Closing Ireland's Healthcare Innovation Gap
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Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI) has spent the past ten years reviewing new ideas in healthcare. In that time, the organisation has looked at almost 1,500 healthcare innovations, which are new products, services or ways of working that could improve patient care.
HIHI has also helped to evaluate some of these innovations. Evaluation means testing whether a new idea works, whether it is safe, and whether it is worth using in the health system. This process is important because it helps decision-makers choose which innovations should be introduced more widely.
The work of HIHI is part of a wider effort to close what is often described as Ireland's healthcare innovation gap. This term refers to the difference between the new health technologies and approaches that are developed and the ones that are actually adopted in hospitals, clinics and communities. Reducing this gap is a goal for many people working in the Irish health sector.
For people in Ireland, the success of these efforts could affect the quality and speed of the care they receive in the future. The full details of HIHI's findings and the innovations it has supported were not available in the source material, so further information will be needed to understand the specific results of this work.
Sources: Medical Independent
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