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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Dawn O'Shea |David Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
Ms Eilish O’Connor As the digitisation of the health service picks up pace, experts are warning healthcare providers that cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. Human error remains the primary contributor to cybersecurity breaches. A 2024 Cyber Readiness Report by the global business insurance company Hiscox found that 74 per cent of Irish organisations experienced an increase in cyberattacks in the previous year – the highest in Europe. Almost half of all organisations that came under...
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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | James Fogarty |David Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a key driver of morbidity in Ireland, but the prevalence of the disease may be overstated, heard the recent Irish Nephrology Society (INS) Winter Scientific Meeting in Galway. Prof Austin Stack, Consultant Nephrologist, University of Limerick, gave a talk on the burden of CKD in Ireland. He said that an age-adapted CKD definition would reduce the burden of the disease in Ireland and the downstream impact on health utilisation.
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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | James Fogarty |David Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
iStock.com/Rasi Bhadramani The importance of patient-reported outcomes in glomerular disease was highlighted at the recent Irish Nephrology Society (INS) Winter Scientific Meeting in Galway.
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1 month ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | James Fogarty |David Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
The late Prof Donal O’Donoghue was remembered as an inspirational leader in UK renal medicine at the Irish Nephrology Society’s (INS) Winter Scientific Meeting. Prof Phil Kalra, Consultant Nephrologist and Professor of Nephrology, University of Manchester, spoke at the meeting on ‘Building careers together through academic advancement’. During his talk, Prof Kalra described the late Prof O’Donoghue, who passed away in 2021, as a great friend and colleague.
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2 months ago | 
medicalindependent.ie | Aileen Quigley |David Lynch |Catherine Reilly
Patient engagement was a key theme of the RCPI’s National Specialty Quality Improvement Annual Conference 2024The vital role of clinical audit and quality improvement was explored at the RCPI National Specialty Quality Improvement (NSQI) Annual Conference 2024. The meeting, which took place in November, also saw the launch of the first plain-English versions of the annual NSQI programme data reports.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Aileen Quigley |David Lynch |Catherine Reilly
The second day of the College of Psychiatrists’ Winter Conference opened with an absorbing presentation by Dr Jonathan Sklar, Training Analyst with the British Psychoanalytical Society and former Consultant Psychotherapist. He spoke on the ‘creativity of metaphor in the unconscious’. Dr Sklar discussed ideas around the uses and functions of metaphor in language which transfers understanding and knowledge in the unconscious.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | - Pat Kelly |Aileen Quigley |Pat Kelly |David Lynch
Pictured L-to-R: Dr Diarmuid O’Shea; Ms Rachel Duffy; Prof Rose Anne Kenny; and Mr Francis Brennan A public event titled ‘Living Well, Living Long’ was held as part of the College’s Annual Conference Over 300 attendees gathered at the RCPI Annual Public Meeting to explore the question: ‘Is there a recipe for ageing well?’ The event, held as part of the College’s Annual Conference, was titled ‘Living Well, Living Long’. It aimed to provide the public with expert advice on maintaining health...
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Aug 26, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Priscilla Lynch |Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly
Ms Michele O’Brien dispels the myriad myths surrounding osteoporosis and provides practical lifestyle advice to optimise management of the diseaseOsteoporosis is a silent disease with no signs or symptoms to suggest a person is experiencing bone loss. This is why osteoporosis is known worldwide as ‘the silent killer’. No one feels bone loss, which is why patients must be screened for risk factors to prevent disease progression.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Aileen Quigley |Catherine Reilly |David Lynch
Anaesthesiology and general medicine have seen the highest number of consultants switching to the public-only consultant contract (POCC), according to figures obtained by the Medical Independent (MI). As of 5 June, among the existing consultants who had switched, 269 were in anaesthesiology, 227 in general medicine, 166 in radiology, 122 in paediatrics, 82 in general surgery, 80 in histopathology, and 77 in geriatric medicine.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
medicalindependent.ie | Aileen Quigley |David Lynch |Catherine Reilly
Pictured L-to-R: Dr Ruth Hutch; Dr Joyce Tan; Dr Seán Casey, National Lead NCHD; Dr Shabahat Ali; and Dr Christine Condon Three model 3 hospital sites have been chosen to implement a series of reforms recommended by... Weekly face-to-face sessions are only one aspect of a GP’s duties. The most frequent and annoying... 'Virtual wards’ are set to be operationalised at University Hospital Limerick and St Vincent’s UniversityHospital in... As older doctors retire, a new generation has arrived...
