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Pictured above is Denis Weir, senior manager, Isaac Care; Caitriona Walsh, president and managing director, Novartis Ireland; Deb Mangone, country manager, Pfizer Healthcare Ireland; Liam Ryan, country manager, SilverCloud Ireland; Derek Richards, chief science...
Pictured above is Shay Walsh, managing director, BT Ireland, Captain Jane O’Neill, Engineer Corps, Irish Defence Forces, Lorna Martyn, Ireland regional chair & senior vice president technology, Fidelity Investments, Rhonda Doyle, senior director Field Services...
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...
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...
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...
Since becoming CEO of Tallaght University Hospital in 2019, research and innovation have been among Lucy Nugent’s biggest priorities and now form one of the hospital’s pillars within its five-year strategy. With over 3,000 staff, Tallaght University Hospital is one of...
What is the biggest challenge to innovation? The greatest challenge I have encountered in healthcare innovation is mindset. Our workforce have not been primed to self-identify as innovators, even though it is the nature and prerogative of healthcare workers to...
Business Post columnist Tony O’Brien is the former Director General of the Health Service Executive. A chartered director, his work encompasses a number of health sector companies including FINN360, Lifeline Ambulance, Dermview, Health Navigator (HN), Evofem,...
Healthcare is undergoing fundamental change and facing profound challenges as it continues to deal with the impact of Covid-19. Sláintecare, Ireland’s high-level 10-year policy roadmap to deliver whole system reform and universal healthcare, is supposed to be halfway...
The work of extraordinary people leading the way in healthcare was at the heart of this year’s HealthTech Innovation Awards. The 10th annual ceremony, marking HealthTech Ireland’s 40th year, took place at the Mansion House in Dublin on November 23. A total of nine...
