Health Service Executive
Implementing a community-based diabetes prevention programme in Ireland
Authors: Bernadette O’Riordan , Clair Haseldine
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Abstract Summary: There is consensus in the literature that early detection, treatment and prevention is imperative for t
Processes of care performed by specialist nurses to support integrated diabetes management: Feedback to inform service delivery
Authors: Fiona Riordan , Helen Twamley, Niamh Smyth, Sheena McHugh
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Introduction: In Ireland, there has been an in
Innovative co-design of integrated services designed to improve access to health care
Authors: Fiona O’Reilly , Joseph Doyle, Eamon Keenan
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An introduction: (comprising background and problem statement) Homeless people suffer higher mortality
Integrated Care in Diabetes: Impact of Email Decision Support on Community Type 2 Diabetes Service in the Midlands in Ireland
Authors: Elaine Ai Ling Soong , Siobhan Meehan, Mairead Walsh, Velma Harkins, Shu Hoashi
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Introduction: In Ireland,
National Theatre Quality Improvement Programme (TQIP) Ireland
Authors: Jeremy Smyth , Ken Mealy, Kieran Tangney, Grace Reidy, Charlie Dineen, Aileen O’Brien, Sinead Fitzpatrick
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In late 2016, a collaborative between the HSE Integrated Care Pr
National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework: person-centred care in the addiction services
Author: Aoife Davey
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Introduction: The National Drugs Rehabilitation Framework (2010) is a framework through which service providers can ensure that indiv
Integrated Care Pathway for Patients with Spinal Cord Injury in Ireland
Authors: Edina O’Driscoll , Jacinta McElligott
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Introduction: Trauma and rehabilitation networks in Ireland are largely underdeveloped and there is significant variance i
DBT STEPS-A: Inter-agency collaboration to promote positive mental health in adolescents
Authors: Daniel Flynn , Mary Joyce, Mareike Weihrauch, Caitriona O’Malley
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Introduction: A Vision for Change – Report of the Expert Group on Mental Healt
Supporting Integrated Care through National Standardisation of Chemotherapy Protocols
Authors: Clare Meaney , Anne Marie De Frein, Patricia Heckmann
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Patients with cancer transition through the different stages of the cancer care continuum, a
Development of Recommendations for a Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip screening programme integrated with the implementation of an ultrasound service to support the pathway
Authors: Caroline Mason Mohan , John Murphy, Helen McDonald, Grace Turner
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Audit on the use of Oral Nutrition Supplements in an Adult Intellectual Disability Service
Author: Laura Mary Hayden
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Introduction: A pilot audit on the prescription and provision of Oral Nutritional Supplements (ONS) for residential client
Care-coordination in the rehabilitative treatment and management of Neurogenic Heterotopic ossification
Author: Aine Carroll
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Introduction: Neurogenic heterotopic ossification (NHO) is a disorder of abnormal bone formation affecting one in f
Workflow barriers out of hours: optimising critical care outreach to support clinical decision making in medical and surgical care settings
Authors: Anne-Marie Brady , Shauna Ennis, Maebh Prendergast, Mary Quirke, Jas Bhangu, Aine Lynch, Gobnait Byrn
Overview of a Home Enteral Nutrition Service in North Dublin
Authors: Niamh Maher , Tara O’Riordan, Helga Gerlitz
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Introduction: Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) positively impacts on quality of life and reduces healthcare costs through a reduct
Putting the citizen at the centre of accessing information about health and health services
Author: Kirsten Connolly
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Introduction: The transformation of the National Information Line to a modern omni-channel public information service, HSEL
The development of Health Services Executive Best Practice Guidance for Mental Health Services in Ireland
Author: Linda Moore
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The Health Services Executive Best Practice Guidance for Mental Health Services are being introduced to assist in
IT innovation to improve participation in cervical screening with CervicalCheck, the National Cervical Screening Programme
Authors: Helen Byrne , Patricia Fitzpatrick, Therese Mooney, Grainne Flannelly
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Introduction: CervicalCheck – The Natio
A Patient Portal Providing Individualised Services and Care in Epilepsy (PISCES)
Authors: Kevin Power , Mary Fitzsimons, Maire White, Gianpiero Cavalleri, Brendan Dunleavey, Richard Corbridge, Colin Doherty, Norman Delanty, Mark McCormack
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In
Neuro-Functional Training Programme (NFTP): engaging and empowering people with a neurological condition
Authors: Teresa Twohig , Trish O’ Sullivan, Elaine O’ Donoghue, Anne Reen, Liz O Sullivan, Patricia Morrisroe
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Introduction: Neuro-Functi
The Socrates Cafe: Philosophy as an integrated therapeutic tool in social care settingss
Authors: Michael Francis Brophy , Carmel Gallagher
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My generation (born 1946) will have longer and better lives. We are not equal entering into this expe
Health Atlas Ireland – Resource Profiler
Authors: Howard Johnson , Ian Folan, Mel McIntyre, Dougie Beaton
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Introduction: The Resource Profiler informs decisions about meeting local health needs. The available local health resource (such as st
Optimising the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Authors: John Brennan , Sara O’Kelly, Jane Finucane, Sarah Cosgrave, Diarmuid O’Shea
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Introduction: Carew House Day Hospital is an outpatient assessment unit for patients aged 65 years and ove
Maternity Sepsis Screening Tool Pilot
Authors: Karn Cliffe , Vida Hamilton, Mary Higgins, Karen Power, Michael Turner, Rosena Hanniffy, Siaghal MacColgain, Jeremy Smith, Mary Doyle, Patricia Daly, Suzanne Jackmann, Liz Dunn, Patrick Maguire, Christin
Safer Transitions: Optimising Care and Function from Hospital to Home
Authors: Yvonne O’ Riordan , Paul Bernard, Paul Maloney, Alison Enright, Carmel McGrath
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Elderly patients living with frailty have complex and distinct needs. For many, bei
Clinical Microsysytems in the Emergency Department
Authors: Lisa Anne Toland , Breda Naddy, Philip Crowley
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Introduction: Clinical Microsysytems is an improvement approach which was originally introduced in Ireland in 2013/2014 in Emergency D
Improving integration and care through clinical audit: The Irish Hip Fracture Database
Authors: Louise Brent , Emer Ahern, Conor Hurson, Aisling Connolly
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Background: Hip fractures are an increasing socio-economic burden. They are the leading
Safer transitioning Optimising Frail Elderly Patients Care From Hospital to Home
Authors: Yvonne O’ Riordan , Paul Bernard, Paul Maloney, Alison Enright, Carmel McGrath
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Beaumont Hospital is committed to delivering on the objectives of the Na
Patient and family/carer experiences of their involvement in a regional quality improvement collaborative utilizing the SSKIN care bundle
Authors: Emma Fleming , Zena Moore, Sarah Condell
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Introduction: In Ireland, a regional quality improvem
Health and Social Care Professions Rise to the Challenge Admission Avoidance in Emergency Departments
Author: Rosie Quinn
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Patients with mobility issues with potential for same day discharge in EDs
This paper describes how Emergency Departm
Read MoreMaking Every Contact Count (MECC) – Chronic Disease Risk Factor and Brief Advice Recording
Authors: Jacinta Mulroe , Claire Collins, John Cuddihy, Ronan Fawsitt, Mairead Gleeson, Siobhan Jennings, Gemma Leane, Maria O’Brien, Orlaith O’Reilly, Aileen
Functional exercise after total hip replacemen; The FEATHER project
Author: Brenda M Monaghan
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Background: At present, there is an insufficient evidence base to evaluate the effectiveness of physiotherapy following total hip replacement(THR)
National Clinical Guideline No 6: Sepsis Management – A Quality Improvement & Safety Initiative
Authors: Christina Doyle , Vida Hamilton, Mary Bedding, Karn Cliffe, Celine Conroy, Sinead Horgan, Ronan O Cathasaigh, Yvonne Young
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Youghal Community Action on Alcohol
Authors: Maria O’Malley , Kate Gibney
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Aim: To build the capacity of communities to identify alcohol issues and develop local action plans to reduce alcohol harm.
Youghal community Action on Alcohol: On av
Read MorePrimary Care Education, Pathways and Research of Dementia (PREPARED): Promoting integrated dementia care through Primary Care Team education
Authors: Tony Foley , Katherine Thackeray, Anne Quinn, Louise Hopper, Kate Irving
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Introduction: Give