Irish Health IT & Burnout

Briefing documents for new HSE CEO Anne O’Connor reveal intense pressures across regions, from agency overspend and recruitment pauses to IFMS rollout...

The HSE's electronic health record rollout marks a year of progress with clear benefits to patients, as work continues on the patient app and shared care development.

EHR Vendor and Sovereignty Concerns

• 🔥 Oracle in Irish Public Systems: Opinion piece highlights Oracle's existing contracts with HSE and...

Oracle's integration into Irish public infrastructure, including hospitals and the HSE, raises digital sovereignty concerns.

• Founded on a CIA...

Briefing notes to new HSE CEO Anne O’Connor detail systemic pressures from waiting lists and staffing shortfalls.

• Waiting lists: Sláintecare target...

• xWave's AI platform helps clinicians select the best test first while cutting radiology admin tasks
• Recent NHS wins across 20+ Trusts position the...

A January 1, 2026 snapshot of the Health & AI Policy Index covering 240 policies finds transparency-oriented advisory instruments dominating, with...

Irish Digital Health Investments

• xWave Funding Round: Dublin-based xWave Technologies launched a €3m funding round after securing over €1m to...

Two recent health tech moves highlight expanding digital health activity in Ireland.

• xWave Technologies in Dublin launched a €3m funding round,...

630 Irish doctors secured Australian visas last year, rising to 437 already this year, with a senior medic calling the exodus 'off the charts'. This highlights the acute retention crisis threatening HSE workforce stability.

FHIR excels at moving data between disparate systems via modern REST APIs, addressing the interoperability gap created by proprietary EHR storage...

Medtronic's new European software hub in Galway will develop cardiac digital health platforms to support clinicians and patients with connected,...

Medtronic is establishing a European software development hub in Galway for its Patient Care Systems division, creating 85 new roles focused on...

AI Reducing Documentation Burden

• 🔥 AI Scribe Benefits: Clinicians at Amazon One Medical report that the AI scribe has significantly reduced the...

A new study shows the public strongly supports overhauling traditional consent rules for digital health research and data donation, moving beyond...

Primary care visits now frequently start with patients presenting ChatGPT-generated answers that clinicians must debate and contextualize.

At Amazon...

Healthcare AI innovations in 2026 promise early sepsis detection, rare disease breakthroughs and ambient AI scribes that return hours to doctors each...

Ireland's National EHR rollout faces a slow start but advances via a multi-layered approach including the HSE Health App, National Shared Care Record,...

EHR Procurement and Rollout Updates

• 🔥 Active EHR Tenders: IrelandTenders reports the latest Electronic Health Record System tenders sourced...

Innovation doesn't wait for the rules to catch up. Professor Joann Rhodes highlights the urgent need for an agile, flexible system that can keep pace with change in health policy.