co-create the future ’ approach will hopefully lead to a unified accelerated approach . Given the cloud-based nature of the solutions – and with the increasing support of the Irish digital minister Robert Troy – the digital health platform could be quickly scaled nationally , potentially making Ireland the first European country to reach the EU target of 90 % of citizens having a personal electronic health record by 2030 .
" The purpose of the HSE is to provide safe , high-quality health and personal social services to the population of Ireland . The vision is a healthier Ireland with a highquality health service valued by all ."
The goal of the IDHLSG is to accelerate and turbocharge this vision . Patient advocate and patient vice chair of the IDHLSG Gary Boyle says putting the patient first is critical , and he has worked with Zendra Health ’ s CEO , Thomas Coleman , to quickly build an app to support and educate the community of Parkinson ’ s patients in a country that has one of the lowest ratios of nurses to Parkinson ’ s patients in Europe . Prof Anthony Staines of Dublin City University and IDHLSG academic vice chair believes the key to the progress already made is the open collaboration attitude combined with the shared vision of ‘ Stay Left , Shift Left ’.
The presence of ‘ heavyweight ’ innovative clinicians in the IDHLSG such as Prof Richard Costello , who pioneered innovative digital respiratory solutions during COVID , and Prof
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