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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) /

NHS volunteering Project impact A vision and plan for a national, digitally-supported model of volunteering Set out the steps to transforming the current NHS Volunteering service to meet the demands of NHS Scotland, patients, and volunteers Secured support for realising the programme through funding the transformation programme and underpinning tooling In March 2022, NHS HIS Community Engagement commissioned DHI to define requirements for a new national Volunteer Management System (VMS). Funded by the Scottish Government, DHI developed a future model for NHS Volunteering through workshops. This model will guide VMS procurement and modernize NHS Volunteering. A market-sounding exercise informed the preliminary budget. Return to projects ​ ​ In March 2022 NHS HIS Community Engagement asked DHI to conduct a scoping study (‘Stage 1’) to define core functional requirements and deployment options for a new national Volunteer Management System (VMS) to replace the current Volunteer Information System with a new solution better suited to the needs of NHS Volunteering. The project was set within the context of the new national volunteering strategy, which aims to build capacity in volunteering supported by appropriate tools, processes and models. The Scottish Government subsequently funded DHI for ‘Stage 2’ to define the structural and operating models of the NHS Volunteering ‘future state’, and to draft key processes and new volunteering engagement models as a precursor to procuring the new VMS. Through a series of workshops and small group sessions with NHS Volunteer Managers from across Scotland plus Scottish Government stakeholders, a new ‘future state’ model of NHS Volunteering was prepared, including converged national processes, agreed data sets, and impact and reporting requirements for driving ongoing investment in volunteering as a key national resource. The output was framed to inform the procurement of the VMS, and to be a template and guide for the transformation of the ‘business of volunteering’, helping NHS Volunteering evolve as a modern, coherent national service. DHI arranged a market-sounding exercise, with the output being used by the Scottish Government to set a preliminary budget for the new service. Summary Partners ​ Impact & value The project outputs have been completed and approved by NHS HIS and has been closed. DHI worked closely with NHS HIS:CE to complete an Outline Business Case to secure funding for the new VMS and the service transformation. The case received broad support and has been submitted to Scottish Government for approval. Progress to date Resources Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Related Projects Return to team Flora MacLeod Board Member (IBM) Flora has spent over a decade building digital services for the public sector, largely the NHS. She’s an expert in creating complex health-focussed digital services that work for diverse group of specialist users, from people with complex diseases to clinicians working on cutting edge genetic science. She is a Design Director at IBM leading the Experience Design team for Healthcare and Life Sciences. Flora also has academic experience as an Honorary Research Fellow at Loughborough University, and regular guest lecturer at numerous universities including University of the Arts London, Cambridge University and Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. Flora is passionate about evolving the digital technology landscape and workforce, supporting a diverse group of creators to innovate new and inclusive solutions to problems. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Related Projects Return to team Catherine Cooper Senior Finance Assistant Catherine has been a part of the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre as Senior Finance Assistant since June 2022 and has the responsibility of monitoring and reporting MRCE project’s financial performance. She holds a master’s degree in business management fields and is experienced in finance and accounting industry. Catherine is also a volunteer Treasurer for a local Parents Council Committee, providing finance support to be highly involved within education activity. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Public Engagement Vs Private Engagement Rooney, Laura Document analyses engagement in private vs public healthcare. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Digital Skills for the UK Economy Morrison, Ciarán and Rooney, Laura The UK's digital economy has seen significant growth, with a 53% increase in new companies formed since 2010. The sector contributes 6% to the total UK economy. As technology advances, there's a rising demand for digital skills across various industries. Additionally, the shift towards online government services emphasizes the need for citizens to possess digital skills. It's crucial not only to enhance the skills of users but also to focus on improving the digital capabilities of innovators. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Emerging Trends in Digital Health and Care: A Refresh Post-COVID Morrison, C., Rimpiläinen, S., Bosnic, I., Thomas, J. & Savage, J. Summary version of the longer report Emerging Trends in digital health and care (2022). It highights the key points from the report related to the ucpoming innovations and developments in digital health and care. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Language of Pain: Merging multiple voices for improved chronic pain management Hepburn, Leigh Anne and Jaatun, Ellen Poster presenting early summary findings from Language of Pain research project. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Transforming Diabetes Care Through Innovation Savage, J. This executive summary provides key insights from an online survey conducted by DHI's diabetes portfolio in Summer 2022, with 275 respondents primarily comprising individuals with lived experience of diabetes, their families, and NHS health and care professionals. Key themes include the significance of person-centred care, the necessity for mental health support, access to information and resources, and the widespread availability of diabetes technologies. Respondents proposed various innovation ideas, ranging from new care models to improved digital connectivity and self-management capabilities. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

Related Projects Return to team Aarya Kunte Research Associate Aarya is a Research Associate - Innovation Designer at the Highlands and Islands Centre of DHI. She is passionate about designing services to make them tangible to people. She is committed to collaborative problem-solving methods to build sustainable rural communities. She believes in community-based initiatives and transformation that involve place-based thinking. Aarya recently completed her post-graduation in Design Innovation and Environmental Design from the Glasgow School of Art. Since then she has had a growing interest in participatory design and codesign practices for qualitative research. She aims to apply her skills for digital innovation in the healthcare sector, focusing on rural Scotland and healthy rural life. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page

Future healthcare staff still ‘largely being trained to work in the non-digital world’, review finds . Rimpiläinen, S This is an article published in FutureScot magazine in June 2022 reporting on an extensive review of the Scottish education landscape carried out by the DHI, and its potential to support the digital transformation of health and care in Scotland. The review found that all the right ingredients to support the digital transformation of health and care in Scotland are in place, but not yet appropriately connected to do so. The review also found that health and care staff are still largely being trained to work in the non-digital work context. View resource Next item Previous item Home / Resources (Item) /

TITTAN & TITTAN Covid-19 Project impact 86 good practices shared across the partner regions including 13 from Scotland The project facilitated interregional workshops on innovative health procurement, innovation ecosystems, and citizen tech awareness Additional funding was secured to study COVID-19's impact on ageing, focusing on healthcare pathways and patient empowerment The Network for Technology, Innovation, and Translation in Ageing (TITTAN) aimed to promote active, healthy ageing across Europe. Funded by Interreg Europe, DHI collaborated with six regional healthcare systems to exchange, benchmark, and implement innovative policies. Return to projects ​ ​ The Network for Technology, Innovation and Translation in Ageing (TITTAN) aimed to tackle the common challenge of encouraging active and healthy ageing across Europe. Funded by Interreg Europe, DHI collaborated with 6 European regional healthcare systems to exchange, benchmark and implement good practices in policies which can foster the design, uptake and use of innovative solutions. Summary Partners The TITTAN project encouraged knowledge exchange through interregional workshops and case studies where experts and professionals from the partner regions across 3 thematic areas; How to update innovative health products/services through new public procurement practices How to promote the establishment of innovation ecosystems in the health sector How to raise citizen’s awareness about using new technologies for improving quality of life. DHI hosted 3 in situ visits in Scotland and participated in a partner insitu visit and a final knowledge exchange conference. Following the success of the TITTAN project, the partners were approved for additional funding to undertake further knowledge exchange activity looking at the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the ageing population with a specific focus on; Healthcare Delivery pathways Active and Healthy Ageing Ecosystems and Patient empowerment The good practice leads from TITTAN Covid-19 presented at the 3 thematic workshops. Workshop 1 was hosted by DHI and was a virtual event attended by over 30 attendees from the partner regions. A hybrid event took place in Galicia, Spain in September 2022 entitled ‘Covid and the Future of Healthcare’. Impact & value The TITTAN project and TITTAN Covid-19 reach completion in 2023 and delivered; A local action plan Presentation of good practices to regional partners across TITTAN and TITTAN Covid-19 thematic areas Good practices uploaded to the Interreg Good Practice Database (86 in total, 13 from Scotland) Knowledge exchange of good practices with stakeholders in Scotland including participation in in-situ visits This project is completed and closed. Progress to date Resources TITTAN COVID-19 Good Practices View the final assessment report for TITTAN COVID - 19 Watch the TITTAN video Visit the TITTAN project website Staff related to the project ​ Next steps Next project Previous project Projects index page

Related Projects Return to team Freyja Harris Research Fellow Freyja is a design researcher whose interest in design revolves around taking an empathetic approach to meaningful and creative engagement. Her background is in design consultancy where she worked with a range of public and third sector clients. Freyja graduated with a Masters in innovation design and since then has worked on a wide variety of projects. From understanding the experiences and preferences of young people around mental health support to exploring possible futures around research in a critical care setting. Connect on LinkedIn Email Next team member Previous team page Team page