and Callaghan, Margaret and Mozaffar, Hajar and Sheikh, Aziz This is a report of a formative evaluation of the National Decision Support Programme, focusing on Cambio, a pilot platform tested in primary care. The Scottish Government funded the National Decision Support Roadmap in 2015 to enhance decision support in health and care settings, leading to the development of a Decision Support Platform. Stakeholders supported Cambio as an open standards-based decision support platform, emphasizing the need for strong national leadership, system usability, and ongoing monitoring to address potential challenges in implementation and achieve desired benefits. View resource Previous item Next item Creating and Applying an Evaluation Framework for the National Decision Support Programme in Scotland Article 2019 Start Now

The Sarawak Research and Development Council (SRDC) is a statutory body established in 2017 to support and strengthen research and development across Sarawak. It works to stimulate and facilitate R&D activity, coordinate research across government agencies, departments and educational institutions, and enhance research standards and capabilities. SRDC also supports the commercialisation of research outcomes, helping translate research and innovation into wider economic and societal impact. Visit Partner's website Previous Item Next Item

This report reviews current diabetes policy in Scotland, and analyses the current and emerging digital health technology market for diabetes care in 2019. < Return to resources Structured Education and Digital Learning for Diabetes Care in Scotland Morrison, Ciarán This report reviews current diabetes policy in Scotland, and analyses the current and emerging digital health technology market for diabetes care in 2019. View resource Previous item Next item Structured Education and Digital Learning for Diabetes Care in Scotland Report 2019 Start Now

In 2008-2009, the Scottish Government initiated the "Shift the Balance of Care" policy, advocating for a transition of care from hospitals to community settings for more sustainable outcomes. This policy aimed to integrate health and social care services around the citizen, emphasizing a multi-disciplinary community care model. Further, the Chief Medical Officers' Annual Report in 2017 urged the adoption of predictive and proportionate care models, emphasizing citizen co-management and joint decision-making, departing from a paternalistic medical approach. < Return to resources Introduction to the Demonstration & Simulation Environment (DSE) Chute, Chaloner In 2008-2009, the Scottish Government initiated the "Shift the Balance of Care" policy, advocating for a transition of care from hospitals to community settings for more sustainable outcomes. This policy aimed to integrate health and social care services around the citizen, emphasizing a multi-disciplinary community care model. Further, the Chief Medical Officers' Annual Report in 2017 urged the adoption of predictive and proportionate care models, emphasizing citizen co-management and joint decision-making, departing from a paternalistic medical approach. View resource Previous item Next item Introduction to the Demonstration & Simulation Environment (DSE) Blog post 2018 Start Now

Designed Engagement uses design methods and skills to transform the way we talk to people in the community. We go to where people are, designing positive and thought-provoking public engagement to stimulate creative dialogue and explore new ways of addressing societal challenges. Involving the public in dialogue around changes to policy and the design of services is a key target for policy makers, however traditional approaches offer little scope for creativity and meaningful engagement. Design brings a wealth of expertise to create engaging experiences, facilitate dialogue, and translate insights into tangible outputs for decision makers. We introduce ‘Designed Engagement’ to denote design-led approaches to public engagement, illustrated through two examples of pop-up Designed Engagement. We discuss advantages, limitations, and implications for design, concluding with the need for further research to evaluate and demonstrate the contribution and value of design in public engagement. < Return to resources Designed Engagement Teal, Gemma and French, Tara Designed Engagement uses design methods and skills to transform the way we talk to people in the community. We go to where people are, designing positive and thought-provoking public engagement to stimulate creative dialogue and explore new ways of addressing societal challenges. Involving the public in dialogue around changes to policy and the design of services is a key target for policy makers, however traditional approaches offer little scope for creativity and meaningful engagement. Design brings a wealth of expertise to create engaging experiences, facilitate dialogue, and translate insights into tangible outputs for decision makers. We introduce ‘Designed Engagement’ to denote design-led approaches to public engagement, illustrated through two examples of pop-up Designed Engagement. We discuss advantages, limitations, and implications for design, concluding with the need for further research to evaluate and demonstrate the contribution and value of design in public engagement. View resource Previous item Next item Designed Engagement Paper 2016 Start Now

Skills Development Scotland is the national skills body supporting the people and businesses of Scotland to develop and apply their skills. With more than 1,400 colleagues working across the country in schools, careers centres and partner locations, SDS are passionate about skills development and its contribution to a modern, innovative and prosperous Scottish economy. SDS are committed to building a Scotland which champions fair work practices and a diverse workforce. Working with partners, SDS strive to ensure employers have the right skills at the right time in high performing, fair and equal workplaces, and that every individual has the skills and confidence to get a job and progress in the workplace, achieving their full potential. Visit Partner's website Previous Item Next Item

Summary of the TITTAN project to date. < Return to resources TITTAN Project Update and Workshop 2 Overview of Best Practices Rooney, Laura Summary of the TITTAN project to date. View resource Previous item Next item TITTAN Project Update and Workshop 2 Overview of Best Practices Report 2016 Start Now

This study aimed to present a set of recurring user requirements and themes for comanaged digital health and care services derived from the body of co-design projects within a digital health and care program. This study aimed to enable people and organizations looking to reorient their approach to health and care research and delivery from a system-led and condition-specific approach to a more person-centric, whole-of-life model. This paper presents a set of 14 common user requirements that resulted from a review of co-design projects. The findings demonstrate overlapping and reinforcing sets of needs from citizens and care professionals related to how data are comanaged to improve care and outcomes. It highlights consensus around requirements for personal health storytelling, sharing data on care experiences and how this can support personalized guidance, visualize trends to support decision-making, and generally improve dialog between a citizen and care professionals. < Return to resources User Requirements for Comanaged Digital Health and Care Review Chute, Chaloner, French, Tara, Raman, Sneha and Bradley, Jay This study aimed to present a set of recurring user requirements and themes for comanaged digital health and care services derived from the body of co-design projects within a digital health and care program. This study aimed to enable people and organizations looking to reorient their approach to health and care research and delivery from a system-led and condition-specific approach to a more person-centric, whole-of-life model. This paper presents a set of 14 common user requirements that resulted from a review of co-design projects. The findings demonstrate overlapping and reinforcing sets of needs from citizens and care professionals related to how data are comanaged to improve care and outcomes. It highlights consensus around requirements for personal health storytelling, sharing data on care experiences and how this can support personalized guidance, visualize trends to support decision-making, and generally improve dialog between a citizen and care professionals. View resource Previous item Next item User Requirements for Comanaged Digital Health and Care Review Paper 2022 Start Now

The research report explores the skills issues in Scotland's digital health sector in 2017-18, which is rapidly growing and demanding skilled personnel. There's a notable shortage of professionals proficient in both ICT and health and care, and the existing education and training offerings are limited, mostly at post-graduate level. The research findings suggest bridging the gap between education and sector needs is crucial for Scotland to capitalize on the expanding digital health market, requiring a review of education provision, closer collaboration with industry, and raising awareness of the sector's importance. < Return to resources Review and Analysis of the Digital Health Sector and Skills for Scotland Rimpiläinen, Sanna and Morrison, Ciarán and Rooney, Laura The research report explores the skills issues in Scotland's digital health sector in 2017-18, which is rapidly growing and demanding skilled personnel. There's a notable shortage of professionals proficient in both ICT and health and care, and the existing education and training offerings are limited, mostly at post-graduate level. The research findings suggest bridging the gap between education and sector needs is crucial for Scotland to capitalize on the expanding digital health market, requiring a review of education provision, closer collaboration with industry, and raising awareness of the sector's importance. View resource Previous item Next item Review and Analysis of the Digital Health Sector and Skills for Scotland Report 2018 Start Now

This baseline survey of the specialist data, information and knowledge (SDIK) workforce in health and care in Scotland was designed to: • Provide an initial indicative description of that workforce as a baseline foundation for the next stages. • Seek confirmation (or otherwise) of the initial statement of scope of the Specialist Data, Information and Knowledge workforce in health and care (see appendix A) • Explore the future needs of SDIK staff in relation to: • Skills development • New ways of working Strategic stakeholder engagement and a scoping literature review undertaken to inform the development of the initial statement of scope of the SDIK workforce showed that this workforce is currently ill-defined, and relatively ‘invisible’ in terms of workforce planning and development. As such, it was anticipated that survey would be very much a baseline exploration. As such, the dissemination of the survey was through extensive use of known networks and communication channels. The survey was live from 7th December 2018 to 8th February 2019. See Appendix B for survey questionnaire. Associated with "Our Time to Shine" report. < Return to resources Baseline Workforce Survey Appendix 4 Digital Health & Care Institute & Wales, Ann This baseline survey of the specialist data, information and knowledge (SDIK) workforce in health and care in Scotland was designed to: • Provide an initial indicative description of that workforce as a baseline foundation for the next stages. • Seek confirmation (or otherwise) of the initial statement of scope of the Specialist Data, Information and Knowledge workforce in health and care (see appendix A) • Explore the future needs of SDIK staff in relation to: • Skills development • New ways of working Strategic stakeholder engagement and a scoping literature review undertaken to inform the development of the initial statement of scope of the SDIK workforce showed that this workforce is currently ill-defined, and relatively ‘invisible’ in terms of workforce planning and development. As such, it was anticipated that survey would be very much a baseline exploration. As such, the dissemination of the survey was through extensive use of known networks and communication channels. The survey was live from 7th December 2018 to 8th February 2019. See Appendix B for survey questionnaire. Associated with "Our Time to Shine" report. View resource Previous item Next item Baseline Workforce Survey Appendix 4 Report 2019 Start Now

This is a report on an Exploratory event arranged for the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership Exploratory on the 23rd November 2016 with focus on digital solutions for integrated health and care services. < Return to resources The Potential of Digital Solutions for Integration of Health and Social Care Services Rimpiläinen, Sanna and Morrison, Ciarán and Rooney, Laura This is a report on an Exploratory event arranged for the Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership Exploratory on the 23rd November 2016 with focus on digital solutions for integrated health and care services. View resource Previous item Next item The Potential of Digital Solutions for Integration of Health and Social Care Services Report 2016 Start Now

Charline RousselResearch Associate < Return to team Charline Roussel Research Associate Charline is a Design Researcher and Designer. Her expertise lies in participatory design. She has extensive experience designing closely with communities in Scotland to co-create place strategies, heritage trails, and digital tools (websites and apps) that reflect local needs and participate in meaningful placemaking. She holds a Master’s degree in Product Design from the School of Decorative Arts in France and studied product design at the Glasgow School of Art. She is interested in empowering individuals through thoughtful, inclusive, and delightful designs and processes. She focuses on the AI-supported image analysis in large bowel camera capsule endoscopy (AICE) project, funded by Horizon Europe and led by a partnership of researchers and experts across 12 European organisations. She is designing and evaluating a user-facing app to support the patient pathway using participatory design methods. Email LinkedIn Related Projects Next team member Previous team page Team page

The DHI joined the Digital Lifelines programme in March 2022 with the aim of working with delivery partners, organisations delivering services, and people who use drugs, to collaboratively produce a future vision for digitally enabled services to better support people who use drugs. The final report presents an overview of activities and findings from the integrated ‘Discover and Define’ workstream. The report concludes with a synthesis of emerging insights and themes from different perspectives (lived experience, service, sector, policy and digital); and highlights key opportunities for digitally enabled services to support people who use drugs and have multiple, complex, and enduring needs to reduce risk of harm and live well in the community. This will inform the ‘Develop’ phase, to co-design future digital solutions and services. < Return to resources Digital Lifelines: DHI Discover and Define Raman, Sneha., Simms, Harriet. The DHI joined the Digital Lifelines programme in March 2022 with the aim of working with delivery partners, organisations delivering services, and people who use drugs, to collaboratively produce a future vision for digitally enabled services to better support people who use drugs. The final report presents an overview of activities and findings from the integrated ‘Discover and Define’ workstream. The report concludes with a synthesis of emerging insights and themes from different perspectives (lived experience, service, sector, policy and digital); and highlights key opportunities for digitally enabled services to support people who use drugs and have multiple, complex, and enduring needs to reduce risk of harm and live well in the community. This will inform the ‘Develop’ phase, to co-design future digital solutions and services. View resource Previous item Next item Digital Lifelines: DHI Discover and Define Report 2023 Start Now

This factsheet presents the key point of the skills and capabilities analysis from the full report "Spotlight on Careers in Digital Health and Care", available from: https://doi.org/10.17868/69247. < Return to resources Spotlight on Careers in Digital Health and Care: Skills Heat Map Factsheet Rimpiläinen, Sanna and Morrison, Ciarán and Nielsen, Søren Lange and Rooney, Laura This factsheet presents the key point of the skills and capabilities analysis from the full report "Spotlight on Careers in Digital Health and Care", available from: https://doi.org/10.17868/69247. View resource Previous item Next item Spotlight on Careers in Digital Health and Care: Skills Heat Map Factsheet Factsheet 2019 Start Now

Using the 3 Cs to create digital solutions to the Covid-19 challenge Covid-19 related projects Project impact Rapid Covid-19 Response through Innovation: DHI quickly developed digital tools supporting Scotland’s health and social care needs, benefiting patients and frontline staff. Strengthening Sector Collaboration: DHI partnered with NHS, government, and SMEs to co-design critical Covid-19 tools, enhancing Scotland's response capabilities. Setting New Standards in Digital Health: DHI’s Covid-19 projects, like the National Notification Service, streamlined processes, delivering rapid, impactful solutions for Scotland’s health sector. Using the 3 Cs to create digital solutions to the Covid-19 challenge The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) was commissioned, and continues to be actively involved, in supporting the Scottish Government’s national response to the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic from the first week in March 2020. We have onboarded six new Covid-19 projects over the last five months, which has resulted in DHI re-prioritising our work program and reallocating staff resources to accelerate our pace of working. Our whole team has risen to these challenges and have produced high quality products that are being deployed into a live service, supporting the population of Scotland (patients, service users as well as health and social care staff) at this critical point. We have established close working relations with all key partners across Scotland, particularly the Digital Directorate, NHS Scotland Digital, NES and TEC functions as well as national and territorial health boards, the Digital Office for Local Government and key third sector and independent sector organisations. Several academic and industry partners have also been engaged to support this work. This includes several Scottish SMEs including Storm ID, Sitekit, Daysix, Tactuum and Cohesion along with Scottish Enterprise. The DHI team worked virtually and used a variety of interactive, online tools to collaborate and co-design, develop and define solutions and services, collaboratively with stakeholders. Frequently involving up to 30 participants, project workshops were organised and facilitated with technologists, clinicians, designers, NHS staff and representatives from the Government to gather experience-based insight, document requirements and plan for wider integration. Following the success of this new type of working, we plan on integrating elements of it into all future projects to help fastrack innovation ideation into delivery. Summary The National Notification Service has changed the way Scottish health boards view and communicate test results, relieving the front line of the burden of administrating thousands of test results so that they could focused on higher impact health protection duties The Simple Tracing Tools equipped all 14 Scottish health boards with the digital means to capture contact tracing data during peak Covid-19. 733 clinical users were onboarded and they traced 1618 index cases and their contacts over a 2 month period at peak – this allowed Scotland to leave full lockdown earlier The Clinical Assessment Tool has been used for over three thousand assessments of patients in the Glasgow area. It has fed early intelligence into surveillance systems to help identify outbreaks earlier. This is currently being scaled up to other boards in Scotland The Covid Community Co-management tools have been developed and user research completed – with the Scottish population demonstrating their support for a more active digital role in contact tracing. This tool is due to go live later in the autumn in 2020 and will help with the expected increase in Covid-19 cases over the winter period Impact & value Progress to date Next steps Covid-19 Projects The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) was commissioned and remains actively engaged in supporting the Scottish Government’s national response to the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic through various related projects View Projects Partners Project staff Resources Global Examples of COVID-19 Surveillance Technologies Flash Report Rapid Review of Contact Tracing Methods for COVID-19 Using Innovation to Develop Digital Tools for Public Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic Emerging Trends in Digital Health and Care: A Refresh Post-COVID Emerging Trends in Digital Health and Care: A Refresh Post-COVID (booklet) Previous project Projects index page Next project

Scottish Development International promotes Scotland as a place for investment and trade. With a network of more than 30 global offices, you'll find a local Scottish Development International contact who can help you do business with Scotland – whether that’s supporting your investment in Scotland or helping you partner with Scottish companies. Visit Partner's website Previous Item Next Item

Co-design is becoming a well-known term outside of the design domain, reflecting a growing awareness of the potential and value of applying a design-led process to address complex social and systemic issues. However, an increase in the adoption of ‘co-design’ methods has also led to multiple and sometimes conflicting understanding of what it means and how it is enacted in practice. ‘What does genuine co-design mean? What does it look like? And how does it make a difference?’ – we have been exploring these questions through our participatory design practice and research spanning over seven years. In this chapter, we share our learnings and reflections on genuine co-design, using examples to articulate characteristics of co-design and conditions for enabling genuine participation in the co-design process. We invite further dialogue with the wider practice and research communities to develop a shared understanding of what is (and what is not) genuine co-design. < Return to resources Towards a shared understanding of genuine co-design with people with lived experience: reflections from co-designing for relational and transformational experiences in health and social care in the UK Raman, Sneha and French, Tara Co-design is becoming a well-known term outside of the design domain, reflecting a growing awareness of the potential and value of applying a design-led process to address complex social and systemic issues. However, an increase in the adoption of ‘co-design’ methods has also led to multiple and sometimes conflicting understanding of what it means and how it is enacted in practice. ‘What does genuine co-design mean? What does it look like? And how does it make a difference?’ – we have been exploring these questions through our participatory design practice and research spanning over seven years. In this chapter, we share our learnings and reflections on genuine co-design, using examples to articulate characteristics of co-design and conditions for enabling genuine participation in the co-design process. We invite further dialogue with the wider practice and research communities to develop a shared understanding of what is (and what is not) genuine co-design. View resource Previous item Next item Towards a shared understanding of genuine co-design with people with lived experience: reflections from co-designing for relational and transformational experiences in health and social care in the UK Paper 2022 Start Now

This 4-year, €6 million Horizon Europe programme includes NHS Highland, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Strathclyde. It aims to replace up to 75% of optical colonoscopies with Camera Capsule Endoscopy (CCE), enhancing patient experience and hospital efficiency by using AI to streamline diagnostics and reduce errors. AICE Europe Project impact Development and validation of a New Patient Reported Experience Measure for CCE AICE aims to revolutionise large bowel investigations by integrating AI algorithms AICE aims to transition from optical colonoscopy to AI-supported CCE, providing faster and more accurate diagnoses, benefiting patients and healthcare systems This 4-year, €6 million Horizon Europe programme includes NHS Highland, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Strathclyde. It aims to replace up to 75% of optical colonoscopies with Camera Capsule Endoscopy (CCE), enhancing patient experience and hospital efficiency by using AI to streamline diagnostics and reduce errors. This is a 4-year programme funded by Horizon Europe with an overall value of 6 million Euros. There are three Scottish Partners as part of the consortium; NHS Highland, University of Edinburgh and University of Strathclyde. Millions of people across Europe undergo optical colonoscopy (OC) every year. OC is often associated with discomfort, complications, and sick days, which affect patient acceptability, and is a heavy burden on the capacity levels of European hospitals. Camera Capsule Endoscopy (CCE) is a new innovative technology with the potential to replace up to 75% of all OCs. Importantly, CCE has been shown to be preferred by patients, has a lower complication rate, and can be performed out of the hospital. As such, this has huge potential for both patients and hospitals. However, the diagnostic process of CCE includes a time-consuming manual reading done by trained personnel and is expensive and prone to human error. We aim to resolve these challenges by incorporating AI into the patient pathway and giving patients an alternative to OC. Summary The aim of AICE is to enable the application of a complete AI Image diagnostic pathway for large bowel investigations by validating Artificial Intelligence Algorithms (AIA) supported camera capsule endoscopy (CCE). By adding artificial intelligence for image analysis and a new remote system for data capture handling and fast reporting, the objective is to eliminate the current medical, technical, and economic barriers to the transition from OC to CCE, hereby benefitting both patients and healthcare systems. AICE builds on existing AI research algorithms developed in Denmark which will be validated and harnessed in NHS Highland as a regional test bed. Impact & value DHI are working alongside University of Strathclyde to support the delivery of work packages focused on design and development of a patient facing digital tools. The wider programme is on track to end in March 2026. Funding from AICE will secure a Service Design Research associate within DHI to work in collaboration with UOS Research Team and Investigators over the duration of the project. In addition, in kind support from the Service Development Manager in DHI is being provided to support strategic alignment with the Scottish SCOTCAP Programme and scale up opportunities beyond this R&D phase. Completion of work packages to support the wider programme. Progress to date Next steps Partners Project staff Resources AICE Europe website Previous project Projects index page Next project

Grant Reilly CMktr FCIMHead of Communications & Marketing < Return to team Grant Reilly CMktr FCIM Head of Communications & Marketing Grant is a Chartered Marketer, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and member of the Marketing Society, with over 20 years of leadership and management experience in high-performing communications teams within the sport, charity, higher education and recruitment sectors. He is a Type 1 diabetic and keen user of digital health and social care solutions, that empower him to be accountable, make informed decisions and improve the management of his condition. He is a Trustee and advisor to Lochlan's Legacy. Grant leads our communications team and is responsible for all Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) branding, digital marketing, public relations and events, including the global #DigiInventors Challenge. Email LinkedIn Related Projects Next team member Previous team page Team page