What Constitutes a Delayed Discharge?
A delayed discharge occurs when a patient is clinically ready to leave hospital but cannot do so due to various barriers. These obstacles might include waiting for social care packages,…
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Garrett Sprague and Alexandra Melling, cofounders of Smplicare (Credit: Stewart Attwood)
Three female cofounded HealthTech firms have secured more than £1 million investment from STAC, Scotland’s industry-led accelerator for technology startups.
STAC announced the completion…
Lindsay McGranaghan, senior vice president and business unit lead for Scotland and Northern Ireland at CGI (Credit: Stewart Attwood Photography 2022)
CGI, a global IT and business consulting firm, has announced a partnership with…
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NHS Scotland has published a tender worth £206 million seeking a cloud solution to consolidate HR, finance, payroll and procurement processes across the country’s regional health boards.
The tender for a 15-year contract, published on…
NHS Education for Scotland has awarded technology consultancy BJSS a £27.8 million contract to help deliver the Digital Front Door app for health and social care services.
The contract award notice, published on 22 May…
Digital health suppliers Inhealthcare and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to bring hospital-grade heart monitoring into patients’ homes through NHS virtual ward pathways.
Through the collaboration, which was first announced in September 2023, clinicians can…
John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end of 2025.
The Scottish government has been working on the app, which will include access…
Technology to allow faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in Scotland, starting with Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Using a secure mobile phone app…
The Scottish government says that its Digital Front Door platform “goes beyond” the NHS App because it will include access to both health and social care data and services.
Wes Streeting, health secretary, announced plans…
NHS Orkney has announced plans to go live with Cambric Systems’ Morse electronic patient record (EPR) app in 2025 to provide easy access to patient data for staff.
The deal with Cambric Systems, a supplier…
