Completed Projects
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| Developing the social economy as a provider of health and care services in remote and rural areas: an investigation of barriers and promoters in remote and rural areas | HIE | |
| O4O: Older People for Older People | NPP | |
| Improving the delivery of emergency healthcare in Scotland: evaluation of the role of the community first responder more... | CSO | |
| Outcomes for men screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm more... | CSO | |
| Integrating emergency health and social care services: evaluation of the Highland Hub redesign more.. | The Highland Council | |
| Nuffield Studentship 2011 - Electronic health sensor performance | Nuffield Foundation | click here for project poster |
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| Identifying and understanding the role of boundaries in facilitating or preventing e-health implementation in health and social care | Chief Scientist Office | University of Glasgow |
| Developing a novel communication system to deliver group-based pulmonary rehabilitation in the home via the internet: widening access for patients | Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland | Glasgow School of Art, Centre for Design and Innovation (formerly Distance Lab) |
Telephone Consulting in General Practice contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
CSO | University of Glasgow |
| Untethered monitoring in remote and rural rescue
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HIE INEH / University of Aberdeen Sixth Century Studentship |
CIMIT. Boston Harvard Medical School |
Evaluation of Kinloch Rannoch Community First Responder Scheme |
NHS Tayside | for further information d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk final report now available here |
| Society's relationship with the natural world and the role of the outdoors in health and wellbeing | Economic & Social Research Council | |
| Remote Service Futures | Argyll & Islands Enterprise NHS R & D Endowments |
NHS Highland KTP |
| Evaluation of the Pilot Emergency Medical Retrieval Service | Scottish Government | DTZ. Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen |
| Care of patients with respiratory disease in remote and rural areas: potential role of new technologies | WS Sutherland | |
| Hospitalisation and Women's Psychological Wellbeing: Remote and Rural IV |
CSO Scottish Executive Department of Health | University of Aberdeen |
| Review of nursing in the community baseline study | Scottish Government Social Research | Napier University, |
| Community facilities in rural Scotland: a study of their use, provision and condition | Scottish Government Social Research | Scottish Agricultural College (SAC), |
Exploration of types of rural community pharmacy arrangements |
NHS Highland | Jane Farmer |
The new GMS contract in primary care: The impact of governance and incentives on care contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS SDO | University of Glasgow, University of Manchester, University of Dundee, Health Economics Research Unit UoA |
Suicide after discharge from psychiatric care in Scotland contact: cameron.stark@nhs.net |
Scottish Executive Choose Life Initiative |
Scottish Executive Health Department Information and Statistics Division |
| Scottish Centre for Telehealth | University of Glasgow, University of Dundee, Scottish School of Primary Care, Scottish Centre for Telehealth |
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| The contribution of health services to the social and economic sustainability of rural communities | Highlands & Islands Enterprise | Department of Public Health, UoA, The Spencer Gulf Rural Health School, University of South Australia |
| Service Delivery and Organisation Workforce (SDO) | University of Southampton, University of Glasgow | |
| SRDG feasibility study - EHealth: Addressing, Evaluation, Implementation and Integration (HAVEN) | Scottish Funding Council (Strategic Research Development Grant) | University of Glasgow, University of Dundee, Scottish School of Primary Care, Scottish Centre for Telehealth |
NHS Education for Scotland |
Jane Farmer |
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Chief Scientist Office, SEHD |
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen. Department of Public Health, University of Aberdeen. PEACH Unit, Glasgow University |
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Older People for Older People (0-4-0) -preparatory project |
European Union NPP Programme |
Highlands & Islands Enterprise. Sweden. Norway. |
The Rural Proofing of Elderly Care Competencies contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS Education for Scotland |
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Video Support for Infant Feeding |
NHS Highland Endowments |
NHS Highland |
Our Life as Elderly: |
European Northern Peripheries |
UHI, HCCF Sweden, Norway, Faroes |
NHS 24 Dispersed Model Evaluation contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS 24 |
University of Glasgow |
Extreme Weather Conditions contact: d.godden@abdn.ac.uk |
European Northern Peripheries Programme |
Sweden, Finland, Norway |
National evaluation of NHS 24 contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
Scottish Executive Health Department |
University of Glasgow |
Scoping Emergency Admission in Highland contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS Highland |
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Emergency and Urgent Care Education Study |
NHS Orkney |
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Policy review and study by Professor D Hartley on roles of primary care, community hospitals and community health partnerships in Highland and Grampian |
NHS Highland |
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Evaluation of the impact of NES educational funding initiatives upon practitioner development and service provision contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS Education for Scotland |
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Expectations and demand for health care among elderly rural in-migrants to rural/remote areas of Scotland and longstanding residents: a qualative interview study |
Chief Scientist Office, SEHD |
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An evaluation of the North of Scotland Tele-Education Programme (NOSTEP) |
NHS Education for Scotland |
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Access to primary care services out of hours contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
French Health Ministry |
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An economic evaluation of instalment dispensing for new medicines to be taken for more than 3 weeks in the primary care setting contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
Chief Scientist Office |
Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Aberdeen |
Orthodontic Telemedicine Project |
Scottish Telemedicine Action Forum |
NHS Highland |
Public and patient engagement in the NHS Highland cancer strategy development |
Scottish Executive |
NHS Highland |
Profiling remote and rural LHCC's - core service provision, training needs and rurality weighting |
RARARI |
NHS Education for Scotland |
Out of Hours care in remote and rural Scotland: identifying sustainable strategies for change contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
RARARI |
Primary care organisations |
Research literature review on Community Hospitals |
SEHD |
Department of Public Health. University of Glasgow |
Remote Telematic Solutions for patient diagnoses and training of health care professionals in sparsely populated areas |
European Northern Peripheries Programme |
Dept General Practice and Primary Care, Aberdeen . Swedish and Finnish partners |
Evaluation of the new arrangements for the delivery of out of hours primary care services in Highland contact: d.heaney@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS Highland |
University of Glasgow University of Southampton |
Creation of a Clinical Peripherality Map |
Scottish Executive - National Planning Team |
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Evaluation of shared hospital at night rota - Oban and Fort William contact: d.godden@abdn.ac.uk |
NHS Highland NHS Argyll and Clyde |
HERU |
Low birthweight, pre-term delivery and suicide in later life |
NHS Highland |
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Sustainable Maternity Services Provision |
RARARI |
Dugald Baird Centre, Business Studies, Aberdeen |
Evaluation of Highland Aortic Aneurysm screening programme |
RARARI |
Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen |
Study of an outreach service for the management of sleep apnoea/Hypopnea Syndrome (SAHS) |
William Sutherland Trust |
HERU, Chest Clinic, Aberdeen |
An epidemiological survey of injuries to farm workers arising from tagging of newborn calves and clipping of cattle to meet BSE and hygiene regulations |
RARARI |
NFU |
Factors associated with outcome of stroke in Highland, with special reference to the effects of remoteness and rurality |
RARARI |
HHB |
The epidemiology and associated quality of life of self-reported Chronic Respiratory Disease in patients living in rural and urban Scotland |
Chief Scientist Office |
Primary Care, University of Aberdeen |
Proposal for evaluation of medical service in Orkney - a new model for consultant supported intermediate care in remote areas |
RARARI |
HERU |
The equitable provision of services in Highland |
HHB |
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The role of Telemedicine in the new configuration of primary care services in remote and rural Scotland |
RARARI |
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Orkney mental health home treatment programme - pilot phase evaluation |
Orkney Health Board |
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Exhaled ethane as a marker of disease severity in asthma - Pilot study |
William Sutherland Trust |
HPRF |
Epidemiological Studies of Complementary medicine use in primary care attendees |
Grampian PCT - fellowship to Dr Featherstone |
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Evaluation of the Children's Home Care Nursing Service for Highland |
NHS Highland Board |
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Pilot study to map informal breastfeeding support group activity in Scotland by LHCC |
Grampian PCT |
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Expectations and demand for health care among elderly rural in-migrants to rural/remote areas of Scotland and longstanding residents: a qualitative interview study |
Chief Scientist Office |
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Obtaining a profile of primary health care professionals currently working in Highland |
Highland Primary Care NHS Trust |



