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According to Curley , HSE and the broader ecosystem aims to “ empower patients and give them more self-control by testing solutions with patients as well as clinicians via its 50 living labs , ultimately providing people with closed-loop digital systems ", for example such as the Medtronic 780G , which measures blood glucose levels in real time and adjusts insulin levels automatically directly via linked digital insulin pump .
The technologies incorporated in the labs are deemed by Curley to be engaging , empowering , educating and encouraging for patients .
" We ' re now expanding the Health Elevator living lab , first to 500 , and then to 5,000 people – for the price of just two to three cups of coffee per person !" he enthuses .
Together with John Shaw of Legato Health Technologies , Curley , in his role as Maynooth University Professor , set up the IDHLSG research working group to develop the Digital Health and Wellness Capability Maturity Framework . This grant was aided by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland , while Medtronic , Roche , Cisco , and Huawei co-funded and supported it . A working group of executives , clinicians and patients meet monthly to build the roadmap , key interventions and measurements that will chart and guide Ireland ’ s progress over its digital health decade , towards being a global leader in digital health .
Ireland , in Curley ’ s eyes , is behind the rest of Europe in terms of healthcare , having jumped a maturity level from level 1 to level 2 in a 5 level maturity model , with COVID 19 acting as a big bang disruptor . technologymagazine . com 325