Universal health insurance

Adam DM Briggs writes in the Joural "Health Policy" recently about "How changes to Irish healthcare financing are affecting universal health coverage" an interesting article on this topic. 

Lenus Irish Health Repository included into RIAN web-based Open Access portal

HSE Press Release

23^rd October 2013

 

Lenus Irish Health Repository included into RIAN web-based Open Access portal

It has been announced that LENUS has been included as a participating repository in RIAN, the national open access portal which collates the research output of ten higher education repositories in Ireland. 
Since its establishment by the HSE’s Regional Library and Information Service in 2009, Lenus has championed and promoted the dissemination of health service research and its availability in RIAN is a major development in Irish open access publishing.

RIAN is a web-based Open Access portal that harvests and displays the content of the repositories of the seven universities and the DIT in Ireland.  Commenting on the inclusion of LENUS in this portal , Bennery Rickard, HSE’s Regional Library and Information Service commented that  Ireland was now at the forefront of the Open Access movement . “RIAN is among the first wave of national open access portals in the world and it is very exciting that LENUS has been included.”  The portal will demonstrate the impact of research to potential investors and funders, who recognise the value of wider research dissemination.

This is a very welcome development and a great achievement as Lenus is one of the first non university repositories to be included in the RIAN Portal.   It raises the profile of researchers working in the health services and puts health service research into a national context with the academic and scientific research being carried out by third level institutions, while allowing research funders to accurately gauge the results and impact of their funding.

It also provides a Europe-wide platform for Irish health service research, through the forthcoming inclusion of RIAN in the EU’s OpenAIRE portal and boosts the profile of the HSE’s research programme and the reputations of its researchers.

LENUS is Ireland’s most comprehensive online repository of health-related reports, research and official publications. Spanning a period from the 1960s to the present day, LENUS makes available a wealth of material from former Irish health boards, the Health Service Executive, the Department of Health and Children and many other organisations active in the field of Irish health.

Issued by:

National Press Office

Dr. Steeven’s Hospital

Dublin 8

Tel: 01 635 2840

Email: press@hse.ie

Notes to Editors:

RIAN is the outcome of a sectoral higher education project supported by the Irish Government's 'Strategic Innovation Fund'. Project planning was carried out by the seven Irish university libraries, DCU, NUIG, NUIM, TCD, UCC, UCD, UL and was supported by the Irish Universities Association (IUA).

The project aim is to harvest to one portal the contents of the Institutional Repositories of the seven university libraries, in order to make Irish research material more freely accessible, and to increase the research profiles of individual researchers and their institutions. It is intended to extend the harvest to other Irish research institutions as RIAN develops.

The aggregation of this content will have significant benefits. It will be the primary source for Irish Open Access research publications.  Jointly agreed metadata standards will facilitate more accurate searching and retrieval. The aggregated content will make further value-added features, such as  statistical analysis, possible.  RIAN will allow other agencies, for example DRIVER, to harvest normalised metadata for better search results.

People working in the health sector who benefit from Open Access initiatives include: health professionals, public health doctors, managers, policy makers, researchers, and information workers from organisations such as the Health Service Executive; Department of Health; Voluntary health sector, Irish health agencies, academic health sector.

For more information see www.openaccessweek.org ; http://rian.ie ; www.lenus.ie

RCSI MiniMed Series Open to Public

The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland have announced the latest MiniMed series of free health lectures to explore topical health issues- for more details visit http://www.rcsi.ie/minimed /#RCSIMiniMed

Discover Research Dublin 27 Sept

Discover Research Dublin team is a diverse group of people from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal Irish Academy who are passionate about communicating research to the public. They are organising a Research night in Dublin on 27th September 2013.  Check out their blog for more information.

http://discoverresearchdublin.com/events/

Call for submissions for HSCP Conference Feb 2014

Health & Social Care Professions Education & Development Advisory Group welcome submissions from any HSCP professional on their research.
Following the sucess of the inaugral one-day conference last year, this year's conference is entitled:

‘Driving healthcare change through HSCP research– An opportunity for HSCPs to share their research’. 

The two keynote speakers for the conference will be Dr. Stephanie O’ Keeffe, Director of Health & Wellbeing, HSE, and Dr. Philip Crowley, National Director, Quality & Patient Safety, HSE.

Submissions are encouraged in 3 formats by email:

1) Oral Presentations (e.g., 20 minute)
-Please submit a 200 word abstract using: ‘Objective’, ‘Method’, ‘Results’, ‘Conlcusions’.

2) Poster Presentations
Please submit a 200 word abstract using: ‘Objective’, ‘Method’, ‘Results’, ‘Conlcusions’.

3) Research Methodology Workshops (e.g., 60 minutes)
Please submit a 200 word description of the research methodology element that your workshop will focus on (e.g. how to apply for research funding, how to analyse data).

When?
Friday, 28th February 2014
Where?
Stewarts Care,
Palmerstown, Dublin 20
Cost?
Attendance is free.
Submissions* by:
Friday, 25th October 2013

Please email submissions to: Frances Conneely,  HSCP EDA, Research Subgroup frances.conneely@hse.ie
For further information, see the ‘Practice Development Hub’ section on the homepage of: www.HSELanD.ie

Clinicians ‘need more access to research’ Irish Times tue 27th August 2013

Dr. Sinead Hanafin at the International Public Health Nursing Conference in Galway yesterday commented on the excllent HSE Library in the context of her presentation on" Public Health Nursing Making The Difference Through a Better Use of Research".

Clinicians ‘need more access to research’ Science failing to communicate

“Dr Hanafin, who is a nurse, midwife and formerly head of research at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, said that evidence-based information has to be made more accessible and readable, with summaries of key points included for practitioners and policy-makers.

She said that the Health Service Executive library was excellent, but physical access was a difficulty for staff under pressure. There was a need for capacity building, providing broadband communication and giving relevant trained staff time to download and read relevant material.”

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/clinicians-need-more-access-to-research-1.1506390

http://www.iphnc2013.com/speaker/dr-sinead-hanafin/

Growing up in Ireland data workshop ESRI

The ESRI are hosting a data workshop to promote the use of infant cohort datasets on 9th August 2013.
For more details please visit http://www.esri.ie/news_events/events/forthcoming_events/event_details/index.xml?id=394