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HIHI announces another new team member, Dr. Michael Twomey PhD

| Posted on: 24 April, 2023

  Health Innovation Hub Ireland is delighted to announce that Dr Michael Twomey PhD has joined HIHI as a Senior Clinical Research Manager. He will be based at HIHI’s HQ…

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Smart D8 is extending the call for pilots to Friday 05th May 2023 at 23:00

| Posted on: 24 April, 2023

Following two years of success in engaging Enterprise, Academia and a range of relevant stakeholders, the Smart D8 initiative has delivered 8 impactful and scalable pilots. In 2023 this engagement…

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Spotlighting a HIHI pilot with My OT & Me with the potential to reduce paediatric OT waiting lists

| Posted on: 19 April, 2023

Health Innovation Hub Ireland were delighted to work with My OT & Me an Irish start-up founded by Jessica Kennedy, Senior Paediatric Occupational Therapist and Seán Ó Tuama. My OT…

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HIHI announces the appointment of new team member Dr. Jonathan Moran

| Posted on: 19 April, 2023

  Health Innovation Hub Ireland are delighted to announce that Dr. Jonathan Moran PhD, BSc, PGDip Primary Care (Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal), PG Cert Statistics joins us as a HSE Clinical…

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St. James’s Hospital Dublin ICU Team develops new innovative medical device to tackle Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

News | Posted on: 5 April, 2023

ICU Team develop new healthcare solution that will change the lives of mechanically ventilated patients Pictured left to right Consultant intensivist and Professor of Medicine in TCD Prof Ignacio Martin-Loeches…

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Health Innovation Hub Ireland, headquartered in UCC, is supporting local companies to develop their HealthTech products.

| Posted on: 4 April, 2023

Health Innovation Hub Ireland, a national initiative supported by the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment, the Department of Health, Enterprise Ireland and the HSE is led-by and headquartered in…

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New circular to assist SMEs in Public Procurement

| Posted on: 3 April, 2023

“As part of the Public Service Reform Plan, the Government established the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) to drive a new consolidated and integrated approach to public procurement. In the context…

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Smart D8 Opens New Call for Pilots for Health and Wellbeing Demonstrator – Population Health, Positive and Healthy Ageing, and Connected Patients in the Community

News | Posted on: 30 March, 2023

‘Smart D8’ is an urban demonstrator providing opportunities for indigenous and international innovators to investigate how smart technology and innovative approaches can be used to improve health and wellbeing in…

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New Irish TB smartphone study, published on world TB day, shows huge HSE cost reduction, increased patient satisfaction and cuts nursing time from up to 60 minutes to 1 minute

| Posted on: 24 March, 2023

On World TB Day a new  national TB study reveals a smart health option would cost the HSE just 8 per cent (€300) per patient, compared to current system cost…

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Irish company Ostoform provides solutions for patients post-surgery with their medical device® Mouldable Seal with FLOWASSIST®which is now available for public and private patients in Ireland

| Posted on: 22 March, 2023

Health Innovation Hub Ireland worked with Ostoform on a product pilot which will change the lives of Irish patients post -surgery. HIHI along with Kevin Kelleher, CEO of Ostoform, worked…

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