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Newstalk Breakfast covers findings of new HIHI report

| Posted on: 26 March, 2024

The ‘Buying All-Island in Healthcare – North and South’ report was launched yesterday with an interview on Newstalk Breakfast. This was carried across all national bulletins throughout the day and…

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New HIHI cross-border report finds common barriers for smaller vendors in healthcare and urges an all-island shift to innovation procurement, enabling SMEs and Start-ups to thrive in domestic health tech markets

| Posted on: 25 March, 2024

Launched today, the ‘Buying All-Island in Healthcare – North and South’ report publishes the findings and recommendations framework of the All-Island Medtech SMEs (AIMS) initiative, delivered through a 12-month cross-border…

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Smart D8 Call for pilots Community Health, Health Literacy and Environment – Closes this Friday 29

| Posted on: 24 March, 2024

Smart D8 Opens New Call for Pilot Projects following three years of success New call for pilot projects in three areas: Community Health, Health Literacy and Environment Up to six…

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Read an article in this weeks’ WOW, Women on Wednesdays featuring identifyHer, a HIHI supported company, with their new tech sensor which monitors the menopause

| Posted on: 21 March, 2024

Read Deirdre McArdle article for WOW (Women on Wednesday) for the Evening Echo featuring HIHI supported company identifyHer.  New tech is getting to the crux of perimenopause (echolive.ie) identifyHer was…

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Gamechanging wearable sensor technology set to prolong independent living for Ireland’s elderly population

| Posted on: 6 March, 2024

HIHI is this week spotlighting a game changing wearable technology for elderly people living in the community in Ireland. As the Irish population over the age of 65 increases over…

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Vox-AI amongst winners of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call with an AI driven tool centred on menopause management

| Posted on: 21 February, 2024

    Vox-AI is an AI-driven platform that uses advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) technology, complemented by multilingual spoken word bots and avatars. MenoMate is a chatbot centred on menopause management and…

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In advance of International Women’s Health Week – Meet one of the winners of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation Call indentifyHer

| Posted on: 21 February, 2024

identifyHer Ltd is a femtech company focussed on detecting and tracking menopausal symptoms. The identifyHer platform is a wearable biosensor to detect and track menopausal symptoms with an accompanying application to present…

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Dr Tanya Mulcahy Director of HIHI and Founder of Femtech Ireland to speak at the upcoming National Menopause Summit – Advocating for change

| Posted on: 19 February, 2024

HIHI are delighted to announce that Dr Tanya Mulcahy will speak again this year at the National Menopause Summit. The event takes place on the 11th and 12th April 2024…

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The Menopause Hub among the winning companies of HIHI’s FemTech Innovation competition

| Posted on: 7 February, 2024

The Menopause Hub App will allow women to track their menopause and perimenopause symptoms prior and post treatment and to book appointments. It will provide medication and appointment reminders and has…

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Meet Aurin another winning company from HIHI’s FemTech Innovation competition that aims to relieve the symptoms of menopause

| Posted on: 6 February, 2024

The AURIN platform is a femtech innovation for the treatment of menopausal vasomotor symptoms (hot flushes and night sweats). AURIN comes from a team of researchers from University of Galway and University…

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