The ScotCap evaluation project led by the Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre (DHI) took place across 3 health boards, NHS Highland, NHS Western Isles and NHS Grampian. This large scale multi-centred evaluation of the colon capsule endoscopy service made ScotCap an integral part of the national redesign of outpatient gastroenterology services. The aim of the evaluation was to explore the efficiency, acceptability and effectiveness of the service and generate recommendations for large scale adoption.

The procedure involves swallowing a capsule, the size of a vitamin pill, containing a digital camera which takes up to 400,000 images during its journey through the GI tract. The images are then sent remotely for review and analysed by GI specialists. Use of Colon Capsule Endoscopy as a gastrointestinal (GI) diagnostic test enables early and effective screening in the community, avoiding unnecessary referrals for hospital outpatient appointments.

SCOTCAP | Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (dhi-scotland.com)