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
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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