"I was one of the first people in Poland who got an insulin pump in 2000. And it completely changed my life," says Dr Kate Gajewska, a diabetes specialist now living in Ireland who herself has diabetes. In the 1980s, she says, the average person with diabetes would...
Pictured above L-R at TUH are Professor Dominick McCabe, Consultant Neurologist; Dr Deirdre Smith, Vascular Neurology Researcher; Dr Hannah O’Keeffe, Clinical Innovation Fellow; Nina Holden, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist; Dr Alison Hay, ED SpR; Dr Andrew...
SeamlessCARE’s Dr Aviva Cohen develops innovative technologies to enhance the care of adults and children with complex needs. The motivation to create projects to support those living with disabilities came in 2006 after her husband survived a severe stroke that left...
However brilliant its idea and implementation, it's really the reimbursement model that can make or break a plucky start-up. And the roadmap to reimbursement is, lately, a fast changing one. Perhaps nowhere more so, maybe, than in digital therapeutics. Take the...
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...
Declan Murphy, founder and CEO of Isaac Care, on how overcoming technology barriers can help deliver world-class care in the community Isaac Care is a unique digital health platform designed to enable health services and families to provide the best care possible to...
Known and honoured by physicians worldwide, the Hippocratic Oath is one of the earliest expressions of medical ethics. It is fitting then, that when it came to naming its latest health innovation, Clanwilliam Health looked to this principle of good practice which...
Dr Frank O'Donnell leads the public sector business for Microsoft Ireland focusing on health, education and government sectors across the island of Ireland. O’Donnell joined Microsoft from senior roles in management consulting to focus on transforming business to...
Ireland, Yeats famously said, is ‘no country for old men’ (and probably not women), but a greying population means it will quickly need to think up new ways of paying for health care. In the October 2021 budget, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly announced €21billion in...
The question of whether the health service can disrupt and innovate in a post-covid landscape was the focus of the 18th National Health Summit. The event brought together policy makers and professionals in healthcare management and delivery to discuss subjects...
