With too many people trailing, piloting or conducting tests of change and not much seems to be collated and rolled out as a national initiative”.Perth and Kinross Health and Social Care Partnership written submission
The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) commented there has been limited uptake of technology enabled health and social care initiatives.The Royal College of Emergency Medicine written submission This view was echoed by South Lanarkshire HSCP who stated that lack of deployment at scale and programmes demonstrating best practice/ outcomes have not been advanced/ adopted widely.South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership written submission
Edinburgh Medical School commented that telecare has been shown to be effective in the management of congestive cardiac failure and diabetes but progress in implementing technologies for these conditions have been limited and patchy.Edinburgh Medical School written submission
Strathclyde Institute of Medical Devices commented “I think we are very bad at implementing our own technology in Scotland”.Health and Sport...