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Construction Sector: Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project FUTUREquipped Project This document contains microlearning units to explore the impact of digitalisation on the construction sector, focusing particularly on SMART Homes. Created by lecturers involved in the FUTUREquipped project, these learning materials cover topics such as Building Information Modelling, Domestic Building Management Systems, and Energy-efficient housing. All materials are accessible to learners under the Creative Commons license. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Related Projects Return to team Anna Whyte Project Support Officer Anna holds a BSc with honours in Applied Pharmacology and Biochemistry and has a background in research and laboratory work. With a deep-seated passion for science and research, Anna is enthusiastic about engaging with the Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster team, where she contributes to the expanding connections between technology and healthcare. In her role, Anna is responsible for supporting, developing, and managing the ongoing activities of the Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

The Digital Health and Care Institute CDSS-related projects and abstracts Rimpiläinen, Sanna Formal report on the DHI's Clinical Decision Support Systems projects in 2016. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

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 Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Spotlight on Careers in Digital Health and Care: Addressing Future Workforce Development Needs in Digital Health and Care Rimpiläinen, Sanna and Morrison, Ciarán and Nielsen, Søren Lange and Rooney, Laura This research report, conducted in collaboration with Skills Development Scotland, examines the required skills, career pathways, and educational opportunities across six critical occupational categories - Software Developers, Product Owners, Implementation Facilitators, Knowledge Engineers, Health Data Analysts, and Cyber Security Specialists - in digital health and care in Scotland. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Digital Diabetes Teal, Gemma and Baillie, Jen and Johnson, Michael and Thorup, Tine The Digital Diabetes programme, funded by the DHI, comprises seven innovative projects aimed at enhancing diabetes self-management. Experience Labs facilitated by The Glasgow School of Art brought together stakeholders to explore self-management support needs. Findings highlight the importance of personal insight, supportive conversations, and tailored tools for type 1 and type 2 diabetes management. Key opportunities for design innovation include tools for generating personal insight, facilitating conversations, and providing feedback on progress. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Backpack Teal, Gemma and French, Tara and Bradley, Jay The Personal Data Store (PDS), herein referred to as the Backpack, was proposed as an opportunity to improve the experience of accessing services and enabling integrated and person-centred care. The project explored the potential solution developed by the project partners: Mydex CIC, a community interest company who specialise in personal data management, together with NHS Grampian and Moray Social Health and Care Partnership. The overall aims of the research project were to explore how people living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) would like to manage their personal information to improve the experience of accessing services, and understand the potential of the Backpack to support health and care professionals to deliver more integrated and person-centred care. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Scottish Access Collaborative Urology Final Porteous, Alex and Blank, Line and Schauberger, Ute and Smith, Paul and Brooks, Elizabeth This report details the activity and outcomes of a series of design led workshops involving stakeholders of Urology services in NHS Scotland. Participants came from 20 specialists’ areas and 6 different NHS Board areas, giving both a broad geographic and functional reach. The first step for the workshops was to identify common Urology patient symptoms, noting their importance. Issues were mapped for each symptom and areas to focus on agreed. Further discussion around these focus areas led to suggestions for sustainable improvement to Urology services. These ranged from additional targeted patient information to support self-management and opt in for treatment, virtual consultations, and dedicated vetting in secondary care, to direct referral for diagnostic tests from primary care and nationally accepted referral guidelines which are easy to access and follow and can be adapted considering local variation. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Transforming Diabetes Care Through Innovation Project impact The project generated significant interest from health professionals and people with diabetes, with 275 survey responses, eight interviews, and five workshops to map current projects and identify future innovation opportunities. Over 30 innovation projects were identified, revealing five challenges in diabetes care: implementation, resourcing, variation in services, integrating user data, and managing expectations. Future landscape mapping identified seven key thematic challenges in diabetes innovation: individualising care, lifestyles, education, inequalities, mental wellbeing, technology, and flexible care pathways. Transforming Diabetes Care Through Innovation –mapping the current landscape and identifying future priorities in Scotland Return to projects Diabetes project hub DHI uniquely drives Diabetes Innovation in Scotland by collaborating with NHS, industry, academia, and individuals with lived experiences to advance innovation and funding opportunities. View hub This participatory design led innovation Diabetes project was sponsored by the Scottish Diabetes Group in collaboration with Chief Scientist office. The research undertook a novel, and person-centred approach to identifying innovation priorities and explored the impact of current innovations on the experiences of service users. Mixed method approaches brought together survey data and user experiences to map current and future state priorities and innovation ideas. and analysis of the current projects live diabetes innovation landscape in Scotland and readiness for scale up. These insights were all presented in a series of digital maps and have been published as part of the outputs from this work. Summary Partners Focusing on users' needs in innovation, as highlighted by this research, provides valuable insights into unmet needs and aspirations. Participatory design fosters collaboration, empathy, and a deeper understanding of challenges, leading to more sustainable, scalable solutions. The research has informed decision-makers in supporting continued investment in diabetes technologies and contributed to future demand work within the Chief Scientist Office Innovation Portfolio. This approach offers a framework for identifying future innovation projects in NHS Scotland. The research was presented at the National Services Research Conference (July 2024) and won the Best Poster Award at the Digital Health and Care Conference (December 2023). Impact & value Following a “round table” session with senior stakeholders a shortened list of priority themes has emerged, and pipeline proposals are in development within DHI. Research outputs published in November 2024. Progress to date Resources Transforming Diabetes Care Through Innovation – Survey Results Transforming Diabetes Care Through Innovation – Summary Report IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES AND MAPPING THE DIABETES INNOVATION LANDSCAPE IN SCOTLAND Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Digital Lifelines Scotland Project impact 2000 people at risk of drug related harm or death now digitally included 300 digital harm reduction champions Shortlisted for the Digital Inclusion award at the Digital Health and Care Scotland Awards 2024 Digital Lifelines Scotland, a £3.1 million programme funded by the Scottish Government and Drug Deaths Taskforce, aims to improve digital inclusion and health outcomes for drug users. Led by DHI, with SCVO and Simon Community Scotland, it operates through six key workstreams, including Digital Inclusion and Integration. Return to projects Visit the website Get the most up-to-date information on the Digital Lifelines Scotland project. Visit the website Digital Lifelines Scotland seeks to improve digital inclusion and to design digital solutions that better meet people's needs, improve healthy outcomes for people who use drugs and reduce the risk of harm and death. It is implemented through six key workstreams: Digital Inclusion; Digital Products and Services; Digital Integration; Benefits Realisation and Evaluation; Communication and Engagement; and Workforce. Digital Lifelines Scotland is a £3.1million programme joint funded by the Scottish Government's Digital Health and Care and Drug Policy Directorates and the Drug Deaths Taskforce. Led by the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI), the programme is delivered in partnership with the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) and Simon Community Scotland. DHI manage the Digital Products and Services workstream supporting the co-production of 3 digital technology projects: Here4U Scotland - A partnership between Aberdeen Alcohol and Drugs Action and the University of Stirling piloted the viability of using the Brave App to detect and respond to overdose with people who use drugs alone. By My Side - Simon Community Scotland has developed a Digital Harm Reduction App allowing easy access to evidence-based harm reduction support, advice and resources. On-Line Engagement (OLE) The University of St Andrews is exploring the use of the ‘Near Me' video consulting service to increase addiction services engagement and coverage for the treatment of people who use opioids in Scotland. Summary Partners Digital Lifelines Scotland seeks to increase digital inclusion and to design new digital solutions with and for people with multiple and complex needs at increased risk of drug-related harm to ensure that: People have greater access to the confidence, skills, and motivation alongside devices and connectivity that form digital solutions that keep them safe and that enable them to become and remain connected to family, friends and relevant services that support them. The services that support these people have the digital means to develop and strengthen the support they provide, and staff that are skilful in using and developing digital solutions to enable those they support. The sector is connected and collaborating, developing joined-up services and exploring digital solutions together. Impact & value The programme is now in the develop/deliver phase, working collaboratively with partners and incorporating all learnings into the delivery of the remainder of the programme. The Digital Product and Services workstream products: Here4U pilot completed Dec 2023 By My Side is funded until March 2025 to continue to expand functionality, content and coverage. OLE is funded until March 2025. Progress to date Resources Delivery Plan 2023-25 Executive Summary Staff related to the project This programme is currently live and we will continue to deliver this portfolio until March 2025. DHI is currently leading on seeking future funding opportunities to continue the achievements for the programme. Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Related Projects Return to team Gemma Teal Research Fellow Gemma is a design researcher specialising in health and wellbeing. She focuses on opening the design process to include academics from other disciplines, industry partners, health professionals and the public. She designs for meaningful participation through innovative community engagement, insight-gathering tools, workshops, and digital and service prototyping. Gemma’s research interests include developing and applying participatory design approaches and visual methods within health and wellbeing contexts, and in using design to enable and integrate multidisciplinary research collaborations to design evidence-based interventions. Gemma has a Master’s in Product Design Engineering and a wealth of experience. She has led projects exploring how people-centred digital and service innovation can support: self-management of diabetes, new models of care for people living with multiple long-term conditions, and new ways of empowering citizens and health and care staff through person-owned data stores. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Filter by Type of partner Academia/ Education Health & Care Provider Industry Other Wider Public Sector Services "The DHI team provided wide-ranging support to the inception, funding acquisition, successful delivery and reporting of the DYNAMIC-SCOT project. (-) Continued collaboration with DHI colleagues on next phase of this project - DYNAMIC-SCOT2 – and across our portfolio of activities is greatly appreciated." Dr Chris Carlin, Consultant Respiratory Physician and NRS Senior Investigator, NHS GGC "Our partnership (with DHI) is focussed on educating our health and social care delivery teams on new developments impacting the digitisation of the sector. We’re also identifying ways to create agility in our curriculum offer and developing vocational pathways into employment. This year saw our first involvement in the DigiInventors Challenge, and we’re looking forward to seeing how our relationship develops, as our partnership deepens." Stuart McDowall, Head of Innovation & STEM, City of Glasgow College "The Innovation Cluster plays a significant role promoting and coordinating innovation activity in Digital Mental Health across Scotland. The Cluster provides a focal point while providing a dedicated, consistency of approach that will shape the innovation landscape for years to come creating the right environment for innovation to flourish." Chris Wright, Scottish Government National Advisor for Digital Mental Health/ Head of Programme Digital Mental Health "UHI Moray are delighted to have the RCE Demonstrator and Simulation environment housed at our Elgin facility, a building that is dedicated to Life Science and Innovation, we look forward to working with DHI as part of the Moray Growth Deal to bring innovation, job opportunities and skills to the region" David Patterson Principal and Chief Executive, UHI Moray "Our partnership (with DHI) is focussed on educating our health and social care delivery teams on new developments impacting the digitisation of the sector. We’re also identifying ways to create agility in our curriculum offer and developing vocational pathways into employment. This year saw our first involvement in the DigiInventors Challenge, and we’re looking forward to seeing how our relationship develops, as our partnership deepens." Stuart McDowall, Head of Innovation & STEM, City of Glasgow College Aberdeenshire Council Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Abertay University Collaborative partner in the My Cancer mAI project. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. Alcohol and Drugs Action Partner in the BRAVE/ Here4u Project. All Policies For A Healthy Europe DHI is an All Policies for a Healthy Europe Coalition Partner, an intersectoral initiative of NGOs, think tanks, associations, companies, and individuals with a mission to put citizens’ health & well-being at the heart of European policymaking. Anglia Ruskin University Collaborative partner in NHS Clinical Entrepreneurship Programme (CEP). Archangel Collaborative industry partner in the Moray Growth Deal. Asthma UK Collaborative partner involved in the Next Generation Asthma project. Ayrshire College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. Bardy Dx Collaborative industry partner involved in the Atrial Fibrillation project. Basque Foundation for Health Research and Innovation (BIOEF) Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. Borders College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. British Heart Foundation Ran exploratory sessions around community cardiovascular risk improvement. Built Environment SmarterTransformation (BE-ST) Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. CENSIS Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. Care Inspectorate Collaborative Partner on social care innovation programme. Cirrus Logic Inc Collaborative industry partner involved in the Smartcough project. City of Almere (CAL) Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. City of Glasgow College Collaborative academic partner involved in the #DigiInventors Challenge Primary and Secondary Editions and development of future workforce in health and social care. CoSLA National partner leading strategy on Digital Health and Care with SG, collabortaive partner on social care innovation proramme and Digital LIfelines Scotland. Coalition of care and support providers in Scotland (CCPS) Collaborative Partner on social care innovation programme. Cohesion Medical Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including Cancer care planning, digital rheumatology and community pharmacy blood pressure monitoring. College Development Network Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health (CWCDH) Knowledge exchange partner. Community Pharmacy Scotland Multiple transformation projects to develop new condition-specific digital service offerings to support patients throughout Scotland. Compassionate Inverclyde Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Connecting Scotland Collaborative partner for Digital Lifelines Scotland project. Corporate Health Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including SCOTCAP project. Department of Health and Health Services Executive Ireland (HSE) Collaborative partner with the Scotland Ireland Health Forum Digital, Data and Innovation programme. Digital Health & Care Scotland (SG and COSLA) Commission DHI and other partners to support the Digital Health and Care strategy and delivery plan. DHI supports a range of key programmes and innovation opportunities. Digital Health London Collaborative partner that DHI is working with to help more Scottish companies to access the national support that they deliver through the DHL Accelerator programmes. Dubai Health Knowledge exchange partner. Dubai Health Authority Knowledge exchange partner. Dundee City Council Collaborative partner involved in the My Cancer mAI project. Dundee and Angus College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. ECHAlliance DHI is a member of this global network of ecosystems that match need and solution, break down silos, transform healthcare and create economic opportunities. EHTEL DHI is a member of the European Health Telematics Association that brings together organisations and individuals engaged in all aspects of eHealth, partners in NWE Chance project. Edinburgh College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. Edinburgh Napier University Academic collaborative partner involved in the Next Generation Asthma and Atrial Fibrillation projects. Ernst & Young Collaborative partner supporting the AIM4ALL project. European Network of Living Labs DHI is a member of The European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL), the international, non-profit, independent association of benchmarked Living Labs. Fife College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. Forthvalley College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. Galician Health Knowledge Agency (ACIS) Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. Glasgow City Innovation District A hub for entrepreneurship, innovation and collaboration, located in the heart of Glasgow City Centre, and the home of DHI. HC@Home B.V Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. Health Innovation Network South London (HIN) DHI is collaborating with the HIN to help embed their Mindset Innovation Support in Scotland. Health and Social Care Scotland (HSCS) Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Healthcare Improvement Scotland Collaborative partner leading the NHS Scotland Volunteering transformation programme. Healthy Saxony Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. Heriot Watt University Dubai Collaborative academic partner involved in the #DigiInventors Challenge Secondary Edition. Highlands & Islands Enterprise Collaborative partner and economic and community development agency for the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Holyrood Connect Collaborative partner and host national digital health and care conferences with input from DHI. Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBIOIC) Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. Innoscot Health Supporting innovation in partnership with NHS Scotland. Innovate UK/ UKRI The UK's Innovation Agency - Funder for the Mindset project work. Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme Collaborative partner with whom DHI is currently working to develop a data project pipeline addressing inequalities in women's cardiovascular healthcare. Interface Collaborative partner with whom DHI has an Memorandum of Understanding. Interface enables business-academic collaborations for economic and societal benefits. Isala Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson Janssen was a collaborative partner and commissioned Phase 1 of project ValMed. Jessa Ziekenhuis Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. Johnson & Johnson Collaborative partner involved in the AIM4ALL project. Kaiser Permanente DHI collaborates with Kaiser Permanente to facilitate and deliver a programme of global digital health summits. Kajaani University of Applied Sciences Collaborative KE partner around rural digital health and care innovations and education. Lower Silesian Voivodeship Marshall Office (LSVMO) Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. Lund University Collaborative partner in the AICE project. Macmillan Cancer Support Collaborative partner in the My Cancer mAI project. Maud Village Trust Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Medtronic Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including SCOTCAP project Microsoft DHI has a strategic partnership with Microsoft. Midlothian Council Collaborative partner involved in the Game Jam project. Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership Collaborative partner involved in the Innovating the Frailty System of Care project MoH Innovation Singapore Knowledge exchange partner. Moray Council Collaborative partner for the Moray Growth Deal and Rural Centre of Excellence for digital health and care innovation in the Moray region. Moray Wellbeing Hub Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Mydex Collaborative industry partner involved in the backpack project. NHS Ayrshire & Arran Exploratory project partner, developing concept of a high street health record held by the citizen. NHS CEP Chair the Scottish co-ordination group for the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur programme. NHS Dumfries & Galloway Exploratory project partner, developing concepts around data sharing between care homes and other community partners. NHS Education for Scotland Collaborative partner who is the education and training body for NHS Scotland. NHS Eileanan Siar (NHS Western Isles) Collaborative partner in SCOTCAP project. NHS Fife Exploratory partner in the Fife QIS project looking at the use of QR codes to grant temporary access to healthcare records during hospital transfers. NHS Forth Valley Collaborative partner in the Forth Valley Dermatology AI project. NHS Golden Jubilee Collaborative partner involved in CFSD Heart Failure Diagnostics Project. NHS Grampian Collaborative partner in a number of DHI's projects including weight management, person-centred records and digital dermatology. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Collaborative partner in a number of DHI's projects including Dynamic Scot, OPERA (heart failure) and digital dermatology. NHS Highland Collaborative partner in a number of DHI's projects including respiratory front door and digital palliative care records. NHS Lanarkshire Collaborative partner in a number of DHI projects including weight management, digital front door, and digital rheumatology. NHS Lothian Collaborative partner involved in CFSD Heart Failure Diagnostics and Async Cancer Care Projects. NHS National Services Scotland Collaborative partner who provides services and advice to the NHS and wider public sector. Collaborative partner with Peace Plus. NHS Scotland Collaborative partner involved in the Nursing Records & Open Innovation project. NHS Tayside Collaborative partner involved in multiple projects including Covid-19 and Type 2 Diabetes Framework. NWE-Chance DHI was a collaborative partner in NWE-Chance, an Innovation Hub to enable knowledge exchange, collaboration and Living Labs to support the development of eHealth technologies for “Hospital at Home". National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School Collaborative partner in the AICE project. New College Lanarkshire Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. OUH Odense University Hospital Collaborative partner in the AICE project. Precision Medicine Scotland – Innovation Centre Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. Public Health Scotland Collaborative partner for all DHI Covid-19 projects. Raising Aspirations in Science Education Collaborative academic partner involved in the #DigiInventors Challenge Primary Edition. Regional Foundation for Biomedical Research (FRRB) Collaborative partner involved in the Tittan Interreg Europe project activity. Remedium Capital Collaborative partner in AIM4ALL project Robert Gordon University Recipient of DHI Master's funding. Roche Roche, Cambridge University, Strathclyde Uni 'Last mile' project (as per previous annual reports) They also supported one of the DigiInventors events, as 'Industry' SANANET CARE B.V Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. SICSA DHI is a collaborative partner with the Scottish Informatics & Computer Science Alliance. SULSA DHI is a collaborative partner with the Scottish Universities Life Sciences Alliance to advance R&I in the life sciences. Scotland 5G Centre Collaborative partner in the 5G Feasibility project. Scotland Innovates Collaborative partner that supports innovators to access Scottish public sector markets. Scottish Ambulance Service Collaborative partner for the Moray Growth Deal and Rural Centre of Excellence for digital health and care innovation in the Moray region. Scottish Care Collaborative partner in social care innovation programme. Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) Collaborative partner for Digital Lifelines Scotland project. Scottish Development International Collaborative partner that supports inward investment and export opportunities in the field of digital health and social care for Scotland. Scottish Enterprise Collaborative partner and Scotland’s national economic development agency. Scottish Federation of Housing Associations (SFHA) Collaborative partner in the social care innovation programme. Scottish Funding Council Main funder of the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI). Scottish Futures Infrastructure specialists working with the public and private sectors to maximise the benefits from infrastructure projects. Scottish Government DHI funder and collaborative partner in multiple digital health and social care projects. Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) National Health Technology Assessment Agency. Scottish Rural Health Partnership Collaborative partner for the Moray Growth Deal and Rural Centre of Excellence for digital health and care innovation in the Moray region. Scottish Social Services Council Collaborative partner involved in the Decision Support Programme. Scottish Tech Army Collaborative partner involved in the #DigiInventors Challenge Secondary Edition. Sensium® Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. Simon Community Scotland Collaborative partner for Digital Lifelines Scotland project. Sitekit Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including weight management, digital identity and verified attribute exchange. Skills Development Scotland Scotland's National skills body supporting people and businesses of Scotland to develop and apply their skills. Endorse #DigiInventors Challenge. Social Work Scotland Collaborative partner in the social care inovation programme. South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) Economic and community development agency for the South of Scotland. Collaborative partner working on SMART housing developments. Storm ID Ltd Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including Dynamic Scot, OPERA (heart failure) and digital dermatology. Stratos-AI ApS Collaborative partner in the AICE project. Sundhed.dk Collaborative partner in the AICE project. Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. TEDxGlasgow A collaborative partner with whom DHI has a Memorandum of Understanding. Tactuum Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including Right Decision Service and Care Home Assessment Tool. Technology Enabled Care Funder and delivery partner for a range of projects including Digital Lifelines Scotland and DHI Exchange. The Data Lab Scottish innovation centre and collaborative partner on joint innovation centre programme activity. The Digital Office for Local Government Digital transformation partners for Scottish Local Government. Collaborative partner involved in social care innovation programme, Healthy Ageing Innovation Cluster and Smart Housing Smart Communities. The Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Strategic partner and the national third sector intermediary for a range of people and organisations who sharethe same vision, which is a Scotland where everyone has a strong voice and enjoys their right to live well with dignity and respect. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Evaluators of new health technologies for NHS use. The Ripple Project Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. The School of Innovation and Technology, The Glasgow School of Art Collaborative partner, alongside the University of Strathclyde, that forms DHI. Tittan Interreg Europe DHI was a collaborative partner in the European-funded Tittan project that scaling innovative technology to support healthy and active ageing in Scotland and across Europe. Trinity College Dublin Collaborative partner. UHI Inverness College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. UHI North West and Hebrides Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. UK Government Collaborative partner and funder of the Moray Growth Deal and Rural Centre of Excellence for digital health and care innovation in the Moray region. Umea Universitet Collaborative partner in the AICE project. United Nations International Organisation that established the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, which DHI contributes to from a digital health and social care perspective in Scotland. Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona Collaborative partner in the AICE project. Universitet i Tromsoe - Norges Arkiske Universitet Collaborative partner in the AICE project. University Hasselt Collaborative partner involved in the NWE-Chance project. University of Aberdeen Collaborative academic partner involved in multiple projects including SCOTCAP project. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. University of Agder Collaborative partner with whom DHI has a Memorandum of Understanding. University of Edinburgh Collaborative academic partner involved in the AICE and Smart cough projects. University of Glasgow Recipient of DHI Master's funding. University of Southern Denmark Collaborative partner in the AICE project and University of St Andrews DHI collaborative partner to access EU project funding. Recipient of DHI's Master's funding. University of Stirling Academic partner in the BRAVE/ Here4u Project. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. University of Strathclyde Host institution and collaborative partner, alongside Glasgow School of Art, that forms DHI. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. University of Strathclyde - Health and Care Futures Collaborative partner in multiple DHI projects. University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) Collaborative partner for the Moray Growth Deal and Rural Centre of Excellence for digital health and care innovation in the Moray region. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. Involved in SCOTCAP project. University of the West of Scotland Academic collaborative partner involved in the Game Jam project. Recipient of DHI Master's funding. West College Scotland Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. West Highland College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. West Lothian College Collaborative partner in the FUTUREquipped project. West of Scotland Innovation Hub Collaborative partner that stimulates, supports and sustains innovation in health and social care. Part of Dynamic Scot Project. World Health Organisation DHI is working alongside the WHO's Sustainable Development Goals. daysix Collaborative industry partner involved in multiple projects including trauma app, community connections and covid assessment tool. dressCode Collaborative academic partner involved in the #DigiInventors Challenge Secondary Edition. tsiMORAY Collaborative partner involved in the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing project, supporting the establishment of a national mental health collaborative for Scotland. Partners Who we work with? The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is an international leader in the field of Research & Innovation (R&I) in digital health and digitising social care. Meet our partners. Home / Partners /

Design-led approach to co-production of values for collective decision-making Raman, Sneha and French, Tara and Teal, Gemma Experience Labs are design-led spaces for co-creating preferable futures by bringing academic, business, and civic stakeholders to work together with citizens using a participatory design approach. Differing value systems of stakeholders, however, can pose challenges when working collaboratively. Experience Labs support exchange and co-production of values among diverse stakeholders by making them articulate and visible through design, to resolve conflict and to support meaningful decision-making towards progressing ideas whilst integrating a multiplicity of perspectives. In this paper, we discuss the creation of an ‘ethical imagination space’ to explore preferable futures with diverse stakeholders; the core values of the Experience Labs which support the creation of this space; and the key qualities that support the exchange and co-production of shared values to enable collective decision-making. We propose that the ‘next thinking’ for design involves consideration of the ways in which we engage with values in cross-sectoral collaborations to enable collective decision-making. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Rapid Review of Contact Tracing Methods for COVID-19 Rimpiläinen, Sanna This review examines methods for conducting "people-powered" contact tracing at scale, with a specific focus on digitally enhanced approaches. It covers a spectrum of methodologies, including traditional paper-based methods and advanced digital solutions such as mobile apps utilizing Bluetooth or geolocation services for anonymous tracing. Selected examples of these methods are highlighted for illustration. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

DHI's Key Areas of Exploration Chute, Chaloner This is a blog post introducing readers to the DHI's Demonstration and Simulation Environment. DHI is examining how services can be redesigned to prioritize citizen-centeredness, accessibility, and usability. The ongoing "Future of Care" challenge is in its scoping stage, focusing on leveraging digital data sharing, communication, and coordination to enhance citizen-centered and integrated health and care services. Use cases from other DHI challenges are being incorporated to ensure broad applicability of the solutions across various service types. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Related Projects Return to team Gabriele Rossi Design Technologist Gabriele is a Design Technologist and UX Designer. His interests range from creative coding to user interface design and user testing. Gabriele is a philosophy graduate from the University of Sheffield and has also obtained a Master’s degree in IT at the University of Glasgow. He spent a year in Singapore at NUS studying eastern philosophy, and philosophy of science & technology and deepening his knowledge of Mandarin Chinese, which he acquired a few years prior while teaching English in China. Gabriele started his career as a software developer working for a small software company in Edinburgh. He then moved to Hong Kong to pursue a role as a UX designer, working for a technology and travel company. After this experience, he decided to come back to Scotland, a country he loves and hopes to contribute to making it even better. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Interaction Space: Older Adults and in-Home Systems Blom, Jeroen and French, Tara and Teal, Gemma This paper discusses important considerations when developing assistive technology with and for older adults. Two case studies demonstrate the use of Experience Labs to engage older adults in a participatory design process in the early stages of development of novel sensor systems. Firstly, we present the ‘Interaction Space’ as a holistic way to model and understand interaction between people, products, technology, and environments when developing complex systems. It is argued that looking at the interaction between older adults and technology benefits from a holistic view of the Interaction Space in which primary and secondary users are continuously acting together with the technology. We then highlight considerations when developing technology systems with participants who are not confident technology users, to design meaningful spaces for critical reflection and creative collaboration. We conclude that the Experience Lab approach enables a better understanding of the impact of the proposed technologies. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Developing a Design Brief for a Virtual Hospice Using Design Tools and Methods: a preliminary exploration Taylor, Andrea and French, Tara and Lennox, Jeni and Keen, Jeremy Providing equitable access to specialist palliative care, regardless of diagnosis or geographical location, with relatively limited resources and an ageing population, will become increasing difficult for all hospice services. This paper describes the development of a Design Brief for a Virtual Hospice using design tools and methods. The project began by observing Hospice staff and their interactions with patients. Three User Personas were then created based on data gathered through interviews with a small number of patients and professionals. Each Persona’s progress through the Highland Hospice service was visualised on a User Journey Map in the form of insights and opportunities, with five key themes emerging. The final step involved producing a Design Brief that synthesised the research findings in the form of a plan for creating, prototyping, and testing the Virtual Hospice. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

The Right Decision Support Service (RDS) Project impact Over 180 web and mobile decision support tools 1,777,077 unique users registered; 10.4 million page views in 2023 alone In 2023, 93% saw an impact on evidence informed practice The Right Decision Service (RDS) is Scotland’s national decision support service for health and social care. Funded by the Scottish Government and owned by Healthcare Improvement Scotland, RDS provides digital tools for safe, timely healthcare decisions based on validated evidence and patient-centred outcomes. Return to projects ​ ​ The Right Decision Service (RDS) is the national decision support service for Scotland’s health and social care. It was endorsed and funded by the Scottish Government as the platform for delivery of the national decision support programme. The RDS was significantly developed at DHI over a number of years. It secured funding from the Scottish Government to develop a platform to support decision-support products and the development of new products to support clinical services across the country. Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) took on the national ownership role for the Right Decision Service in 2023. The mission of the RDS is to be the Once for Scotland source of digital tools which enable staff to make safe, timely decisions ‘on the go,’ based on validated evidence and outcomes that matter to people. The RDS is a change agent for the delivery of value-based health and care. It brings together evidence from: validated research, practice experience, and the lived experiences of patients and service users, embedding this evidence in decision-ready formats through RDS tools such as web and mobile apps and electronic care records. Summary Partners Adoption at scale as a business-as-usual service: the RDS is embedded as a core enabler of health and care delivery in the majority of Scottish NHS Boards and a growing number of health and social care partnerships. This embedding in mainstream service delivery is now consolidated through the transition of RDS from its innovation phase in DHI to HIS as a mainstream business-as-usual service. Growing impact in the form of savings in time and resources, improved safety and quality of care, workforce skills and improved processes. These are underpinned by widespread usage across sectors and strong policy mandates for national delivery. Scottish Government Digital Health and Care noted that this “is the first example of a digital health and care programme that has been trialled and piloted with our partners, through to mainstream delivery led by a national NHS Board, and highlights the success of our collaborative approach.” 12 of the 14 territorial boards, 6 health and social care partnerships, 4 national NHS Boards, 3 national social care organisations, 8 national programmes and 3 third sector organisations are using the RDS to deliver decision support tools that support their priorities. Impact & value The RDS continues to be developed by Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS). At the point RDS was transferred to HIS, it had progressed hugely. The Right Decision Service received official recognition in the form of the 2022 Digital Public Services Award. This award is granted in collaboration by Holyrood Communications, Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government, for a digital public sector innovation that has delivered measurable impact in the past year. RDS has helped to release practitioner time and the optimal use of resource. In a survey of 36 RDS implementation leads across 12 organisations conducted in January 2023, .77% confirmed that RDS tools are enabling better use of available resource. .64% report that RDS tools are saving staff time 62% state that RDS tools have reduced costs. “Streamlining access to guidance and evidence-based decision support so that it is instantly accessible when and where clinicians need it.” RDS has also led to improved safety and quality of care: 79% of RDS implementation leads indicate that RDS tools are already improving patient safety in their organisations. 74% advise that RDS tools have improved quality of patient care, and 65% indicate that they are driving up consistent evidence-based practice. This work is being taken forward by Healthcare Improvement Scotland Progress to date Resources Right Decision Service website How does decision support work? Decision support for chronic pain management Decision support for co-morbidities and polypharmacy Diabetes with hypertension: decision support for self-management and stratifying risk, based on citizen-generated and clinical data Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Open-source Data Analysis and Machine Learning for Asthma Hospitalisation Rates Chute, Chaloner and Rooney, Laura and Buchanan, Bill and Smales, Adrian and Hepburn, Leigh Anne Long-term conditions in Scotland, which include diseases like asthma and COPD, contribute significantly to healthcare utilization and mortality rates. Asthma, characterized by variable symptoms and airflow limitation, lacks a precise understanding of its triggers. This paper proposes using open-source datasets and machine learning to estimate asthma hospitalization rates with a high level of accuracy, aiding in predictive modelling with an 86.67% success rate. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /