2024 Shortlist
The Irish Healthcare Awards Shortlist is now live!
Following a thorough evaluation by your esteemed panel of judges, they have identified the most innovative, impactful, and inspiring individuals, organisations, and initiatives across Ireland's healthcare sector.
Thank you to everyone who entered this year helping us reach a record number of entries, our dedication to improving healthcare and driving positive change in Ireland is a testament to the talent and passion within your community.
Best Use of Information Technology
Children's Health Ireland
Safer services for patients- innovative traceability of infant feeds, donor and expressed breast milk
Curie
Curie AI
HSE-Health Protection Surveillance Centre
National Notifiable Disease Hub -a new approach to disease reporting
Johnson and Johnson MedTech
Implementation of Care4Today Patient Education App
Servisource Healthcare
Isaac Care
St James's Hospital
"The Handover" - Ireland's First Student Nursing Podcast
Technology & Transformation-HSE
Making Specialist Services Electronic – Paper to Digital
Sponsored by
Cross Border Initiative / International Collaboration of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
Getting to the heart of the matter
PAIRS Group
Developing paediatric resuscitation training capacity with resource challenged healthcare settings
Salutem Insights Ltd & the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI)
Salutem Insights Ltd & the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (AICRI), The Health and Economic Potential of Oncology and Allied Digital Health on the Island of Ireland
The National Centre for Paediatric Infectious Diseases Rainbow Clinic Children’s Health Ireland and the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children
Development of an All Island Paediatric Infectious Diseases Fellowship Training Programme
Educational Meeting of the Year
Centric Health
Centric Health Nurse Conference 2023
HSE Spark Innovation Programme, Health Service Executive
The Spark Summit – National Innovation Conference 2024
Fighting Blindness
Retina International World Congress, hosted by Fighting Blindness
Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association
IGPNEA Principles of General Practice Nursing Course
Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association
IMNDA Annual Conference 2023
Vascular Surgery Department, Beaumont Hospital
Beaumont Multidisciplinary Diabetic Foot Care Symposium
Women in Medicine in Ireland Network
WiMINLimerick23 Conference: ‘Challenging Conversations’
Excellence in Healthcare Management
Children's Health Ireland
The Development of a National Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Multi-Disciplinary Meeting (MDM) in the Irish Healthcare Setting.
Children's Health Ireland
Transforming Patient Scheduling : Impact of the Partial Booking Pilot
National Screening Service, HSE
Developing a Quality Assurance framework for Ireland’s screening programmes
Sleep Therapy Clinic
Home sleep diagnostic tests for children - An effective approach to address sleep diagnostic challenges in Ireland
St. James's Hospital
Critical Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner Service
Technology & Transformation-HSE
Making Specialist Services Electronic – Paper to Digital
Sponsored by
Hospital Project of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
Introducing Family Integrated Care to the neonatal units at Childrens Health Ireland
Children's Health Ireland
Starling Acute Medical Admission Unit: Development of a Short-Stay Model for Acute General Paediatric Admissions
St. James's Hospital
Critical Care Advanced Nurse Practitioner-Led PICC Service
St Vincent's University Hospital
Virtual Ward
Rotunda Hospital
Risk based Patent Ductus Arteriosus treatment program to improve outcomes in preterm infants
Tallaght University Hospital
Enabling a neurodiversity friendly environment in the emergency department
Technology & Transformation-HSE
Making Specialist Services Electronic – Paper to Digital
UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic
Introduction of nasal and skin decolonisation for all implant surgery patients using Bactroban ointment and CHG (Chlorhexidine) wash clothes, to reduce the rate of surgical site infections due to Staphylococcus aureus
Sponsored by
Innovation in Healthcare and Medicine
Dublin Northwest Integrated Care Centre, CHO9 and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown
Breathe Easy, Beat Strong: : Collaborative Outpatient Approach To Cardiopulmonary Disorders
Department of Social Protection
e-learning modules for Doctors on Department of Social Protection’s schemes and supports for people with disabilities
NEC Care
Piloting Newborn screening for congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV)
LGBT Ireland
LGBT Champions
Sexual Health Centre
DASH Outreach Project
St. Gabriel's Foundation
Happee Project: a community partnership to deliver in-school interventions in physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in regeneration communities
St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny & HSE
Spark Innovation Programme
Muma Postnatal Hub
St Vincent's University Hospital
OAsIS
Tallaght University Hospital
Helping Patients Live Well with Chronic Disease: The Smart CP Mobile App for Chronic Pancreatitis
Technology & Transformation-HSE
Making Specialist Services Electronic – Paper to Digital
The Pillar Centre for Transformative Healthcare
Implementing AI technology across the Mater Hospital Radiology Department
Sponsored by
Innovation in Primary Care Awards
Centric Health
Project Phoenix
HSE Addiction Services Dublin North City and County (DNCC)
Reducing Harm: An integrated social and healthcare care cocaine programme
St. Gabriel's Foundation
Get Going, Get Rowing
St. Gabriel's Foundation
Happee Project: a community partnership to deliver in-school interventions in physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech and language therapy in regeneration communities
Sponsored by
Medical Technology Product or Service of the Year
Allview Healthcare
Allview Healthcare product and service partnership with Vhi Healthcare, providing a national dermatology services using Teledermatology
MedWrite
Crumlin Emergency Department & MedWrite Ltd
MeTime
MeTime Digital Healthcare Solution
Mental Health Initiative of the Year
Linn Dara CAMHS
Developing ADMiRE: The HSE’s first specialist service for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Irish Defence Forces and Trinity College Dublin
Novel, Cost-Effective, and Rapidly Deployable Treatment Program to Address Psychological Trauma
The Health Service Executive and the University of Galway
Safety Planning Group Intervention (SPGI) delivered with people experiencing Suicidality in an Acute Adult Mental Health Unit
Saint John of God Hospital
YouthMed.Info: Co-design of a medicines information resource for youth
Shine
A small team creating big change by working to deliver a more compassionate Ireland where those affected by mental illness and stigma are supported and included in all aspects of society.
Sligo Leitrim Mental Health Services
Developing a Person Centred Mental Health Crisis Resolution Team
St Patrick's Mental Health Services
Improving the Management of Obesity in Severe Mental Illness.
Vision Ireland
Counselling, Wellbeing & Emotional Support Service
Sponsored by
NCHD Project of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
How to Order a Genetic Test: a Point-of-Care Resource for Completing Genetic Testing in a Paediatric Setting
Irish Defence Forces and Trinity College Dublin
Novel, Cost-Effective, and Rapidly Deployable Treatment Program to Address Psychological Trauma
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Perinatal Optimisation for preterm births less than 34 weeks gestation at OLOL, Drogheda.
Rotunda Hospital
A neuroprotective care bundle to decrease the incidence of preterm brain injury
Nursing & Midwifery Project of the Year
CardiACT
Ireland’s first advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) led cardiac preventative mobile screening clinic
Sexual Assault Treatment Unit, Rotunda Hospital & HSE Spark Innovation Programme
Nurse-Led Integrating Forensic Photography into SATU Services to Enhance Patient Care
Tallaght University Hospital
Helping Patients Live Well with Chronic Disease: The Smart CP Mobile App for Chronic Pancreatitis
Tallaght University Hospital
Quality improvement on reducing and managing falls in an Age related and rehabilitation unit
St Patrick's Mental Health Services
The introduction of Virtual Reality treatment in a mental health setting
Sponsored by
Outpatient Initiative of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
Treating Waiting List Intolerance: The Success Story of GP-Delivered Allergy Clinics
Dublin Northwest Integrated Care Centre, CHO9 and Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown
Breathe Easy, Beat strong ; Collaborative outpatient approach to cardiopulmonary disorders
Clinical Specialist Team Older Persons (CST OP) Mid-West
Integrated care for the ‘new old’: Maximising the potential of community-based multidisciplinary teams
Peamount Healthcare
Strategies to address increasing demand for sleep clinic appointments
Southern Health and Social Care Trust
Southern Trust Aortic Valve Surveillance Service
Tallaght University Hospital
Cancer Care, a Hospital Without Walls-Pioneering more accessible healthcare. A collaboration between TUH Onc Dayward and the South Dublin Community Intervention Team
Community Specialist Teams Older Persons Mid-West/University of Limerick
Exploring the impact of a Hybrid Model (Face to Face v Virtual) of MSK Triage at UHLG
Sponsored by
Patient Education Project of the Year — Non-Pharmaceutical
The Dental Health Foundation
Caring for Your Child's Teeth 0-5 years of age
Children's Health Ireland
Co-Production: Using Animated Videos to Increase Health Literacy for Young People with 22q11.DS, and the Healthcare Staff that Support Them
Children's Health Ireland
The heart does what
Grafton Medical
Menopause and the City
Irish Haemochromatosis Association
Education & Awareness of Haemochromatosis in Ireland
Parkinson's Ireland
Different For Everyone
RCSI Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Debunking the Myths - The Science Behind Our Sexual Health
Saint John of God Hospital
YouthMed.Info: Co-design of a medicines information resource for youth
Tallaght University Hospital
Let’s Talk About Down Syndrome - podcast series
Sponsored by
Patient Education Project of the Year — Pharmaceutical
Arthritis Ireland
Breaking the Pain Cycle Webinar Series
Migraine Association of Ireland
In their Own Words
Sanofi supported by Etch Communications
Together Against RSV
UPMC Sports Surgery Clinic
Medicines Information booklet for patients following Knee and Hip Replacements
Patient Organisation Project of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
Co-Producing a 22q Healthcare Passport: Involving young people living with 22q11DS in Healthcare Solutions
COPD Support Ireland
World Health Day COPD Wellness Festival
Irish Lung Fibrosis Association
Establishing a Lung Fibrosis Public and Patient Involvement Research Advisory Group
Irish Network of Gynaecological Oncology
Ovarian Cancer Awareness
National Screening Service, HSE
Putting people at the heart of what we do – the National Screening Service's Patient and Public Partnership
Patient Service of the Year
Children's Health IrelandMinimally invasive Paediatric Interventional Radiology service with maximum benefit and minimal spend
Department of Social Protection
e-learning modules for Doctors on Department of Social Protection’s schemes and supports for people with disabilities
National Screening Service, HSE
Protecting the sight of women with diabetes during pregnancy
Nenagh Hospital Ophthalmology
Patients' benefits from the advancement of nurse led intravitreal injection services
Linn Dara CAMHS
ADMiRE ADHD: Improving services for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sponsored by
Public Health Initiative of the Year
ADMiRE ADHD specialist service, HSE Linn Dara CAMHS
How ADMiRE has improved services for children and adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Irish Cancer Society
Cancer Awareness, Prevention and Early Detection
Irish Haemochromatosis Association
Education & Awareness of Haemochromatosis in Ireland Campaign
National Screening Service, HSE
Together Towards Elimination – A partnership approach to achieving Cervical Cancer Elimination in Ireland
Research Project Paper of the Year
Children's Health Ireland
Diagnostic yield from cardiac gene testing for inherited cardiac conditions and re-evaluation of pre-ACMG variants of uncertain significance
HSE National Rare Diseases Office Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Designing rare disease care pathways in the Republic of Ireland: a co-operative model
National Screening Service, HSE
First Irish data on the effect of HPV vaccination on cervical cancer
Scholarstown Family Practice
The impact of menopause education on quality of life among menopausal women: a systematic review with meta-analysis
The Health Service Executive and the University of Galway
Safety Planning Group Intervention (SPGI) delivered with people experiencing Suicidality in an Acute Adult Mental Health Unit
University Hospital Limerick
SOLAR Randomised Control Trial
Sustainability in Healthcare
Allview
Allview Healthcare Teledermatology and CO2 Emissions Reduction with Maynooth University Business School
Irish Doctors for the Environment
Irish Doctors for the Environment
Oncology Services Galway University Hospital
Self Stratified Colorectal Survivorship
RCSI
Optimising Medications' Carbon Footprint in Ophthalmic Care
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Greening The Operating Room - Towards Sustainable Surgery
Trinity College Dublin
Clinical guidelines for environmental sustainability in dentistry
University Hospital Waterford
Recycling "it's the simple things"
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