Can Ireland become the world leader in digital health?
Summary
Professor Martin Curley discusses Mission 10X, a digital health initiative aiming to make Ireland a global leader by building a 10x better health system. He argues that traditional hospital-centered models are failing and proposes a "leapfrog" strategy using mobile-based electronic health records and a secure central data spine. Curley highlights successful pilots, such as virtual hospital wards and remote monitoring, which have dramatically improved productivity and patient outcomes. He calls for a grand coalition to implement this new paradigm, urging political leadership to skip outdated…
Topics discussed
Introduction to Mission 10X and Professor Martin Curley
Defining the Moonshot: Reimagining care beyond hospitals
The failure of the 20-year unique patient identifier project
Shifting from paternalism to patient partnership via mobile tech
Ireland's health productivity crisis and diminishing returns
Virtual hospital wards and remote monitoring of stroke patients
The Living Lab: Open Innovation 2.0 and construction worker data
The 'Spine': Secure centralized patient information network
Case study: Reducing ED visits for complex needs via digital spine
Bunklody example: 100x productivity in supporting older people
Obstacles: HSE structure, ministerial advice, and digital lag
The Leapfrog Strategy: Skipping old EHRs for new digital exports
Call to action for the Engineers Ireland conference launch
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