Martin Curley of the Health Service Executive tells us how Ireland is set to become a digital healthcare leader
HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE
Martin Curley of the Health Service Executive tells us how Ireland is set to become a digital healthcare leader
Martin Curley Health Service Executive
Martin Curley is the Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation for Ireland ' s Health Service Executive , also known as the HSE . His team have ambitious plans for the country ' s healthcare to significantly transform so that Ireland becomes a digital leader that other healthcare systems can follow . " Healthcare is around 10 years behind other industries in terms of digital technology , and Ireland is behind the rest of the OECD countries ," Curley explains . " We ' re trying to transform Ireland to go from being a digital laggard to a digital leader in five years ."
Curley leads a small team of people he describes as catalysts whose goal is to use digital technologies to innovate and transform the healthcare system . " Our ambition is that by 2025 , we will be one of the leaders in Europe for digital health , we will have significantly transformed the HSE and our health service for our citizens , our clinicians , and indeed , for business staff ."
The HSE ' s digital innovation strategy , which they launched in 2018 , is called Stay Left , Shift Left and extended the concept of " Shift Left " which was first introduced by Intel Corporation ' s Doug Busch and Andy Grove . It is an approach to using solutions to make people ' s health better . " It ' s very aligned with Ireland ' s National Health Policy called Sláintecare ," Curley explains . " Essentially , we ' re looking for digital
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