MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
As a result, healthcare providers are increasingly turning to digital solutions, with the global digital health market reaching US $ 211bn, according to Grand View Research.
Maynooth University’ s Innovation Value Institute, which is modelled on Carnegie Mellon’ s Software Engineering Institute, also incorporates inspiration from MIT’ s Centre for Information Systems Research and is leading the charge on digital health transformation introducing a new paradigm to drive a revolution in health. It focuses on structural changes in how organisations extract value from technology and operates through design science research, a methodology that combines practical problem-solving with academic rigour.
This approach enables the Institute to address real-world healthcare challenges while contributing to academic literature.“ Academic freedom provides more autonomy than in a hierarchical health organisation,” Martin explains.“ Healthcare is notoriously hierarchical, with command and control and multiple levels of permissions required.”
Advancing the modern healthcare system To overcome some of these challenges, Maynooth University’ s Institute is currently focusing on what Martin refers to as‘ Stay Left, Shift Left, 10X’ – a framework for healthcare transformation. This approach prioritises
134 April 2025