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NHS Scotland signs five-year deal with GS1 UK to drive standards rollout

NHS Scotland has signed a five-year agreement with GS1 UK to help drive the rollout of standards within provider organisations
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NHS Scotland and Microsoft develop QR code contract tracing system

NHS Scotland and Microsoft have developed an app and QR code function to streamline contact tracing as Covid restrictions continue
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NHS Scotland expands Advanced software to ease A&E pressures

The rollout of Advanced’s clinical patient management software forms part of NHS Scotland's programme to ease A&E pressure during the
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Scotland’s contact-tracing app now interoperable with Northern Ireland’s

Through developing its own ‘federated server’ the Scottish government is ultimately hoping to allow interoperability of all contact-tracing apps in
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‘A customisable approach’ – how contact-tracing apps differ in the UK

Scotland and Ireland chose to go their own way, working with software developers NearForm to develop their contact-tracing app -
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Scotland launches UKs second Covid-19 contact-tracing app

The Protect Scotland app is designed as an “extra tool” to support the manual contact-tracing already in place under NHS
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Scottish GP practices to benefit from £9m for IT upgrades

The funding will be used to improve internet connectivity and support the deployment of Attend Anywhere, an online virtual clinic.
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Digital nutritional support system goes live in Scottish care homes

Whenever there is cause for concern, care home staff use the service to refer residents to dietitians via a digital
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Three suppliers chosen to supply GP IT software in Scotland

EMIS Health, Microtest and Vision are tasked with developing an IT Managed Services Framework to meet the needs of Scottish
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Dedalus named latest supplier for Scotland ePMA framework

The £15m framework covers 14 regional health boards and two national hospitals, including the State Psychiatric and the Golden Jubilee.
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