September 28, Croke Park Conference Centre
8:45
Welcome and opening remarks from the Chair

Jonathan Healy
Broadcaster
Technology enabling integrated care
8:55
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Getting the basics in place: What are the key enablers needed to drive improvements in eHealth and health information?
Cited as the cornerstone of an eHealth strategy, a national EHR is a comprehensive and combined solution that supports the creation and sharing of key patient information. The business case has been proven, so what are the key developments and enablers needed to implement a national EHR?
- Key building blocks to be put in place
- What are the obstacles and how do we overcome them in implementing a national EHR? Lessons learned from other programmes
- Enablers for transformation across organisational boundaries
- Can we keep running our health service without an EHR?

Linda Vernon
Acting Digital Culture and Transformation Clinical Lead, Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, UK

Raphael Jaffrezic
Chief Information Officer, Galway Clinic

Dr. Barbara Foley
Health Information Manager, Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA)

Neil O’Hare
Professor of Health Informatics, UCD & Group CIO, Children’s Health Ireland
Patient experience
9:35
How Europe can connect the dots on patient platforms
Andy shares his insights on European use cases, insights, successes and challenges.

Andy Bleaden
Community Director, ECHAlliance
9:55
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY:
NORDeHEALTH: Nordic eHealth for patients
NORDeHEALTH aims to identify the challenges and opportunities in digitalisation of health services, especially when national portals are implemented to give patients online access to their Electronic Health Records and Personal eHealth Services for increasing self-management and transparency in healthcare. Bridget discusses the project and lessons we can learn from the implementation of patient’s access to their health records.

Bridget Kane
Docent, Associate Professor in Information Systems at Karlstad University Business School, Sweden
10:15
Pippo – an integrated patient portal to further the digitalisation of GP practices

Eileen Byrne
Managing Director, Clanwilliam Health
10:35
Networking Break & Exhibition Viewing
11:05
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Deploying digital health tools within large, complex health systems: What are the key considerations for adoption and implementation?
How do we enable safe digital adoption? Liz shares her insights on evaluating digital health tools to anticipate the potential benefits and challenges of adopting them.

Liz Ashall-Payne
Founder and CEO, ORCHA (Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications), UK
11:25
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Patient experience management: Giving patients greater control over their care
- Putting user experience at the heart of digital systems design
- Empowering people towards self-management
- To what extent can we mitigate barriers around health inequalities?
- Enabling patients and caregivers share their innovations and solutions
- The self-directed patient: The future of personalised care
- Harnessing the benefits of assisted technology to improve care pathways

Declan Murphy
Founder & CEO, Isaac Care

Linda Vernon
Acting Digital Culture and Transformation Clinical Lead, Lancashire & South Cumbria Integrated Care Board, UK

Ruth Bailey
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Vigo Health

Maria João Jacinto
Executive Director of Patient Innovation and researcher, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal
Digital Transformation in healthcare
12:00
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Treating the right patients in the right order faster: The role of technology in tackling elective care backlogs and the impact of Covid19
- Harnessing the power of data to drive elective recovery and transform the HSE
- Making the best use of digital technology to support the delivery of efficient, effective and safe care
- Protecting the privacy of healthcare data in the cloud
- How AI is transforming the patient journey

Dr. John O’Shea
Chief Digital Transformation Officer at Dell Technologies

Shona D'arcy
Founder, Kids Speech Labs

Sonia Neary
CEO & co-founder, Wellola

Lorraine Smyth
MSc, IIPMM, e-Enabler, Scheduled Care Transformation│Office of the National Director – Change and Innovation Acute Strategy, HSE
Changing healthcare reimbursement models
12:35
PANEL DISCUSSION:
From digital health to value-based care: What to expect in the future?
Our panel discusses how digital health is challenging traditional reimbursement models:
– How technology is advancing value-based care (VBC)
– How data is key to VBC delivery
– Changing healthcare reimbursement models

Dr. Seemit Dhage
Head of Healthcare EMEA, ServiceNow

Dr. Fiona Kiernan
Founder & CEO, Zeumed

David McGarry
Access Partner Value Based Healthcare, Roche Products (Limited) Ireland
1:05
Networking Lunch Break & Exhibition Viewing
2:00
Welcome back from the Chair

Jonathan Healy
Broadcaster
Opportunities for digital health companies
2:00
Cybersecurity: Protecting patient data and operational resiliency

Chris Carmody
Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, UPMC
2:15
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Digital Health Showcase
We start our afternoon showcasing some of Ireland’s top digital health innovators

Martin Curley
Director of the Digital Transformation and Open Innovation, HSE

Dr. Ann Shortt
Founder and Medical Director, Full Health Medical

Eoin O'Reilly
CEO & Co-Founder, DermView Ltd

Liam Ryan
Country Manager - Ireland, Silvercloud Health

Una Kearns
Founder & CEO, mypatientspace
Apps on prescription?
3:05
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Shaping future reimbursement of digital health apps in Ireland
We’ve invited a range of stakeholders to discuss:
– The feasibility of an ‘apps on prescription’ scheme in Ireland
– Development, validation and regulation of apps plus clear pathways
towards implementation
– Strategies for certification and reimbursement across neighbouring
European countries where digital reimbursement is having impact
Introduction from Fruzsina Mezei, Health Economist and Digital Health Consultant, EIT Health France

Fruzsina Mezei
Health Economist and Digital Health Consultant, EIT Health France

Colin Kavanagh
Partner in the Corporate and M&A Group, Arthur Cox

Dr. Sebastian Eckl
Founder and CEO, ProCarement

Liz Ashall-Payne
Founder and CEO, ORCHA (Organisation for the Review of Care and Health Applications), UK

Neil O’Hare
Professor of Health Informatics, UCD & Group CIO, Children’s Health Ireland
4:00
Wrap up and closing remarks

Jonathan Healy
Broadcaster