Innovate Health
Tallaght University Hospital
What We Do
We provide an environment that fosters innovation. This allows us to provide one-of-a-kind support for translation of new processes, products, and technologies at the centre of patient care.
Our Main Theme Areas
Idea Creation
Idea Creation
We generate ideas that address unmet clinical needs.
Project Development
Concept Development
We develop our ideas through design thinking and project management in collaboration with all stakeholders, users and practitioners.
Testing & Refinement
Testing & Refinement
We test and refine concepts then use data collection and user testing to move the concept as close to the real world as possible.
The Engine
This figure illustrates how Research & Innovation works in TUH. It shows the enablers feeding into the Research & Innovation Offices that enable Research & Innovation to take place
Success So Far
Our pipeline approach allows for identification, assessment, grading, and supporting of proposals. We support products from their inception, through to their implementation and currently Innovation teams provide pre and post award support for Innovation projects
Since its establishment, the Innovation Office has supported 230+ projects across a wide range of clinical and operational areas :
- We have an established a governance structure for collaborative innovation.
- Our pipeline has facilitated an increase in the number of innovation projects.
- Almost 100 projects have successfully secured funding from various internal and external sources.
- We’ve built a framework for collaborating with industry and academia.
- These collaborations have increased the number of new partnerships in place.
- We have collaborated with over 200 staff members within Tallaght University Hospital
- We have the first idea clinic in an acute hospital setting in Ireland.
- Internal hospital awareness has been raised through meetings & presentations.
- All supported initiatives have been strategically aligned with one or more priorities outlined in the Tallaght University Hospital Strategy
Rewards & Recognition
