Scotland’s Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre appoints cloud-based monitoring platform
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre has appointed Archangel, a cloud-based monitoring platform, as a development partner for a pioneering technology enabled care (TEC) project in Moray, Scotland.
This research and development project will develop and test a toolkit of devices that enable person-centred prescribing from a range of telehealth, telecare, and ambient monitoring devices within an existing home. These will then be integrated into the Archangel platform for data collation and analysis.
The project, delivered under the Smart Housing Smart Communities living lab, will involve the testing and evaluation of a personalised, proactive, and predictive monitoring service pathway for citizens and health and care services in Moray.
It forms part of an integrated health, social care, and housing digital transformation programme, which is being delivered by Digital Health & Care Innovation’s (DHI) Rural Centre of Excellence, a £5 million project funded by the UK Government as part of the Moray Growth Deal.
Archangel will directly support this project by contributing to research and development activity that could potentially extend the Moray Lifeline Service (MLL), which provides telecare equipment and support to individuals across the region, especially older and vulnerable people, and enables them to live independently in their own homes.
With the analogue switch-off scheduled for January 2027, many Moray residents currently rely on telecare systems that will soon become obsolete. The project will assist in the migration of users to digital systems and explore new ways of capturing health and wellbeing data to deliver early intervention and more personalised care services.
Lorna Bernard from Moray Council said: “The analogue switch-off presents challenges, but DHI and Archangel’s involvement will help to develop, test and evaluate new solutions to enable delivery of a future-proof digital platform with solutions that don’t just replace outdated systems but transform care for vulnerable people living rurally across Moray.
“It will demonstrate that a fully customisable and unobtrusive monitoring system is workable across a huge range of devices and sensors, providing tailored support for individual needs, from falls detection and activities of daily living monitoring to proactive property and environmental management.”
The partnership with Archangel will allow MLL to choose from a wide range of unobtrusive sensor-based technologies and devices that are all tailored to support the individual’s needs and are seamlessly integrated into Archangel’s cutting-edge Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) platform.
By using Archangel’s AAL platform, which applies AI and machine learning models, care providers will gain new insights into residents’ daily routines. This will enable early intervention and more personalised care, from supported living and fall prevention to proactive property management.
The project has the potential to empower individuals to take a more active role in managing their own health and well-being by linking data insights from Archangel into the Community Connections platform and Personal Data Store, where people can securely view and share their health data, access support, and self-refer to services.
Ultimately, the project contributes to the ambition to shift from legacy telecare services in Moray and lays the foundation for future advancements in connected health, social care, and housing throughout Scotland and further afield.
Brian Brown, Director of Business Development at Archangel, explained: “This project represents a significant milestone in our mission to turn complex data into actionable insights. The DHI’s commitment to breaking down data silos and delivering truly personalised care perfectly aligns with our vision by utilising our expertise in AI-driven analytics and digital integration.
“We welcome the opportunity of collaboration with other partners and the consolidation of knowledge and research to realise the vision of an integrated health, social care and housing system.”
Marie Simpson, from DHI, commented: “Having worked with Archangel on several health and social care projects in the northeast of Scotland, we know their capabilities and what they bring to initiatives like the Rural Centre of Excellence research and development work. The partnership allows us to showcase cutting-edge data solutions and IoT technology to unlock the full potential of smart housing by tackling the long-standing challenge of fragmented, siloed data across health, care and social housing.
“With a clear need for a unified system approach, DHI is investing in solutions that integrate services seamlessly and empower individuals with personalised care and improved outcomes.”
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