Better outcomes, healthier people: the power of digital transformation

Digital transformations in the health service have the potential to deliver a significant step change in the delivery of people-centred health care delivery, supporting individual wellness and improved access to services.

In October 2022, the Irish Digital Health Leadership Steering Group proposed a set of principles/guidelines to inform the digital transformation of global health services to the UN Science Summit and will return in March 2023 to explore the potential for a global pilot of the same.

This workshop provides senior civil service, health leaders and patient advocates in Ireland with the opportunity to shape the further development of these principles with a particular focus on identifying the necessary technological, legislative, fiscal and other actions required to deliver this step change in health care for Irish and global citizens.

Speakers will include:

• Martin Curley, MRIA Head of Health Services Executive Digital Transformation Unit,
• Dr Michael Harty, former Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
• Professor Linda Newnes, Professor of Cost Engineering, University of Bath
• Professor Nick Pearce, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Public Policy Research, University of Bath

Programme

08.45 Registration

09.00 Welcome: Brian Norton, Secretary for Policy and International Relations, Royal Irish Academy

09.10 Session 1: Digital transformation—Ireland. Chair: Dr Michael Harty

Ireland’s digital health transformation: Shift Left, Stay Left 10x, Martin Curley, MRIA, Digital Transformation and Open Innovation, Health Service Executive

Health 2050 and the path to AI excellence, Mr John Shaw, Legato Health Technologies

Implementing digital health safely, Ms Liz Ashall-Payne, Orcha

Digital health: case study, Dr Michael Cullinan, Akara Robotics

Understanding the economics of digital health transformation, Dr Charles Larkin and Dr Aída García-Lázaro, University of Bath

10.45 Session 2: Perspectives. Chair: Professor Nick Pearce, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath

Lessons from Estonia’s experiences in deploying digital health solutions, Mr Tobias Johannes Koch, consultant on digital public services

Lessons from New Zealand: experiences in deploying digital health solutions in Canterbury, Ms Carolyn Gullery, Lightfoot Solutions

11.30 Break

11.45 Session 2 reconvenes

Lessons from the UK: digitalisation and change, Professor Linda Newnes, University of Bath

The patient perspective, Ms Averil Power, Irish Cancer Societ

Lessons from the UK: achieving the effective implementation of digital in an all-of-government approach, Mr Paul Maltby, Faculty

13.1 Launch: Manhattan Manifesto

13.10 Interactive workshop. Chair: Dr Charles Larkin, University of Bath

14.10 Closing: Dr Charles Larkin, University of Bath

14.15 Lunch

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