Legislators, Regulators and Innovators-The EU Medical Device Regulatory Matrix
This is for anyone developing or thinking about developing a medical device or diagnostic device who would like to learn more about the regulatory landscape.
Guest: David Scott, Senior Associate with BHSM Solicitors
When: Friday 20th March 2020
Time: 2:00- 5:00 pm
Where: ILAS Building NUI Galway
Webinar link HERE
Contact: Eimer O’Connell, HIHI, (eimer.oconnell@nuigalway.ie)
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/legislators-regulators-and-innovators-the-eu-mdr-matrix-tickets-94180906627
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.
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.
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 nurses Noreen Lynch (Bantry General Hospital) and Niamh Allen (South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital) won best poster at the recent UCC School of Nursing and Midwifery Conference. The poster described a study conducted where error rates and efficiencies using digital capture of the National Early Warning Score were compared with results for paper based capture. The study was conducted in the AMAU unit f a busy public hospital, in conjunction with Syncrophi Systems ltd, who provided their KEWS300 digital NEWS capture system for the duration of the study. The results are compelling! We are grateful to the staff on the ground in the hospital who participated in the study. Another successful HIHI pilot demonstrating how technology and innovation can have a big impact on how we deliver efficient healthcare for better patient outcomes. Simple solutions can have a very big impact.
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 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.
Get tickets here
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/county-cork-on-the-rise-communities-help-make-cork-a-fantastic-place-to-live-or-visit-962952.html
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Mitchelstown Age Friendly Sensors and Alarms for the Elderly Pilot Project Launched at Forrest Hall Community Centre in Mitchelstown as part of Positive Ageing Week.
At the launch were, from left: Jane O’Flynn, Health Iniatiive Hub Ireland and CIT; Cllr. Frank O’Flynn, deputising for the Mayor of the County of Cork; Cllr. Kay Dawson, Chair of Mitchelstown Age Friendly; Jim Daly TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People and Fiona Hayes, Age Friendly Programme Mngr Cork Co Co.
Cork County Council, in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme, launched a challenge to improve the resilience of Cork County’s older population by exploring low cost and accessible solutions that could assist older citizens in maintaining a good quality of life in their own homes.
With the support of the Cork Age Friendly Programme, Mitchelstown was selected to pilot one such project. Mitchelstown is an Age Friendly Town and a committee chaired by Cllr. Kay Dawson worked with the partners to provide a ‘test-bed’ area.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
