Yearly Archives: 2022

Groundbreaking new day surgery center in Tallaght cuts wait times

The Reeves Day Surgery Centre - An innovative Community Based Day Surgery Centre in Tallaght University Hospital - won the third prize in the...

HSE Innovator of the Year

HSE Communication and Innovations Lead, Lorraine Smyth, won the Women in IT Innovator Award of the Year and the Women in It Digital Transformation...

Chief Technical Officer of the Year

Anne Quirke, of Beaumont Hospital Dublin won the Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of the Year at the Women in IT Summit Ireland 2021. The Awards...

CRC wins two prestigious awards

The Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) recently won two prestigious awards for its 2020 Annual Report and Financial Statements, writes Michelle Merrigan.  The Clinic’s 2020 report...

Physiotherapy team at Beaumont Hospital win HSE Innovation in Digital Excellence award

A simple device has transformed rehabilitation for patients with dizziness and balance problems from manual in-person monitoring to a wearable sensor, allowing clinicians to...

Three Dublin stroke centres awarded European centre of excellence status

Three Dublin stroke centres have been awarded the prestigious status of official ‘Certified ESO Stroke Centres,’ by the European Stroke Organisation (ESO). The Stroke Centre...

Tobacco Free Campus Awards

CHI at Crumlin ​and ​Temple Street Children’s University Hospital were winners at the Tobacco Free Campus Awards 🏆This award is in recognition for introducing a #ONECHI Tobacco Free...

Resilience is “the core strength you use to lift the load of life.” The Secret power to maintain and build resilience

Resilience empowers people to accept and adapt to situations and move forward.  While people process trauma and adversity, like COVID, in different ways, there...

Leadership and inclusivity needed for innovation to transform healthcare

As we reflect on the last number of decades it is obvious how healthcare has been significantly transformed with unimaginable innovations resulting in outstanding...

Supportive and compassionate leadership leads to higher levels of patient satisfaction

Supportive and compassionate leadership was associated with lower work pressure on staff and more influence over decisions, which in turn were linked to higher...

Remember Bergamo

My abiding memory of Bergamo is of a wonderful short holiday spent there 10 years ago. I still wonder how such an historic, hilltop,...

Looking to the future and how we will deliver health care going forward

The second anniversary of the first lockdown is in a few weeks’ time. In many countries, especially in the lower and middle income categories,...

When is sauce for the goose not sauce for the gander?

Patients have the right to expect that all staff paid to  serve them be regulated and accountable, or do they, asks Dr Kieran Moore,...

Living and dying as well as possible

Dr. Miriam Colleran, Consultant in Palliative Medicine explores how people can be supported to live and die as well as possible. Medical advancements have led...

Reflections on the health service

“The darker the night, the brighter the stars”(Fyodor Dostoevsky) The prospect of leaving the health service or at least the public sector is something like...

Health Manager appointed Census Regional Supervisor

Mr. John Hennessy has been appointed Census Regional Supervisor with the Central Statistics Office Ireland. Mr. Hennessy held a number of senior management positions with...

Pat McLoughlin steps down as CEO of Alzheimer Society

Tributes have been flowing in to Mr. Pat McLoughlin, who is stepping down this month from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the...

Former Health Manager Appointed Secretary General

Kevin McCarthy, who was Asst. Chief Executive to the East Coast Area Health Board from 2000 – 2002, has been appointed Secretary General to...

Chair of Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 Review

Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly has  appointed Barrister, Marie O’Shea as the independent Chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act...

Irish Therapy Dogs

Joe Sheeky, retired Finance Manager, HSE Acute Operations, has started a new voluntary position as Treasurer and Board Member at Irish Therapy Dogs!

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