MAYNOOTH UNIVERSITY
Martin and attendees at the 2nd International Digital Health
Summer School at Maynooth University, June 2024 keeping patients well at home, expediting hospital discharge and achieving tenfold improvements in healthcare.
“ Instead of wasting time making car journeys and sitting in traffic, many things can be done from home,” Martin explains.“ It is also about getting patients home from hospital as quickly as possible. The‘ 10X’ refers to using digital to do things ten-times better, ten-times cheaper, ten-times earlier, ten-times better and ten-times higher volume.”
During the pandemic, the HSE demonstrated this approach through collaboration with SME Salaso, with the partnership enabling pulmonary patients to conduct rehabilitation at home under remote supervision. The Cystic Fibrosis unit in Galway University Hospital achieved a 14X or 14-fold productivity improvement through the use of tele physiotherapy during Covid, also saving patients on average € 895.
The framework draws from evidence gathered across 40 different healthcare scenarios, presented at the UN General Standard Digital Health Symposium and has evolved into what fellow leaders Digital Doctor John Sheehan and AI health entrepreneur Richard Jones call“ Curley’ s Law” – a principle suggesting that compounding 10X digital healthcare innovations have the potential to increase average longevity, address equity issues and put global health systems on a more sustainable footing.
healthcare-digital. com 135