Technology has played a key role in enabling public health to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic at a pace and scale never seen before.

The DHI assisted with development of two new digital services to enable testing and contact tracing at scale.

The innovative methods for development of digital health tools included adopting an iterative approach, addressing the situational requirements posed by COVID-19, and democratising technology for purposes of pandemic control.

A National Notification Service (NNS) for automation of delivery and feedback (if results messages were viewed) was developed and adopted by five of the 14 health boards in Scotland, processing over 7 million results since inception.

The Simple Tracing Tools (STT) is an open-platform web-based app that is designed for data entry by contact tracing teams.

STT was adopted by all local health protection teams and informed development of the national case management system.