The transfer of ownership of the Right Decision Service from the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre to Healthcare Improvement Scotland was formally announced in a media release issued on 20th November 2023. This NHS ownership is key to embedding the Right Decision Service as a national asset for Scotland's health and care.
Quotations from this media release below:
Health Secretary, Michael Matheson, said:
“This is a groundbreaking example of a digital service that has been developed and piloted with our partners Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) through to delivery. The programme is now transitioning into a national service in support of our workforce to be led by a national NHS Board (HIS) and highlights the success of our collaborative approach.
“I’d like to thank all of those involved in the development of the Right Decision Service and look forward to our health and care workforce being able to make greater use of decision support tools.” “I’d like to thank all those involves in the development of the Right Decision Service and look forward to the programmes future success.”
Safia Qureshi, Director of Evidence & Digital, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, comments:
"We are delighted that the Right Decision Service will be joining us, as it presents a unique opportunity to deliver our advice and guidance at the point of care. This will significantly benefit patient safety, making it easier for health and care professionals to access the information they need to make the right decisions, at the right time. We hope that the future development of the Right Decision Service will have a significant, positive impact for health and care staff, freeing up more of their time and using resources available to them as efficiently as possible.
"I would also like to thank the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre for their outstanding work in establishing this invaluable service. We are really excited to embark on this exciting project together.”
Dr Ann Wales, Programme Lead for Knowledge and Decision Support, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, said:
“The Once for Scotland Right Decisions app is a step-change in support for evidence-based health and social care decisions. It harnesses the power of evidence and technology to bring decision-making tools to the fingertips of health and social care practitioners. It frees up practitioner time to care, enables safer, more consistent care and support across Scotland, and strengthens the focus on individuals’ needs.
“I am hugely grateful to the Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre for steering and championing the Right Decision Service through its early stages of development. I’m delighted that the service is now moving fully into the NHS with leadership from Healthcare Improvement Scotland. This will consolidate the role of the Right Decision Service as a driving force for evidence-based practice and improvement across Scotland.”
Professor George Crooks OBE, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI), said:
“The transfer of the Right Decision service from DHI into Healthcare Improvement Scotland, where it will continue to flourish and add increasing value to the delivery of high quality, safe health and care services for the people of Scotland, demonstrates how a national innovation centre can support, nurture and grow a new digital service to the point where it can successfully move to national adoption and scale. DHI is a national asset that will continue to support the people of Scotland and importantly those charged with delivering health and care services to access world class digital health and care solutions.”
This toolkit is based on SIGN guideline 155: Pharmacological management of migraine. It includes evidence-based recommendations for best practice in the acute and prophylactic pharmacological management of adults with migraine episodic or chronic migraine. Medication-overuse headache is also covered. Studies of children with migraine were not included, however the recommendations could be considered for treating adolescents with migraine.
The toolkit will be of interest to healthcare professionals in primary and secondary care, including general practitioners, headache nurses, neurologists, out-of-hours clinicians, pharmacists, and patients with migraine.
The application is available as a website and as downloadable mobile applications, via the following link:
Online http://signdecisionsupport.uk and http://rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk
This software is an informational and educational resource. It is not a medical device as defined by the Medical Devices Directive.
SIGN (Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network): SIGN was formed in 1993. Its objective is to improve the quality of health care for patients in Scotland by reducing variation in practice and outcome, through the development and dissemination of national clinical guidelines containing recommendations for effective practice based on current evidence.
The membership of SIGN includes all the medical specialties, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, professions allied to medicine, patients, health service managers, social services, and researchers. The work of SIGN is supported by an Executive.
SIGN is part of the Evidence Directorate of Healthcare Improvement Scotland and core funding from Healthcare Improvement Scotland supports the SIGN Executive, and expenses and costs associated with guideline development projects. SIGN is editorially independent from Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Scottish Government which ultimately funds Healthcare Improvement Scotland.
SIGN Guideline 155 was published in February 2018 and updated in 2022 and 2023. The app will be updated if any further updates are made to the guideline.
Technical maintenance and updating of the app is carried out by Tactuum Ltd and funded through the National Decision Support Programme led by the Digital Health and Care Institute.
The content within this app/ website is based on current evidence and best practice, however it is intended to be applied alongside sound clinical judgement. As such, Healthcare Improvement Scotland is not responsible or liable for any diagnosis or management decision made on the basis of the information provided via this app/website.
Use of this app within patient care settings should always be in accordance with local policies and guidance with regard to clinical practice and mobile device usage.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland is not responsible for the content of any external websites listed, nor do they endorse any commercial product or service mentioned or advised on in any of these websites.
All use of this resource is subject to Scots law and the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts and is subject to this disclaimer. Any views given on the app/website are not necessarily those of Healthcare Improvement Scotland or anyone connected with us.
Copyright information for the two sources of content within this app/website is shown below.
Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). SIGN 155: Pharmacological management of migraine. Edinburgh: SIGN; 2023. [cited 04 Apr 2023] Available from: www.sign.ac.uk/our-guidelines/pharmacological-management-of-migraine/
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