NHS Scotland

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Patient using Inhealthcare and FibriCheck smartphone
18 March 2025

Heart monitoring brought into patient homes through virtual wards

Inhealthcare and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to bring hospital-grade heart monitoring into patients’ homes.
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John Swinney, first minister for Scotland
27 January 2025

Scotland’s ‘Digital Front Door’ to launch this year, says first minister

John Swinney, first minister for Scotland, has pledged that the country’s ‘Digital Front Door’ platform will launch by the end
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NHS Scotland
21 November 2024

Digital Dermatology pathway for primary care launched in Scotland

An app aimed to helping faster diagnosis and assessment of skin conditions is being rolled out across primary care in
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NHS Scotland
25 October 2024

Scotland’s Digital Front Door platform ‘goes beyond’ the NHS App

The Scottish government said that its Digital Front Door "goes beyond" the NHS App because it includes access to health
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Clinician using tablet to check patient records
7 October 2024

NHS Orkney to go live with Cambric Morse EPR app in 2025

NHS Orkney has announced plans to go live with an electronic patient record app in 2025 to provide staff with
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NHS Scotland
30 August 2024

Mobile numbers of NHS staff compromised in cyber incident

Mobile numbers of NHS staff have been compromised in a data breach at a software supplier which serves seven Scottish
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nhealthcare Young person measuring their blood pressure 2
30 July 2024

Hypertension remote monitoring scheme reaches 100,000 patients

More than 100,000 patients have used the ConnectMe remote monitoring scheme for hypertension management in Scotland, which launched in 2021.
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Coffee Time Briefing
23 July 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

This edition of Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing includes news from the public inquiry into pandemic preparedness.
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Coffee Time Briefing
11 July 2024

Digital Health Coffee Time Briefing ☕

This edition of Coffee Time Briefing includes a call for chartered status for tech professionals and text message initiative for
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18 June 2024

NHSDG warns 150,000 patients to assume data has been published

NHS Dumfries and Galloway is warning around 150,000 patients to assume that their personal data is likely to have been
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