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Innovation clusters The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) facilitates an innovation cluster approach to support collaboration between academic, business and civic sectors including citizens, health, social care and housing partners. ​ This collaborative approach allows members to connect and to work together to share knowledge , skills , and experience , in order to innovate on key demand led challenges. The aim of using a cluster approach is to create impactful innovation that will lead to improved outcomes for our communities. Innovation clusters represent a dynamic collaboration of knowledge, expertise, and skills from policy, healthcare, education, research, and business sectors, all focused on a shared purpose. These clusters are designed to: ​ Address Demand-Led Challenges: By gathering and utilising insights, we support innovation in service and product design to meet real-world needs. Facilitate Co-ordination and Knowledge Exchange: Through connection and collaboration, we drive innovation activities and enable multi-directional knowledge exchange. Build on Existing Community Work: Serving as a clustering mechanism, we enhance the work of innovation community members across specific areas, disciplines, or tasks. Foster Collaborative Initiatives: By bringing together people and teams for ideation, projects, and other initiatives, our clusters aim to achieve outcomes greater than the sum of their parts. These clusters not only promote collaborative ideation but also ensure successful outcomes with significant potential impact. Key functions ​ Several key functions are evident within our Innovation Clusters: ​ Connectivity: they provide a dedicated space for interaction with the local ecosystem. These spaces can be virtual and physical and should attract a wide range of actors from within each innovation community and beyond. Knowledge management: they function as consistent points for knowledge exchange (within Scotland and between and across international partners) Activity management: they act as a centre for mobilising and progressing specific innovation activities. Purpose Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster (DMHIC) A collaboration across industry, academia, and wider public sector services supporting the development and adoption of digital innovation for mental health and wellbeing in Scotland. As a singular virtual point of contact for Scotland, the cluster enables global connection with leading exemplars in Digital Mental Health. Explore DMHIC Healthy Ageing Innovation Cluster (HAIC) An established dynamic collaboration of academic, business and civic partners from the fields of policy health, housing and social care an in Scotland and beyond, come together to address the 8 grand challenges of ageing. Explore HAIC Digital Innovation Hub for Home Hospitalisation (DIH) The Digital Innovation Hub for Home Hospitalisation (DIH) has been set up to encourage sharing knowledge, collaborating, and innovating across all areas of Home Hospitalisation​​. ​ It is an output from the Interreg NWE CHANCE project which brought together a number of SME’s, Hospitals and Universities to develop a Home Hospitalisation Platform to support Heart Failure and is led by DHI on behalf of all other partners. Join DIH Active innovation clusters Home / Innovation clusters /

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Pellentesque quis velit ut ex ullamcorper porttitor. Donec tristique neque eu ex semper ornare. Projects DHI collaborates with partners to co-design digital health and social care solutions to key Scottish health challenges. Browse our project portfolio DHI exchange DHI’s space for you to innovate! Our DHI exchange is one of Scotland’s key national assets to support health and social care service transformation. Learn more Innovation clusters DHI facilitates a growing portfolio of Scottish innovation clusters to share learning, skills, experience and collaborate on new ideas to solve key health and social care challenges Explore our innovation clusters Who we are DHI is a key enabler and catalyst for change, occupying a unique and visible position at the heart of the innovation ecosystem for digital health and social care, in Scotland. Get to know us What we do DHI plays a pivotal role in creating and supporting collaborations that co-design person-centred digital health and social care solutions across service, technical, and business innovation. Discover how we do it Our team DHI comprises a team of multi-cultural and multi-lingual individuals, with extensive skills, experience, and a shared commitment to transform great ideas into real digital health and social care solutions. Meet the team Health and care In the complex landscape of health and social care, numerous terms are frequently employed to describe the integration of technology in health and social care services. DHI prefers a more inclusive and simplified approach to our terminology. Our definition Funding Finding and engaging with relevant funding organisations can be challenging. DHI has partnered with The Data Lab to provide access to their funding finder – a search tool that leverages data and AI to navigate the UK funding system. Access funding 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. Experience design led innovation Skills DHI collaborates with key stakeholders, at strategic and operational level, to generate a future skills pipeline into the digital health and social care sector. Elevate your skills Resources DHI undertakes research, facilitates international knowledge exchange, and publishes academic outputs, grey literature, white papers and a variety of other digital resources focused on digital health and social care. Browse our resources News Keep up to date with the latest digital health and social care news from across the sector. Read the latest news Events DHI is keen to support knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practice. Explore the latest digital health and social care events taking place from across the sector. Register to attend Our team DHI comprises a team of multi-cultural and multi-lingual individuals, with extensive skills, experience, and a shared commitment to transform great ideas into real digital health and social care solutions. Meet the team Funding Finding and engaging with relevant funding organisations can be challenging. DHI has partnered with The Data Lab to provide access to their funding finder – a search tool that leverages data and AI to navigate the UK funding system. Access funding News Keep up to date with the latest digital health and social care news from across the sector. Read the latest news Who we are DHI is a key enabler and catalyst for change, occupying a unique and visible position at the heart of the innovation ecosystem for digital health and social care, in Scotland. Get to know us Expert insights Dive into the latest expert insights and elevate your understanding of the digital health and social care sector. Gain expert insights Innovation clusters DHI facilitates a growing portfolio of Scottish innovation clusters to share learning, skills, experience and collaborate on new ideas to solve key health and social care challenges Explore our innovation clusters 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. Experience design led innovation Events DHI is keen to support knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practice. Explore the latest digital health and social care events taking place from across the sector. Explore events Skills DHI collaborates with key stakeholders, at strategic and operational level, to generate a future skills pipeline into the digital health and social care sector. Elevate your skills Resources DHI undertakes research, facilitates international knowledge exchange, and publishes academic outputs, grey literature, white papers and a variety of other digital resources focused on digital health and social care. Browse our resources Health and care In the complex landscape of health and social care, numerous terms are frequently employed to describe the integration of technology in health and social care services. DHI prefers a more inclusive and simplified approach to our terminology. Our definition DHI exchange DHI’s space for you to innovate! Our DHI exchange is one of Scotland’s key national assets to support health and social care service transformation. Access our health data exchange Title Staff related to the project Our team DHI comprises a team of multi-cultural and multi-lingual individuals, with extensive skills, experience, and a shared commitment to transform great ideas into real digital health and social care solutions. Funding Finding and engaging with relevant funding organisations can be challenging. DHI has partnered with The Data Lab to provide access to their funding finder – a search tool that leverages data and AI to navigate the UK funding system. News Keep up to date with the latest digital health and social care news from across the sector. Who we are DHI is a key enabler and catalyst for change, occupying a unique and visible position at the heart of the innovation ecosystem for digital health and social care, in Scotland. Expert insights Dive into the latest expert insights and elevate your understanding of the digital health and social care sector. Innovation clusters DHI facilitates a growing portfolio of Scottish innovation clusters to share learning, skills, experience and collaborate on new ideas to solve key health and social care challenges 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. Events DHI is keen to support knowledge exchange and the sharing of best practice. Explore the latest digital health and social care events taking place from across the sector. Skills DHI collaborates with key stakeholders, at strategic and operational level, to generate a future skills pipeline into the digital health and social care sector. Resources DHI undertakes research, facilitates international knowledge exchange, and publishes academic outputs, grey literature, white papers and a variety of other digital resources focused on digital health and social care. Health and care In the complex landscape of health and social care, numerous terms are frequently employed to describe the integration of technology in health and social care services. DHI prefers a more inclusive and simplified approach to our terminology. DHI exchange DHI’s space for you to innovate! Our DHI exchange is one of Scotland’s key national assets to support health and social care service transformation. Home / Pages CTA /

Related Projects Return to team Lisa Welsh Programme Manager Lisa is the Programme Manager for Digital Lifelines Scotland and works for Programme Management Services within NHS National Services Scotland. Digital Lifelines Scotland is a programme supported by the Digital Health and Care Directorate within the Scottish Government and managed by DHI. With a strong background in Project and Programme Management, Lisa has worked across a number of national initiatives within the Public Sector in both her current and previous roles. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Related Projects Return to team Marie Simpson Programme Manager Marie joined DHI in May 2022 as Programme Manager for the Rural Centre of Excellence, one of eight projects within the Moray Growth Deal. Based in Moray, she has worked for the last 32 years as an Occupational Therapist across Social Care and mental health, with service development responsibility for an Independent Living Centre, and a Technology Enabled Care Programme. She brings a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing clinicians and citizens within health and care services in a rural community. She is passionate about the difference digital technology can make to both the sustainability of services and health and wellbeing outcomes for citizens and the importance of getting those right through engaging with the community to identify problems and opportunities and working together to co-design person-centred solutions. Marie is excited at the innovative and transformational opportunities the Moray Growth Deal brings to her own community, and the chance to put Moray on the map as an internationally recognised centre for digital health and care innovation which contributes to the region’s economic sustainability and growth. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Digital Health & Skills in Scotland Factsheet Rimpiläinen, Sanna; Morrison, Ciaran and Rooney, Laura This is a factsheet summarising the main points of the report "Review and Analysis of the Digital Health Sector and Skills for Scotland : A Report by the Digital Health and Care Institute in Partnership with Skills Development Scotland", published by the Digital Health and Care Institute in 2018. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Digital Diabetes IDDEAS and GDS Teal, Gemma and Thorup, Tine and Baillie, Jen and Johnson, Michael The IDDEAS and GDS projects seek to develop innovative new resources for My Diabetes My Way (MDMW) to support people living with diabetes to gain insight from health and lifestyle data to improve self-management. The IDDEAS and GDS projects were proposed by the Clinical and Technical Leads from the MDMW team, both based at the University of Dundee. The projects were accepted by the DHI as part of an integrated ‘Digital Diabetes’ programme of seven projects seeking to develop digital resources to support self-management. The Experience Lab Team were tasked with working with the intended end users to understand how they would like to collect, share, see and use their health and lifestyle data within MDMW, and understand the acceptability of the proposed innovations and how they could best support self-management. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Discover a career in digital health and care Rimpiläinen, Sanna The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), in partnership with Skills Development Scotland and the Digital World, has produced an animation aimed at Secondary School pupils to help raise awareness of the digital health and care sector as a career option. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Related Projects Return to team Brian O’Connor Board Member (Industry) After growing up in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Brian developed his career as a consultant, manager and investor. Brian has worked in the UK, US and Hong Kong and has vast experience as a company director in a variety of industries. He is currently providing strategic advice to Governments, International organizations and companies on the challenges facing healthcare in general and specifically on the Connected Health opportunity. Brian created the European Connected Health Alliance, a not-for-profit organisation which connects Governments, Industry, Research Institutes, Health Services, Patient Groups, etc. The Mission is to listen to the needs of patients and citizens and to introduce solutions, to provide better care. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

FUTUREquipped Project impact 78% of participating students gained their first opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary learning 65% net increase in lecturers’ perceived ability to design their curriculum in response to industry needs 500+ students engaged in learning experiences relating to smart housing, future skills, innovation and person-centric design Preparing Scotland’s workforce to respond to the digital and technical revolution. Return to projects ​ ​ Twenty-seven lecturers from thirteen colleges across 3 disciplines participated in the project and, through this medium, FUTUREquipped participants were introduced to the latest developments in digitally enabled health and care and construction practices. They were then asked to collaboratively develop new teaching modules to integrate learnings from this pilot into respective college courses. Summary Partners Smart Housing integrates multiple cutting-edge domains to create innovative living environments that enhance the quality of life through technology. This approach combines technology-enabled health and care, which focuses on providing remote health monitoring and personalised care solutions, with augmented and virtual reality to offer immersive experiences that support well-being and independent living. Additionally, Smart Housing incorporates advanced construction methods and off-site technologies, allowing for more efficient, sustainable, and adaptable building processes. Sensor technology plays a crucial role by continuously monitoring various aspects of the home environment, such as energy usage, safety, and health indicators, ensuring that residents live in a safe, comfortable, and responsive space. Data gathered from these sensors and other technologies is then analysed to optimise the functionality of the home, providing insights that can further enhance the living experience and support the development of future smart housing solutions. Impact & value DHI and the Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC) acted as hubs to deliver the programme. Digital, robotic and off-site construction technologies were available in CSIC’s Innovation Factory in Hamilton, whilst the DHI gave the project participants access to their Demonstration and Simulation Environment (DSE). The DSE allowed participants to test and showcase emerging health and care technologies, and simulate the integration of these technologies and data flows. Progress to date Resources FUTUREquipped SMART Housing Unit Descriptor for 'Understanding SMART Homes from a Construction, Information and Communication Technology, and Health and Care Perspective': SCQF Level 6 ICT Sector : [Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project] Health and Care Sector : [Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project] Metaskills : [Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project] Construction Sector : [Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project] College Development Network, FUTUREquipped promotional video [YouTube] Scottish Funding Council, FUTUREquipped promotional video [YouTube] Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Related Projects Return to team Grant Reilly FCIM CMktr 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. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Related Projects Return to team Don McIntyre Design Director Don is a designer, technologist and educator with a career spanning over 25 years across a range of areas including immersive VR, interactive entertainment, product, communications and service design, digital, design research and healthcare. He has worked at the junction of design and technology with many companies and organisations through commercial, public and applied research sectors including Virtuality, Oyster Partners (now DigitasLBi), The Fraunhofer Institute, MIT and Giugiaro. Don is the Design Director at the GSA's School of Simulation and Technology and leads the DHI Design Team. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Health and Care Sector: Learning Materials - FUTUREquipped Project FUTUREquipped Project These micro learning materials introduce SMART Homes from a health and care perspective, produced by lecturers involved in the FUTUREquipped project. Available units cover various topics, including living independently with sight loss, dementia, mental health issues, and safeguarding individuals while maintaining dignity and privacy. All materials are accessible under the Creative Commons license. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Chronic Pain Management: Review of current practice against a standardised systematic approach Hepburn, Leigh-Anne and Jaatun, Ellen Conditions for providing care in healthcare are constantly changing. The demographic of the population is evolving, service institutions are expanding, and our knowledge of both disease and condition management is exponentially rising. Through the last decades, healthcare providers have become more efficient, the patients are spending less time in hospitals, and we have new and better management strategies for diseases. However, the costs for care provision are rising and will continue to rise unless we change fundamentally the way we are providing care. This abstract offers an insight into current research activity exploring the management of chronic pain in Scotland, with discussion of initial findings. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

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 Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Care Homes Assessment Tool Proof of Concept: Stage 2 Report MacKenzie, M., Lillie, A., Kendall, B., Morrison, C., Welisch, G. & Raman, S. This Executive Summary presents findings from the End of Stage Report for the Care Homes Assessment Tool Proof of Concept (CHAT Stage 2), conducted by DHI and Scottish Care. Initiated in response to the escalating effects of the coronavirus pandemic in Scotland in March 2020, CHAT Stage 2 aimed to further develop the digital Care Homes Assessment Tool (CHAT) for Covid-19, building upon positive results from a Stage 1 Test of Change conducted in June 2020. The report shares key learnings, reports to the Scottish Government Digital Health & Care Directorate, and outlines recommendations for next steps. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Related Projects Return to team Joanne Boyle Head of Engagement Joanne has worked in both health and social care and has operational and strategic expertise across all major care groupings at local and national levels. She qualified originally as an Occupational Therapist but has gone on to work as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and Coach and is passionate about the human factors in change management. Technology has been an integral part of all of her roles and she believes strongly in its ability to transform people’s lives. Joanne joined DHI in its inception and has proactively supported its continuous development. She is part of the senior management team and is responsible for stakeholder and collaboration management between academic, business and civic partners. Civic partners include health, local authorities and the third sector. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Project ValMed (Stages 1 & 2) Project impact Insights into using digital technology to understand the impact and value of particular medicines on individual patients The project specifically addressed prostate cancer as the first use case Benefits in tracking health outcomes were demonstrated by adopting digital health transformation Janssen commissioned DHI and the University of Strathclyde to explore using digital technologies to measure individual interactions with their environment, focusing on prostate cancer. The project aimed to develop a methodology to assess daily functioning and the impact of medicines, determining their value to health and care providers. Return to projects ​ ​ Janssen commissioned DHI in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde to identify how digital technologies can be adopted and adapted to measure the interaction of an individual with their environment. This was to enable the development of a methodology that measures the day-to-day functioning of the individual to ultimately allow the project team to understand the impact of medicines on the individual and to ascertain the value to the health and care providers of that medicine. The project specifically addressed prostate cancer as the first use case, using digital technology to understand the impact and value of particular medicines on individual patients. Summary Partners By adopting digital health transformation approaches were able to be able to demonstrate benefit by: Identifying how data can track health outcomes Supporting Realistic Medicine Enabling outcome measurement in medicine assessment Improving the sustainability of healthcare Helping address health inequalities Impact & value The project completed a first phase which resulted in an academic landscape review with clear recommendations on how digital could assist in monitoring medicine and wellbeing for prostate cancer. The second stage was completed and a Proof of Concept specification was completed in June 21. The project has now been closed. Progress to date Resources Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Related Projects Return to team Chris Charalambous Graphic Designer & Marketing Assistant Chris is a versatile Graphic designer and Illustrator with working experience in digital marketing design, campaign management and corporate branding. He is a Graphic Design BA graduate with an MA in design with a focus on multimedia cross-disciplinary design and a background in fine arts. Chris is the guardian of the DHI brand and is responsible for developing and maintaining the identity, design and branding of online and offline marketing communications and assets whilst assisting the Head of the marketing and communications department. Additionally, he directly supports both the Digital Mental Health Innovation Cluster (DMHIC) and the Healthy Ageing Innovation Cluster (HAIC). Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Related Projects Return to team Alex Porteous Project Co-ordinator Alex has direct responsibility for the coordination of a variety of projects for the PMO Programme and supports the Chief Technology Officer with the DHI Exchange programme. A Prince2 Agile qualified Project Coordinator with over 6 years of experience working in digital health & care innovation, Alex has enjoyed working on national and European projects with an interest in person-centred approaches to health & care. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page