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Personalised Health Index in Ireland

Ireland lags significantly behind on the delivery of personalised healthcare and was found to display a sharp disconnect between policy and implementation of this form of care. Ireland ranked 19th out of 34 other countries in the FutureProofing Personalised Health Index.

A panel of Irish healthcare and policy experts was brought together by Roche Ireland to interrogate the Index findings and develop a report with their recommendations for improving Irelandโ€™s approach to personalised healthcare. The experts ultimately found that the deficiencies are due to a lack of infrastructure and delays in implementing data sharing policies, meaning Ireland is losing out on opportunities in research, clinical trials and advancements in genomic testing โ€“ to the detriment of patients and the Irish healthcare system.

This expert panel included

Mary
Harney

Former Tรกnaiste and Minister for Health

Dr. Nina
Byrnes

GP, Medical Director Generation Health Medical Clinics, Media Medical Expert

Liam
Doran

Former General Secretary, Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO)

Professor
Stephen Finn

Consultant Pathologist, St. Jamesโ€™s Hospital

Professor
Bryan Hennessy

Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beaumont Hospital & Vice Clinical Lead, Cancer Trials Ireland

Dr. Avril
Kennan

CEO, Health Research Charities Ireland

Mary
Maguire

Personalised Healthcare Lead, Roche Products (Ireland) Ltd.

Dr Derick
Mitchell, PhD

CEO, The Irish Platform for Patient Organisations, Science and Industry (IPPOSI)

Tony
O'Brien

NED, Strategy Consultant, Columnist and former Director General of the HSE

Dr Jennifer
Westrup

Director of Oncology and Consultant Medical Oncologist, Beacon Hospital

Dr Patrick
Buckley

Vice President of Laboratory Operations, Genuity Sciences

Ireland's performance in the Personalised Health Index compared to the top two countries in Europe:

Ireland's performance in the Policy Context measure compared to the top two countries in Europe:

Ireland's performance in the Health Information measure compared to the top two countries in Europe:

Ireland's performance in the Health Services measure compared to the top two countries in Europe:

Ireland's performance in the Personalised Technologies measure compared to the top two countries in Europe:

Ireland's performance in the Access to Data for Research measure compared to the top two countries in Europe:

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