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Unlocking the “Digital Thread” in
the Health Management Landscape:
Opportunities, Challenges and Next Steps
UNLOCKING
THE DIGITAL
THREAD
UCC CORK
Cork University Business School (CUBS), University College
Cork and eHealth Ireland collaborated to kick off Health
Innovation Week on October 20th 2017.
This kick-off event explored the opportunities, challenges
and next steps associated with eHealth within the Irish
health management landscape. Prof. Mark Hutchinson
(CUBS) welcomed Mr Jim Daly, Minister of State for Mental
Health and Older People and Fianna Fáil party leader Micheál
Martin to UCC. Mr. Richard Corbridge CIO of the HSE and
eHealth Ireland CEO outlined his views on the direction
for developing the “Digital Thread” in Ireland, placing EHR
rollout at the centre of this strategy. The keynote addresses
were delivered by Professor Richard Greene, Director of
the National Perinatal Epidemiology Centre and Professor
of Clinical Obstetrics (UCC) and Dr. PJ Fitzpatrick, C EO of
Educate4Health.
S ome highlights from the day included the
DR. CIARA HEAVIN
LECTURER/RESEARCHER
Business Information Systems at
Cork University Business School
University College Cork
Boole Library
20th October, 2017
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Value innovation in the Irish
digital health ecosystem will be
rooted in an interdisciplinary
approach to delivering
technology solutions driven by
the needs of lead users.
recognition that active collaborations between the
Cork University Business School (UCC), School of
Medicine (UCC), eHealth Ireland, the HSE, the Health
Innovation Hub, high technology health start-ups,
and the concentration of ICT giants pharmaceutical
and medical device makers are strategically
placing Ireland as a potential world leader in the
development of digital healthcare technologies.
Furthermore, the ways in which data can make a
transformative impact on Ireland’s healthcare sector
and the lives of patients were debated.
Following the event, Minister Jim Daly commented
on Twitter “Really inspired by the visionary and
pioneering approach to digital innovation in
healthcare at UCC conference today”.
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