The Health Service Executive has awarded a multi-year contract to deliver an Acute Floor Information System to Cardiac Services, led by HISI Committee Member, Ronan O’Brien. The company’s Nervecentre Software will be rolled out across 40 Irish hospitals and will facilitate access to unscheduled and emergency care services. Ronan O’Brien, Managing Director of Cardiac Services, said, “The introduction of this system promises ...
Tuesday, October 31st
Students studying a range of Computing, Digital and Data courses at TU Dublin have spent two days brainstorming technological solutions affecting patient well-being during the third annual health hackathon in association with Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Taking place on the University’s Tallaght Campus, the students were split into teams and asked to develop a tech-based solution ...
Friday, September 29th
The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is carrying out a National Engagement on Digital Health and Social Care, in partnership with the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The engagement is being conducted in the context of EU targets where the public will have electronic access to their medical records by 2030. In addition, under Sláintecare, the Government has goals ...
Friday, September 29th
Written by Aislinn Gannon, General Manager, Digital Health Team, HSE Sligo & HISI Executive Committee Member In the rapidly evolving landscape of today, the concept of digital health has transcended mere buzzword status; it stands as a transformative influence that is on the brink of reshaping the entire delivery, experience, and perception of healthcare. Nonetheless, the process of implementing digital health solutions defies a straightforward ...
Wednesday, August 30th
Artificial Intelligence is in the sights of regulators around the world, with major and diverse new legislation on AI rules being brought forward in the EU, USA, and China, amongst others. Individual countries have also brought in regulation of specific AI tools in response to the recent rapid development of Large Language Models such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s LAMDBA.At the ...
Tuesday, May 2nd
The European Commission has launched a consultation on new rules for researchers to access data from large online platforms. The call for feedback on a ‘delegated regulation on data access provided for in the Digital Services Act’ comes as the Commission designated a number of companies and organisations as ‘Very Large Online Platforms’ and ‘Very Large Search Engines’, meaning they will be subject to ...
Tuesday, May 2nd
Nominees for the 2023 edition of the Tech Excellence Awards have been announced. The awards, which will be hosted by Shay Byrne of RTE, will take place on 25 May in Dun Laoghaire. Nominees for 19 categories have been announced and three additional awards will be announced on the night.Among the nominees for the awards, recognising excellence across the Irish tech sector, are ICS corporate members, ...
Tuesday, May 2nd
Run in Ireland by the Irish Computer Society, the aim of Bebras is to get students all over the world excited about computing. This year’s Bebras Challenge saw almost 8,000 students take part in the initial round over November and December 2022. The in-person final is scheduled to take place at Maynooth University on May 6th 2023. Bebras is an international initiative aiming to promote computer ...
Wednesday, March 29th
The 2024 Scratch Competition will launch today, Friday the 10th November, one week before Science Week. Run by the Irish Computer Society (ICS) and supported by Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software, the Scratch Competition promotes computing and software development at both primary and secondary school levels. Since the inception of the Scratch competition in 2010, coding has become one of the essential ...
Friday, November 10th
The Health Service Executive has awarded a multi-year contract to deliver an Acute Floor Information System to Cardiac Services, led by HISI Committee Member, Ronan O’Brien. The company’s Nervecentre Software will be rolled out across 40 Irish hospitals and will facilitate access to unscheduled and emergency care services. Ronan O’Brien, Managing Director of Cardiac Services, said, “The introduction of this system promises ...
Tuesday, October 31st
The world we inhabit and our professional environments are undergoing a profound alteration due to the influence of digital technologies. These technologies have a pervasive impact on various facets of our daily existence, encompassing routine activities like communication and shopping, as well as the functioning of enterprises and public services. The European Union has placed significant emphasis on digital transformation, exemplified by the Digital ...
Tuesday, October 31st
During the last week of October, the European Parliament reached a historic broad majority agreement on a unified position regarding the European Commission’s controversial Child Sexual Abuse Regulation (CSAR) proposal. The original CSAR proposal was dubbed the ‘Chat Control’ proposal due to its plan to legalise the scanning of private messages, even encrypted ones, as well as cloud storage spaces of individuals and ...
Tuesday, October 31st
The G7 leaders, as well as the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, have agreed on International Guiding Principles for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers as part of the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary code will complement the EU's forthcoming legally binding rules outlined in the EU AI Act. The G7 ...
Tuesday, October 31st
The ADPO Executive Committee have been elected to represent all Data Protection members. We aim to do this by focusing on the following areas: Provide accredited training for you to up-skill Yearly Conference and regular events & webinars to learn, share & broaden your network Lobbying for positive integration of data protection both in Ireland and across Europe This month we would like to introduce you ...
Tuesday, October 31st
Written by Maria Moloney I was in Cluj-Napoca, Romania last week where I gave a keynote speech on data protection across various industries. I attended a conference which launched a platform for start-ups entitled Techeconomics. Cluj-Napoca is at the centre of Romania’s tech industry, and it plays an important role in the development of the technology industry in Eastern Europe. During my time ...
Tuesday, October 31st
Students studying a range of Computing, Digital and Data courses at TU Dublin have spent two days brainstorming technological solutions affecting patient well-being during the third annual health hackathon in association with Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Taking place on the University’s Tallaght Campus, the students were split into teams and asked to develop a tech-based solution ...
Friday, September 29th
