Scotland has the world’s highest incidence of the “asbestos cancer” Mesothelioma and now artificial intelligence is being used to assess patients in a system that could revolutionise how they are cared for. Launched in 2017, the Cancer Innovation Challenge is a £1 million project funded by the Scottish Government through the Scottish Funding Council to […]
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Closing Scotland’s Data Gap in Health & Social Care
Steph Wright, Director of Health & Wellbeing Engagement from The Data Lab participated in the steering group of the Scottish Council for Development and Industry’s (SCDI) Mind the Gap report on big data and the health economy. Here we invite David Kelly, Policy Manager at SCDI to tell us a bit more about the report. David Kelly […]
Data firm transforming lives of Scottish cancer patients with online tool targets national roll-out
Innovative platform, which enhances acute care of cancer patients, awarded Industry Collaboration accolade at Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Awards 2020 My Clinical Outcomes (MCO), an award-winning online platform which uses data to improve the quality of life of cancer patients, is targeting a national roll-out following the success of five pilot projects across Scotland’s […]
App shares real-time data with clinicians to improve Scottish breast cancer patients’ experience & health outcomes
An app that allows breast cancer patients to record treatment symptoms, with data delivered to clinicians in real time, is being trialled at NHS Lothian. OWise, created by Px HealthCare, lets patients log symptoms and side effects, which are then shared with clinicians, allowing them to track an individual’s progress and recommend adjustments to treatment […]
Synthetic Data Part 1: What, Why and How it can Financially Boost Scotlands Economy
Blog by Euan Gardner, Senior Information Development Manager, Strategic Development Team, NHS NSS 1. Introduction Guess who’s back, not-so-slim shady’s back, tell a friend and this time I’m talking about synthetic data. This blog is about the concept of synthetic data, if you want a discussion on the methods (and safeguards) that The Data Lab […]
Calling all those interested in the potential of AI in healthcare!
On 24 September 2019, the Cancer Innovation Challenge, an initiative led by The Data Lab in collaboration with the Digital Health & Care Institute (DHI) and Stratified Medicine Scotland Innovation Centre (SMS), will be celebrating the outcomes of an exciting project funded through its funding competition to find innovative data science solutions to improve cancer […]
Power to the people: how data can empower citizens to lead healthier lives
Announcing the new Healthier Lives Data Fund – a new funding and support opportunity developed in partnership between the Scottish Government and Nesta. The last decade has seen an exponential growth in the amount of data generated, collected and analysed to provide insights in all aspects of industry, and healthcare is no exception. Health data […]
Embracing the use of data …
Steph Wright of Cancer Innovation Challenge believes there’s no end to the potential for data to improve health and social care for all. A version of this was originally published as an Opinion Piece for the ALLIANCE website on 21 August 2018. Data, data everywhere…. We are told that our lives today generate more data […]
Canon Medical Research receives £140k to develop AI-powered cancer assessment prototype
Canon Medical Research Europe has been awarded £140,000 to develop a prototype that combines Artificial Intelligence (AI) and medical imaging technology to improve assessment for one of the most difficult cancers to manage, Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma (MPM). The Cancer Innovation Challenge aims to inspire novel data and technology innovations to help Scotland become a world […]
How UK Universities Are Using Patient Data in Research: New #DataSavesLives Animation Launched
A new animation has been created to answer questions about the use of patient data by UK universities, researchers and scientists. Produced in collaboration with patients and members of the public by Connected Health Cities and The Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research, the 3 minute animated film has been designed to increase public awareness […]