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"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...
What do General Motors, Burger King, CNN, Uber and Airbnb all have in common? They were all founded during economic downturns. Uber and Airbnb set up business in the global downturn of 2007-2009. Burger King flipped its first patty in the US post-war recession of...
From artificial intelligence to lab-grown organs, the development of new technology to save lives and make people healthier has never been so exciting, writes Pádraig Belton. And from start-ups to universities and big hospitals, Ireland is in the forefront. So here...
SmartHealth Partnership AI tools such as ChatGPT have come to great prominence in recent months. But what do tools using technology such as AI and machine learning hold for the healthcare sector, and how can they support its transformation? Dr Joachim Werr, Founder...
What is the biggest challenge to innovation? I think we need to increase access to intellectual expertise; those professionals with experience and connections within the healthcare sector. It will help growing companies navigate the structures and processes involved...
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...
Welcome to the first edition of SmartHealth in 2023. The Hope Issue is an opportunity to celebrate the achievements and successes of those working within the health innovation and medtech arenas here in Ireland, Europe and around the world. Innovation is saving lives....
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...
Cybersecurity for health devices is now predicted to be a $1.2billion annual market by 2025 amid increasing data breaches. We investigate the increasing number of cybersecurity players who are targeting the health tech space and changing the way we protect healthcare...
From hand-held devices that quickly assess and evaluate brain impairments and injuries like stroke to helping patients suffering from vertigo, dizziness and imbalance, we look at how spin-outs flowing from Ireland’s third-level institutions are changing healthcare...
