Insight
What rule would you break to deliver healthcare value? I joined the HSE in 2002 from a highly-technical background having worked as a software buyer for the DCC Group and Production Design Technician for General Motors. I had a real love for technology. I started as a...
Smartphones have a vexed relationship with health. On the down side, the blue light our smartphones emit can suppress melatonin, disrupt our sleep, and, according to new research presented this month, even increase the chance of early puberty in children. But still,...
EIT Health is Europe’s largest health innovation network, made up of healthcare professionals, entrepreneurs, educators, learners, researchers, patients and clinicians. A unique European body, it offers a depth of clinical pathway expertise and over 20 accelerator...
PÁDRAIG BELTON connects into the city of the tribes In the last few years, Galway has emerged as a weirdly buzzing hub for medtech start-ups. Atrian Medical, Lifelet Medical, Neurent Medical and Tympany Medical, to name only four, all are Galway-based and won places...
The need to provide more secure patient care through digital health records has increased rapidly in the wake of Covid-19. Healthcare providers across both the public and private sectors in Ireland are now looking to offer better value delivery to service users....
Digital healthcare has never been more urgent. Especially in Ireland. About one in four Irish people, around 1.3million people, currently linger on a healthcare waiting list. This July, 627,856 people in Ireland waited for a first outpatient appointment. This is 4,000...
In Ireland, Lighthouse Psychology, in Co. Waterford's village of Dunmore East, is out on the forefront of using virtual reality to help patients working to overcome anxiety and phobias. Many of us might first have met virtual reality through such worthy uses of time...
Simone Feresin, Ophthalmology Lead Roche Ireland (Products) Ltd, on finding solutions for the leading causes of vision loss Globally, at least 2.2 billion people have a near or distance vision impairment. In at least half of these cases, vision impairment could have...
As a practicing A&E consultant Dr Ann Shortt has experienced the guts and glory of the medical world first-hand. As c, over the past 12 years she has put that expertise towards transforming the approach to preventative healthcare. With fellow consultants, Dr...
Paul Turley is a passionate believer in the power of technology to transform organisations for the better by offering consumer grade employee experiences, world class customer service and enabling lower operational costs. With over 20 years in the software industry he...
