Yearly Archives: 2015

Hospital Groups should be truly autonomous but were unlikely to be underpinned by legislation for some years, it emerged from Health Minister, Dr. Leo Varadkar’s speech to the MacGill Summer School in Donegal. Maureen Browne reports.

The goal of medicine is to alleviate suffering and enhance longevity. A brutal paradox arises when medicine does the opposite. Although there is limited evidence on the scale of harm inflicted by medical error, available data suggest this is a vast problem, write Drs. Padhraig Ryan and David Vaughan.

Dr. Peter Lachman is working to build a cadre of Irish healthcare leaders – both clinicians and managers - who will know what to do in order to improve healthcare processes, experience and outcomes.

Our health services may, in time, benefit from the negative experience of Irish Water, which has become one of the most politically and socially divisive issues of recent years, writes Mr Denis Doherty.

Dr. Chris Luke says he profoundly wishes that all healthcare managers, and indeed politicians, would recognise the vital importance of including people’s feelings in management calculation and decision-making, as well as beds, budgets or other “resource” considerations.

Ms. Anne McNeely Head of Organisational Development, writes about Beaumont Hospital’s Launch of its Internal Coaching Programme.

The Wellness Initiative Alliance has launched a new App which is ideal for students who would like to run the Alliance’s Aviva Schools Fitness Challenge and which is also a useful aid for PE teachers, writes Mr Ciaran Faughnan, the Alliance CEO.

Instructables is part of a wave of modern learning platforms where individuals self-publish and others self-teach, writes Mr Conor Hannaway.

The aim of the new three year National Dementia Strategy with a budget of €27.5 million was to improve dementia care so that people with dementia could live well for as long as possible, could ultimately die with dignity, and could have services and supports delivered in the best way possible, Ms. Sarah Mahon, Senior Dementia Strategy Projects Manager, HSE, told the HMI West of Ireland Forum. Maureen Browne reports.

We are now in an economic recovery and it’s time to see that recovery in the provision of mental health services so that we can truly transform care for patients, writes Ms. Patricia Gilheaney, Chief Executive, The Mental Health Commission.

HIQA has published new guidance to help hospitals and healthcare providers improve quality and safety by linking recommendations — from previous HIQA investigations and reviews into healthcare services — with National Standards that they are expected to meet.

Most people who kill themselves are of working age and the workplace has the potential to effectively address suicide prevention and intervention, as well as the crisis that often follows a suicide death or attempt, writes Dr. Eoin Galavan

Health Managers may be interested in this events.

Cost of Quality & Safety in our Health Service

Denis Doherty examines how we should learn from the harrowing events in Portlaoise.

Applications are now invited from health service managers and teams for the HMI Leaders Award 2015, which will celebrate leaders who are leading change through their innovation, creativity and ingenuity.

EAHM meets in Cork to discuss the future St. James’s CEO Voluntary hospitals seeks to influence healthcare policy A €70 million investment in 14 centres Sixtieth birthday for Connolly Hospital Cross-border health services developing Patient safety initiative Over 300,000 to benefit from free GP care Minister for Drugs Strategy National Maternity Strategy KPMG Health Adviser Health services have to develop telehealth options Running for Mercy Foundation Bon Secours affiliated to NUI Increase in numbers insured Mater Private Cork Expansion Antidote To Heroin-Related Overdoses Study to advance hygiene on hospital wards The man who could have been HSE CEO FirstLight National Service

Maureen Browne looks at the results of the first ever sector-wide survey of employees of the health service and how they feel about their jobs, training, motivation, enthusiasm and the standard of care provided by the health services.

Senior health managers are urging HSE action to ensure that best practice is resourced and spread rapidly and efficiently across the Irish health system. Maureen Browne reports.

Tá dúshláin agus deachrachtaí fé leith a bhaineann leis an Ghaeilge i saol gairmiúil an leighis, a scríobhann Dr. Colm Henry.