Posts by: Eimear Galvin

Applications now open: Our Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation 2020/21. Limited HSE scholarships available

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Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI), partners with Trinity College Dublin to deliver a NFQ Level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare innovation.Course delivery is blended: online and face to face.

Current students come from the frontline, health policy, pharma and health industries. Entering its second year, the Postgraduate is now open for applications for the 2020/21 cohort. There are a limited number of scholarships available to HSE staff. Applications for scholarship close May 28. General applications close June 30.

This programme is for you if:

  • You are at mid- senior level seeking to maximise your personal impact and influence.
  • You want to master an innovative approach to healthcare specifically, solving challenges with new technologies and methodologies that can transform current practice.

 The Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation delivers:

  • The skills to identify and implement evidence-based innovative leadership practices.
  • A practical understanding of applying new technologies in healthcare.
  • A framework of innovation practices, to shape the direction of your organisation.
  • The role of health economics, quality improvement and the principles of governance in leading effective innovative health services.

The Postgraduate culminates with Modules 7 and 8 focus sing on a practical project comprising two phases. The Course Director will support students to identify and plan, an innovative solution applicable to each participants workplace that will have positive impact in Irish healthcare.

Apply here

Email: galvinei@tcd.ie

Patient centric health economics was the focus for Module 5, in our Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation

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Module 5 for our Postgraduate Diploma students – Patient centric economics – was ably led by Prof Charles Normand, Edward Kennedy Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Dublin, Trinity College. For over a decade Charles held the position ‘Professor of Health Economics’ at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and remains a visiting professor there. Both his BA and DPhil are in economics. Much of his work is on the evaluation of treatments and services, with a particular interest on neonatal technologies, heart disease and the major cancers.

Module 5, of the HIHI/TCD Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation, develops the students ability to apply economic principles to health systems analysis. In particular to understand the roles of incentives, how markets work and fail in health systems. Setting priorities based on economic evaluation and the impact of ageing and demographic change on costs of care, are also examined.

Dr James O’Mahony supported delivery of Module 5, over two days. James is a health economist at the Centre for Health Policy and Management at Trinity College Dublin. He holds the position of Assistant Research Professor within the School of Medicine and is employed under a Health Research Board (HRB) Emerging Investigator Award.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation is a level 9 full-time one year course. It comprises of eight taught modules:  six foundation modules and two project modules including methodology workshops and a practical field project. The programme offers a fundamental grounding in key subjects such as design thinking and embedding a culture of innovation, process innovation, lean thinking and social innovation, innovation & health economics, healthcare, innovation and leadership.

The course culminates next summer in a practical project, rather than the traditional thesis, comprising two phases. The Course Director  will help the participants to identify and plan, with a view to implementation, an innovative solution applicable to each participants workplace.

Applications now open for 2020/2021 intake More here.

Contact:

Eimear Galvin, HIHI TCD Manager: galvinei@tcd.ie.

HIHI Workshop 4 – ‘Product Innovation in Healthcare’ delivered by Dr Paul Anglim, BioInnovate Ireland

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Last week Health Innovation Hub Ireland welcomed back our excellent ‘Innovation Workshops’ cohort from across the country for HIHI Workshop 4 – ‘Product Innovation in Healthcare’, in the TCD Institute of Population Health, Tallaght.

Strategic Lead for BioInnovate Ireland – a national programme that uses engineering and clinical skill to create future health solutions – Dr Paul Anglim delivered Workshop 4. This key workshop focused on exploring the creation and development of new healthcare products, encouraging participants in developing their ideas to a level of viable prototype.

The critical learning outcome from this workshop was an understanding of:
• Needs led Innovation
• Barriers to Product Adoption
• Preparing to Pitch

This HIHI workshop series is purpose-designed for those working in the Irish healthcare settings. HIHI workshops are free to attend, with the only stipulation being you must currently be a HSE employee, or working in Irish primary care or voluntary hospital setting. The five workshops guide and encourage participants to explore the potential for innovative approaches within their own healthcare environment. The programme is delivered as a continuum and attendees must have completed Workshop 1 to progress with the remaining four.

If you are interested in hearing more and keeping up to date with opportunities for 2020 please email – Eimear Galvin, Manager HIHI TCD – galvinei@tcd.ie.

TCD’s Prof Paul Coughlan leads Module 4 in our Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation, with guest lecturer, Pär Åhlström

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The new year began with Module 4 for our Postgraduate Diploma students – Process Innovation, Lean Thinking and Social Innovation. It was led by Prof Paul Coughlan, Trinity College Dublin. Professor in Operations Management and Director of Accreditation & Quality Assurance at Trinity Business School. Professor Coughlan has developed his research and teaching in operations management and new product development.

A guest lecture was delivered by by Pär Åhlström, author of operations bible ‘This is Lean’. Pär is the Director of the Centre for Innovation and Operations Management, at Stockholm School of Economics, dedicated to interdisciplinary research projects at the knowledge frontier in operations management; innovation management; and information management.

Module 4 is designed to encourage the healthcare practitioner to see “quality” as the central context on which all healthcare services and products are built. Equally the module explored the strategic advantages of systems-based approaches to healthcare quality improvement, including lean thinking. The module focuses on understanding health system outcomes from the perspectives of individual patients to populations served and mechanisms for optimising the safety, effectiveness and value of the complex socio-technical systems through which healthcare is delivered.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation is a level 9 full-time one year course. It comprises of eight taught modules:  six foundation modules and two project modules including methodology workshops and a practical field project. The programme offers a fundamental grounding in key subjects such as design thinking and embedding a culture of innovation, process innovation, lean thinking and social innovation, innovation & health economics, healthcare, innovation and leadership.

The course culminates next summer in a practical project, rather than the traditional thesis, comprising two phases. The Course Director  will help the participants to identify and plan, with a view to implementation, an innovative solution applicable to each participants workplace.

For more information on the 2020/2021 intake please contact:

Eimear Galvin, HIHI TCD Manager: galvinei@tcd.ie.

Lectures in HIHI Postgraduate Diploma wrap for 2019, with Dr John Dinsmore and Dr Barry McMahon

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The third lecture in the HIHI TCD Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation took place this month, closing out lectures for the year. The final 2019 module, was delivered over two days by TCD’s Chief Physicist/Clinical Associate Dr Barry McMahon and Dr. John Dinsmore is an Assistant Professor in Digital Integrated Care and the Health Innovation Lead/Deputy Director of the Trinity Centre for Practice and Healthcare Innovation (TCPHI). The module focused on ‘Design Thinking  and Embedding a Culture of Innovation in Healthcare’

The objective is to understand and use design thinking methodologies in a group environment to try to solve healthcare challenges. Creativity and design are combined with knowledge and experience to accelerate and drive improvements in the delivery of healthcare.  Students explored how healthcare organisations can develop and transform their services, processes, and create new products ideas. Real world challenges provided students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking, creative problem solving, and visualisation methodologies.

The Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation is a level 9 full-time one year course. It comprises of eight taught modules:  six foundation modules and two project modules including methodology workshops and a practical field project. The programme offers a fundamental grounding in key subjects such as design thinking and embedding a culture of innovation, process innovation, lean thinking and social innovation, innovation & health economics, healthcare, innovation and leadership.

The course culminates next summer in a practical project, rather than the traditional thesis, comprising two phases. The Course Director  will help the participants to identify and plan, with a view to implementation, an innovative solution applicable to each participants workplace.

For more information on the 2020/2021 intake please contact:

Eimear Galvin, HIHI TCD Manager: galvinei@tcd.ie.

Our ‘Healthcare Innovation Ambassador’ workshops continue apace, with Workshop 3 – ‘Process Innovation’

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Health Innovation Hub Ireland today welcomed back our excellent ‘Innovation Workshops’ cohort from across the country for HIHI Workshop 3 – ‘Process Innovation in Healthcare’, in the TCD Institute of Population Health, Tallaght.

This third workshop in the series is a hands on workshop introducing participants to the practicalities of ‘Process Innovation’ and illustrating how complex problems may be approached through innovative process flow mapping.

The critical learning outcome from this third workshop is for participants to explore and engage with “lean thinking” and “process mapping” methodologies in a group environment. Participants will learn how to approach healthcare challenges through creativity in process design and to combine their knowledge and experience to drive and accelerate improvements in how healthcare is delivered.

The action outcome of workshop 3 is that participants are prepared to explore and engage directly on their own process innovation ideas and begin planning pathways for their ideas leading towards inventive, innovative, concrete, and measurable improvements projects in healthcare.

This HIHI workshop series is purpose-designed for those working in the Irish healthcare settings. HIHI workshops are free to attend, with the only stipulation being you must currently be a HSE employee, or working in Irish primary care or voluntary hospital setting. The five workshops guide and encourage participants to explore the potential for innovative approaches within their own healthcare environment. The programme is delivered as a continuum and attendees must have completed Workshop 1 to progress with the remaining four.

If you are interested in hearing more and keeping up to date with opportunities for 2020 please email – Eimear Galvin, Manager HIHI TCD – galvinei@tcd.ie.

#hisi19 Conference: Professional Development Stream (Nov 27) – E-health is the future and we want you to be ready for it

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#hisi19 Conference theme: E-health is the future and are we ready?

Everyone at Health Innovation Hub Ireland agrees that E-health is the future and we want you to be ready for it. HIHI TCD Manager, Eimear Galvin is curating the ‘Professional Development’ stream at this year’s #hisi19 Conference on Wednesday November 27. This stream presents a vision for how Ireland can harness innovation through individuals and trigger transformational change in Irish healthcare.

The half-day Professional Development, Chaired by HIHI TCD PI, Prof Seamas Donnelly, offers five-dedicated sessions to develop you as an Innovator, Ideator and Provider of future health solutions. Through the Professional Development session stream you can learn:

  • How to become a Healthcare Innovation Ambassador with Prof Dan Maher, Health Innovation Hub Ireland.
  • Create future health solutions with Dr Paul Anglim, BioInnovate Ireland.
  • How the system change works from within – the transformation of paper based systems to digital with Miriam Roche and Kate Bentley from St James’ Hospital.
  • Make your idea –the one you have always thought about – a reality with Dr Steven Griffin, Health Innovation Hub Ireland.
  • Chair, Professor Seams Donnelly will be the session’s opening speaker, sharing front-line insights, digital advances and how we can be ready for the change in healthcare delivery.

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“Get going, get good, get great” #StartupweekDub

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‘Connected health in Ireland – how we shape it and how we make it’ a joint event between HIHI TCD and The Digital Hub for ‘Start Up Week Dublin’ opened with the urge to “get going, get good, get great” from MC Kieran Daly. Kieran is CTO and co-founder of Health Beacon, the Dublin and Boston digital health company with significant funding and FDA approval under its belt.

The event designed for health tech start-ups brought together experts from HSE procurement, clinical, finance, industry, regulatory and investment in an event. All of the finance experts, Julian Seymour Halo Business Angel Network and Paul Swift and Hilary Coates of BOI, stressed the value of team to companies starting out. This was echoed by Noel Daly, Enterprise Ireland who added the importance of market research to start-ups. Anne Tobin, HPRA reminded companies that the regulator is there as a supporter of enterprise developmental and to liaise early in the product life cycle. Eimear Galvin HIHI Manger TCD, shared the HIHI approach of ‘develop scale and grow’ and how HIHI engages the market in collaborative activity on behalf of the HSE. Miriam Roche, St James Hospital, acknowledged the potential for connected health and the road that must be travelled in public health to get there. A sentiment shared by Seán Bresnan, HSE Procurement who noted the potential for change in healthcare delivery through connected health solutions.

Following these ‘Key insights’ from each expert, a round of speed networking with companies took place. Each expert had five available ‘one on one’ time slots, allocated to various entrepreneurs. This offered start-ups a unique opportunity to gather feedback from key national stakeholders in connected health development.

 

 

Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland delivers guest lecture, as new Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation begins with Module 1 – Evolution and revolution in a changing healthcare landscape

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The first students of HIHI and Trinity College Dublin’s new Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation gathered on Friday and Saturday for delivery of Module 1 ‘Evolution and revolution in a changing healthcare landscape’.

Guest lectures were delivered by Conor Hanley, CEO Fire1 and Irish Medtech Association Chair and Professor Mark W.J. Ferguson, Director General, Science Foundation Ireland, and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland.

This first module encourages participants to delve directly into the complex and rapidly changing world of global healthcare. Shifting populations dynamics, rising chronic conditions, increasing patient expectations and the personalisation of medicine, are significant challenges when mapped against the ever-increasing cost of healthcare delivery. The module takes an informed view of the present status of healthcare and begins with exploring directional trends and future innovations.

Course Director and HIHI Principal Investigator Prof Seamas Donnelly welcomed the students:

“You will gain an in-depth knowledge of the dynamics of embedding an innovative health culture within your system. You will gain insights into global thinking on creative and practical implementation, of new ventures in healthcare.

“As places are mixed – both HSE and open – you will be part of a year-on-year growing cohort of connected and networked, innovation ambassadors in Irish health.”

Guest speaker HIHI National Director Colman Casey said:

“Healthcare is transforming more rapidly than ever before.  Innovation is changing how we live, work, learn, function and deliver healthcare. In this Postgraduate Diploma, we have a vision for how Ireland can harness innovation through individuals and trigger transformational change in Irish healthcare.”

In total, there are eight modules in the Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation. Six taught foundation modules and two project modules, including methodology workshops and a practical field project. Fundamental grounding in key subjects:  Design thinking and embedding a culture of innovation; process innovation; lean thinking; social innovation and health economics; innovation and leadership. The practical project supports each student to identify and plan an innovative solution for your workplace. The result being the creation of Ambassadors who will lead development and improvements in Irish healthcare overall.

More information here

Health Innovation Hub Ireland and The Digital Hub join forces to bring connected health entrepreneurs and experts from HSE, HPRA, investment and public health, together for ‘Startup Week Dublin 2019’

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Startup Week Dublin 2019 powered by Dublin City Council is a celebration of entrepreneurs, innovation and community in Dublin. As part of Dublin City Council’s  ‘Start up week Dublin’ Health innovation Hub Ireland (Trinity College Dublin) and The Digital Hub will host a joint event, ‘Connected health in Ireland – how we shape it and how we make it’.

‘Connected health in Ireland – how we shape it and how we make it’ brings together experts from HSE procurement, clinical, finance, industry, regulatory and investment in an event dedicated to health tech start-ups with MC Kieran Daly, CTO and co-founder of Health Beacon, on Thursday October 24.

Experts:

  • Enterprise Ireland HPSU: Noel Daly
  • HSE procurement: Seán Bresnan
  • St James Informatics Directorate: Miriam Roche
  • HBAN: Julian Seymour
  • Health Innovation Hub Ireland: Eimear Galvin
  • HPRA: Anne Tobin
  • BOI Start Ups: Hilary Coates

Timing:

  • Experts ‘Key insight’: 6:30pm – 7:30pm.
  • Speed networking: 7:30pm – 8:30pm.

Location: The Digital Hub, Dublin 8

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/connected-health-in-ireland-how-we-shape-it-and-how-we-make-it-tickets-70616988313

Following a ‘Key insight’ from each expert, a round of speed networking with companies begins. Each expert has five available ‘one on one’ time slots, allocated on a first come, first serve basis through online registration. Refreshments will be provided so that attendees who have not secured an expert speed session can network with their peers. Full details are available upon registration here.

Health Innovation Hub Ireland Manager (TCD), Eimear Galvin said:

“With The Digital Hub we have created an event for Start Up Week that offers instant access to the expertise required to make home grown connected health solutions successful.

“A significant percentage of the companies that work nationally in HIHI are Irish connected health solutions. This reflects the global shift towards personalised preventative healthcare and where we see the most potential for cost savings in healthcare.”

Fiach Mac Conghail, Chief Executive Officer at The Digital Hub said:

“The Digital Hub is delighted to be supporting Startup Week Dublin 2019 with TCD Health Innovation Hub to bring connected health entrepreneurs and experts from Irish Tech and Health ecosystem together.

At The Digital Hub, ten per cent of our enterprise cluster is now comprised of healthtech companies. Our ambition is to continue to grow this sub-sector and to create and provide a supportive and collaborative environment for the benefit of companies already located or looking to move to The Digital Hub.”

Now in its second year, Techstars Startup Week™ Dublin powered by Dublin City Council brings entrepreneurs, local leaders, and friends together over five days this October 21st – 25th 2019 to build momentum and opportunity around our community’s unique entrepreneurial identity.