Posts Tagged ‘Health’
DataLoch – enabling improvements in health and social care through a secure, pioneering data service
Addressing public health and social care challenges is of increasing importance in society today. The role of data in understanding population-wide health and wellbeing, and therefore opening the door to service improvements and new innovation that will enhance care, is core to the mission of the Data-Driven Innovation Health and Social Care programme. As part…
Read MoreAI better at spotting heart failure than current tests, study finds
Artificial intelligence can help diagnose acute heart failure with more accuracy than current blood tests alone, research suggests. Using AI to combine patient data with results from a test for levels of a protein made by the heart could help doctors spot heart failure sooner and improve patient care, experts say. Acute heart failure affects…
Read MoreMost care homes in SE Scotland still use paper-based management systems
Researchers call for digital route map to prevent sector being left behind CARE homes for older people in south-east Scotland are largely run using paper-based management systems, a new study into the sector’s digital readiness has revealed. Only one in three (35 per cent) used an electronic care management system and only two in five…
Read MoreStorytelling AI set to improve wellbeing of people with dementia
Researchers at the National Robotarium, hosted by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh, are developing an artificial intelligence (AI) companion that will aid memory recollection, boost confidence and combat depression in people living with Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia. The idea for the ground-breaking ‘Agent-based Memory Prosthesis to Encourage Reminiscing’ (AMPER) project…
Read MoreDDI Discussions: Covid-19 & Data – One year on
Twelve months after the first national lockdown, an expert panel gave us their insights on a year like no other Watch the panel discussion here. The use of data during the Covid-19 pandemic has raised big questions about how much personal information people are willing to share – and what they get in return.…
Read MoreDDI ‘Building Back Better’ Open Call Awards
Twenty-one data-driven research projects, which include tackling homelessness, tourism recovery and job retention in the football industry, will receive funding as part of the DDI initiative’s ‘Building back better’ open call. ‘Building Back Better’ Open Call DDI have funded projects covering a range of themes, including Smarter Places; Creative and Cultural Recovery; Climate, Food and Sustainability; and Health and Wellbeing. …
Read MoreDataLoch heralds new data-driven era in healthcare innovation
A new data repository has been created to bring together health and social care data for the first time, driving forward data-driven approaches to improving care. DataLoch will enable researchers to engage with private, public and third sector health and social care organisations, using data from across the Edinburgh & South East Scotland region to…
Read MoreLegal & General escalates £20m partnership with Edinburgh University in response to covid-19, recognising critical need for research into social care for older people
The UK has been facing a social care crisis for some time, but a global pandemic that targets the elderly and frail has irreversibly exposed its weakness. The coronavirus pandemic highlights the fragility of the UK’s social care system and underscores that quick action is needed to rethink and redesign care to look after the…
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