By Gary Culliton. HIQA is to conduct a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) on the deep brain stimulation (DBS) technique, which is an effective surgical treatment for a small number of patients with Parkinson’s disease, dystonia and other movement disorders.
By Gary Culliton. HIQA’s report on Tallaght Hospital — due for publication within a month — will be of “significant and substantial importance to the health system”, the Authority’s Chief Executive Dr Tracey Cooper has said.
By Gary Culliton. New HIQA key performance indicators (KPIs) for the ambulance service have been submitted to the Minister for Health for approval, it has emerged.
By Gary Culliton. HIQA is currently revising its processes and reducing the cost of salaries and roles for new staff ahead of a major evaluation, the Authority’s Chief Executive Dr Tracey Cooper has indicated.
By Gary Culliton. A HIQA health technology assessment of robot-assisted keyhole surgery has concluded that while the benefits to patients in certain surgical procedures are evident, the cost of its introduction would be significant.
Dear Editor, I’d like to wish Dr Ruairi Hanley a belated happy Christmas and a constructive New Year. He’s to be congratulated for his columns and especially for supporting and staying with the plight of the Bahraini doctors. Many in our comfortable middle-class profession would have uncritically allowed the RCSI to hold onto its views [...]
The threatened closure of community nursing units due to safety concerns should be a salutary warning for GPs about to come under the eye of HIQA, says Dr Ruairi Hanley.
By Gary Culliton. HIQA has published ‘Developing National eHealth Interoperability Standards for Ireland: A Consultation Document’ as part of a public consultation exercise on the development of ehealth standards for Ireland.
By Gary Culliton. A public consultation on new standards governing how information must be used, stored and collected has been launched by HIQA, which has published the Draft Standards for National Health Information Resources.
By Gary Culliton and Dara Gantly. Although there are a number of examples of good practice in health information technology, HIQA believes the current ICT infrastructure in health and social care is “highly fragmented” with major gaps and “silos of information”.
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