Who we are
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is a national resource and 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.
We’re a world-leading collaboration between the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow School of Art, publicly funded by the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the Scottish Government. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
Our expertise and influence allow us to play a pivotal role in building a fairer, inclusive, accessible, and equitable health and social care system by harnessing the power of Scotland’s public, private, and third/charity sectors.
"Innovation is not a luxury it is a necessity, enabling the delivery of a sustainable future for us all."
Professor George Crooks OBE
Chief Executive Officer
Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre
“The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) is unique in its ability to bring together world leading industry and academic expertise and direct their efforts towards real-world challenges in caring for people’s health and wellbeing. It has an outstanding record of finding the right partners, supporting collaboration and being genuinely innovative.”
Karen Watt
Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council
Our vision is that Research and Innovation (R&I) in digital health and social care creates sustainable services and develops future skills, helping Scotland’s people live longer and healthier lives and enabling the economy to flourish to meet global needs.
DHI is aligning the combined resources and expertise of the R&I ecosystem on 7 key strategic priority areas (PAAs) between 2024-2033 as detailed in our 10-year strategy:
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PAA1 - Support the transformation of health and social care
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PAA2 - Develop a digital infrastructure as national assets to de-risk innovation
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PAA3 - Enhance Scotland's connected ecosystem through cross sectoral innovation clusters
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PAA4 - Develop a future skills pipeline which delivers workforce capabilities for Scotland's future
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PAA5 - Extend commercial engagement to support economic growth
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PAA6 - Support health and care contribution to Net Zero
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PAA7 - Enhance Scotland's international reputation in R&I
