2025 Shortlist

Projects

Shortlist:

Blackrock Health Hermitage Clinic

Parenteral Nutrition - A three pillar quality improvement project

Charter Medical Private Hospital

PONDER Course - Patient Observation Notable Deterioration Evaluation Response

Charter Medical Private Hospital

Rapid Access Clinic for Medicine for the Elderly

Cork University Hospital

Improving safety huddle standards, practices, and expectations

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

The Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare

St James's Hospital

Ambulatory Pleural Effusion Pathway

Tallaght University Hospital

Let’s Get Moving - A quality improvement initiative to increase physical activity levels of patients in an older person's rehabilitation setting

Tallaght University Hospital

“Knowing How We’re Doing” - Providing equitable access to outpatient neurology psychology services

Tallaght University Hospital

Implementation of a rapid-access seizure pathway

Shortlist:

Catriona Keye with Menopause Essentials

Competency-based menopause course for general practice nurses: NMBI accredited

Children’s Health Ireland at Herberton

Integrating nursing clinical handover, ISBAR3 and What Matters To Me - 'Talk with us, Not about us

HSE Midwest Pain Excellence Centre & HSE Spark Innovation Programme

Relief Reimagined – the use of extended reality for chronic pain

HSE with National Screening Service

Building a resilient, responsive and future-focused cervical screening education model

St Patrick's Mental Health Services

Mental Health Conversations: The Nursing Series Podcast

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin

Implementation of criteria-led discharge on starling acute medical admission unit: a multidisciplinary quality improvement project

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin

NCHD-led project to develop novel approaches to tackling antibiotic allergy labels in children

Irish Thoracic Society

Inspire and Breathwork Podcast Production

Sligo University Hospital

Improving decision-making and documentation on the medical consultant acute post-take ward round

Tallaght University Hospital

The Irish National Capsule Endoscopy Registry

Shortlist:

Global Heart Hub with Croí Heart & Stroke Charity and Weber Shandwick

Fatal searches

Muscular Dystrophy Ireland

Schools Awareness Project - supporting students with muscular dystrophy and related neuromuscular conditions

Parkinson's Ireland

Different for everyone

St John of God University Hospital

Consumer & carer advocacy group: Lived experience leading ghange

Tallaght University Hospital

Recognising and appropriate management of Child Protection and Wellfare concerns in the Adult Emergency Department

UCAN Ireland

Stronger together - Improving cancer care by uniting the patient voice

Vasculitis Ireland Awareness

A generative AI-powered chatbot for patient support and education in rare diseases

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin

Catalogue of inherited autosomal recessive disorders found amongst the Roma population of Europe

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Outpatient elective induction of labour at 39 weeks gestation: The Home Induction Randomised Controlled Trial

St John of God University Hospital with University College Dublin

Metformin for the prevention of antipsychotic induced weight gain: Guideline development and consensus validation

University College Dublin Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, Education and Innovation in Health Systems

The person-centred lean six sigma model: A reflective guide for values-driven process improvement in healthcare

University of Dublin with Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght

The Irish Childhood Diabetes National Register


Innovation

Shortlist:

HCI and Dublin South Central Mental Health Services

Cloda and The Knowledge Library

MeTime

Digital healthcare solution

St Vincent’s Private Hospital

Deep Resolve: Revolutionising MRI with AI for accelerated scans and enhanced patient outcomes

T-Pro

Enterprise healthcare platform with AI embedded throughout

University Hospital Galway  & MedWrite

The AIDED Study: Using artifical intelligence to generate discharge corespondence from the emergency department

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin

Digitally enabled personalised survivorship care planning

Cork University Hospital

Pathpoint eTrauma and Virtual Fracture Assessment Clinic

HCI

The Knowledge Library

HSE Dublin and South East Region

STOP@Home

Integrated Health Area Dublin North County and Dublin North City and West and St Michaels House Open Training College

CDNT online resources for families

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Implementation of quality assurance & equipment management software in radiology

Mater Private Network

Implementation of a new electronic health record system

NEC Care

Implementation of pregnancy pathway into the OptoMize software

Origin Care Group

connects.health

The National Maternity Hospital

WardMeals

T-Pro

Enterprise healthcare platform with AI embedded throughout

Shortlist:

Charter Medical Private Hospital

Blue Bands, Safer Hands: Protecting patients with same/similar name alerts

HSE Midwest Pain Excellence Centre & HSE Spark Innovation Programme

Relief reimagined – the use of extended reality for chronic pain

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Establishing the first AI Centre in an Irish healthcare setting

Mobile Medical Diagnostics

Mobile x-ray service

NAAS General Hospital

Seamless cardiac care

NEC Software Solutions

National cCMV Pilot Programme – Integrated with UNHS

North Kerry Community Mental Health Services, HSE Kealgorm, Castleisland, and Co Kerry

Implementing a telehealth service in adult outpatient mental health services

Pinpoint Ireland

Pinpoint Safety Systems in Healthcare Environments

Symphysis Medical

releaze

University Hospital Waterford

Occupational therapy-led reablement

Shortlist:

Ailesbury Clinic

BTL Exomind

Ailesbury Clinic

Hyaluronidase application in aesthetic medicine

Beaumont Hospital

My Porter App

MeTime

MeTime digital healthcare solution

myPatientSpace

myPatientSpace digital health as a service

University of Galway  & MedWrite

CnámhAR: Augmented reality exergames for bone health

Webdoctor.ie

Clinical Decision Support Software

Shortlist:

HSE

Chronic Disease Management programme

MLMCH08 in Collaboration with HSE Spark Innovation Programme

CH08 Children's Services project

Virtue Medical

A nationally-scalable nurse-led bone health service

Webdoctor.ie

Multilingual digital healthcare access

Initiative

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland at Temple Street

From Conflict to Care: CHI and IRC lead medical evacuation from Gaza

GSK

ENHIVEND - Envisioning the End of HIV epidemic by 2030

HSE with National Screening Service

Sharing Ireland’s experience of eye screening for people with diabetes as part of WHO mission

Kingsbridge Private Hospital Group

Cross-Border Healthcare

Queen's University Belfast

Ending financial discrimination against cancer survivors

Queen's University Belfast with the Institute for Experimental Medicine

Ensuring sustainability in diabetic retinopathy screening in Ireland

Shortlist:

Depaul, supported by Etch Communications

Breaking the Cycle: Addressing mental health and homelessness through integrated care

Jigsaw

Increasing access to timely therapy for young people in a national mental health primary care network

St Patrick's Mental Health Services

Mental Health Conversations: The Nursing Series Podcast

University Hospital Galway

A regional community clinic involving Intra-nasal esketamine for Treatment Resistant Depression

Shortlist:

Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac and Stroke Foundation

The Rebuild programme

St James's Hospital

The Hangout

St James's Hospital

Digital obstructive sleep apnoea identifier pathway

St James's Hospital Dublin with Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing

Geriatric Oncology Assessment Clinic

Tallaght University Hospital

Implementation of a rapid-access seizure pathway

TCP Homecare

Migraine Outreach Clinic

Shortlist:

Cavan General Hospital

Outpatient Hysteroscopy Clinic

Children's Health Ireland at Connolly

Scheduling the Unscheduled: Same day appointment service

HSE South Dublin

South Dublin Community Intervention Team: Bringing the best of health & integrated care together, highlighting teamwork as a core value in healthcare

Irish Prison Service Limerick

Equity in Action: A patient-centered cervical screening initiative in Limerick female prison

National Cancer Control Programme

Acute Haematology Oncology Nursing Service

Parkinson's Ireland

Parkinson's disease newly diagnosed programme

Resilience Healthcare

From Crisis to Care: Revolutionising support for people with PWS

The Coombe Hospital

MDT Neonatal Follow-Up Clinic

Webdoctor.ie

Multilingual digital healthcare platform

Shortlist:

Croí, the West of Ireland Cardiac and Stroke Foundation  and the Irish Farmers' Association

Farmer health checks

Drinkaware, supported by Etch Communications

Sober Curiosity

GSK with EY

Developing a national strategy for adult immunisation in Ireland

HSE

Chronic Disease Management programme

HSE with National Screening Service

Ireland’s Cervical Cancer Elimination Action Plan

Parkinson's Ireland

Community-based Parkinson's disease nurse specialist service

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Debunking the myths - The science behind our sexual health

Shortlist:

Servisource Healthcare

Servisource Healthcare

St John of God University Hospital

Caring for people and our planet

Vhi

Galway Clinic Redevelopment

Vhi

Code Green: Clinical waste reduction programme – pilot and rollout

Webdoctor.ie

Carbon reduction plan

Education

Shortlist:

Asthma Society of Ireland

Active for Asthma

Dental Health Foundation

Oral Health for Autistic Children. A Guide for Adults

Global Heart Hub with Croí Heart & Stroke Charity and Weber Shandwick

Fatal searches

National Tongue Tie Centre

Launch of the Tongue Tie Toolbox

Rotunda Hospital with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

Parent co-designed drug information for parents and guardians taking neonates home study

South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital

The Pain Education Programme Workshop

St John of God University Hospital

The Wellbeing Series: Accessible mental health supports

Shortlist:

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin

Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Education Day

GP Practice Ally

GPPA Practice Leadership Summit 2024

HSE with National Screening Service

CervicalCheck Conference 2024

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

ESHG Precision Genomic Medicine Hybrid Workshop

Mater Private Network

Dublin Heart Summit 2025

Orchard Fostering

Foster Carer Training Event

The Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine

BioMedica 2025

Vhi

Vhi 360 Hot Topics Webinar Series

Shortlist:

GSK

Shingles Disease Awareness Campaign

Novartis Ireland

Novartis Ireland Eurovision Patient Choir Contest

Sanofi, supported by Etch Communications

Together Against RSV

United Drug Wholesale

Pharmacy Communication Strategy

Management

Shortlist:

GP Practice Ally

GP Practice Ally

GSK

ENHIVEND - Envisioning the End of HIV epidemic by 2030

HSE

Chronic Disease Management programme

HSE with National Screening Service

BreastCheck EUREF recertification

NEC Care

Continuous improvement of the National Diabetic Eye Screening Service

Shortlist:

Beaumont Hospital

Respiratory Department Airways Team

Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre

Lung Health Check Pilot Clinical Trial Team

Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin & The National Cancer Control Programme

The AYA Cancer Service Network

Lifeline Cardiology Clinic

Lifeline Cardiology Clinic