myPatientSpace – Publications & Use Cases
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Respiratory: COPD Virtual Wards in the Community
Region: Ireland
myPatientSpace has implemented two major COPD community virtual wards in Ireland.
- Letterkenny Care VW
- Galway COPD VW
Patients as provided with remote monitoring kits, with a variety of devices depending on the clinical preferences (Continuous RR, Sp02, BP, Temp). Within the first 6 weeks of go live they saved over 70 bed days resulting in estimate savings of over 70,000 euro. The projects have won top European awards and been invited to speak internationally on their program at academic conferences.
Awards
– Respiratory Integrated Care Team, Galway City Integrated Care Hub & the HIVE laboratory University of Galway for winning – Galway COPD VW: Winner of the Irish Healthcare Centre award for Best Use of Information Technology 2025
– Letterkenny Care VW: Winner of the HSE Excellence Award 2024 – Improving Patient Experience
- HSE Excellence Award Video: CARE – Community and Acute Respiratory Excellence
- HSE Award Press Release: Care Virtual Ward Donegal wins HSE Excellence Award
Media, News Features & Press Releases
- RTE Television Feature: Futureville Ireland Segment
- Financial Times Feature: ‘Virtual hospitals’ deliver home treatment to remote patients
- Irish Times Feature: The Irish island using virtual means to tackle healthcare and loneliness
- Trinity news: Virtual hospitals, the future of healthcare?
- Digitalisation World: Virtual hospital research framework launches in Ireland
- Galway Daily News: Galway University Hospitals introduce virtual healthcare for COPD patients
- eHealth Ireland News: CARE Virtual Ward Donegal
- Donegal Daily News: COPD admissions to Letterkenny Hospital down 22% due to new care plan
- Pulse IT News: Letterkenny virtual ward for COPD exceeds predictions
- Donegal Live News: Top award for Letterkenny University Hospital’s CARE project
Academic Publications
- International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research: Community Virtual Ward (CVW+cRR) Proofof-Concept Examining the Feasibility and Functionality of Partnership-Based Alternate Care Pathway for COPD Patients- Empowering Patients to Become Partners in their Disease Management
Testimonials & Case Studies
- Patient Testimonial: Transferring COPD care from a busy medical ward to the comfort of the home
- Patient Testimonial: HSE CDM Hub Virtual Ward
Rural Health & Cardiology: Heathy Islands & Hypertension Home Health
Region: Ireland
Program to remotely manage patients on an island off the coast of Ireland. Providing direct access to GP services and support patients with hypertension.
Media, News Features & Press Releases
- The Irish Times: ‘Madra’ the robot and drones deliver emergency medicine on Mayo island in successful remote health project
- Pulse IT News: Telehealth-driven Healthy Islands project gets underway
- Telecare Aware News: Ireland’s Clare Island as multimodal rural telehealth and telemonitoring testbed
- Cisco UKI Blog: Bringing healthcare connection to the most remote communities
Oncology
Region: Europe
myPatientSpace has been used in many very successful oncology remote pathways.
- A pathway for menopause after cancer was presented at ASCO/ESMO and published in the cancers journal. Remote management and research study for cancer survivors.
- Geronte: myPatientSpace is the selected platform for a large H2020 Cancer project for geriatric oncology enabling remote management
- Live in a number of leading OECI cancer centers (including RCSI) for remote patient management
Academic Publications
- PubMed Academic Paper: Multimodal, Technology-Assisted Intervention for the Management of Menopause after Cancer Improves Cancer-Related Quality of Life-Results from the Menopause after Cancer (Mac) Study
- Consortium Member Project: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program – Streamlined Geriatric and Oncological evaluation based on IC Technology for holistic patient-oriented healthcare management for older multimorbid patients
Awards
- Winner of the Most Transformative Impact: Digital Health – Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
- Silicon Republic Awards Press Release: HSE and HealthTech Ireland sign MoU to innovate healthcare
Case Studies
- myPatientSpace Case Study: Oncology – myPatientSpace & RCSI Group
- myPatientSpace Case Study: Oncology Research MAC Study
Media, News Features & Press Releases
- Social Media Announcement: OLOLH Go Live
Chronic Kidney Disease
Region: Ireland
myPatientSpace is used to remotely manage over 2700 CKD patients at St. James hospital that top academic teaching hospital. It has not been rolled out to other sites in the country following this success and integration to the national renal system has begun. This is enabling new models of care across the Renal journey.
Academic Publications
- Academic Poster Publication: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE OUTPATIENT NEPHROLOGY SERVICE AT ST. JAMES’S HOSPITAL: THE myPatientSpace™ SJH RENAL APP.
- Grand Rounds Recording: Digital Transformation in the OPD Renal at SJH: MyPatientSpace Kidney App Dr Donal Sexton
Chronic Pancreatitis: SmartCP
Region: Ireland
Tallaght (Trinity College Academic hospital) has won the top Innovation in hospital management award for Europe with this program. This remote management of Chronic Pancreatitis patients across the country. This is now innovating new models of care including PIR models to reduce outpatient demands.
Media, News Features & Press Releases
- Tallaght University Hospital Press Release: Tallaght University Hospital Developing a Chronic Pancreatitis App
Awards
- Winner of the ‘Innovation in Hospital Management’ Award: “Helping Patients Live Well with Chronic Disease: The SmartCP Mobile App for Chronic Pancreatitis”
- European Association of Hospital Manager Award Announcement: Innovation in Hospital Management
- Health Manager TUH Award Press Release: TUH Wins EAHM Best Innovation Award
Sleep Apnoea
Region: Ireland
ResMed PEI delivers a managed care service for patients on ResMed CPAP devices. All patients in Ireland use this service and the mypatientspace platform.
myPatientSpace is also used across a number of sleep pathways, including St James’s Hospital
Academic Publications
- Academic Poster – St James’s Hospital: EARLY EXPERIENCES OF A PILOT REMOTE-ACCESS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA VIDEO CLINIC IN A TERTIARY REFERRAL CENTRE
- ResMed PEI – myPatientSpace App: Irish Thoracic Society ITS Scientific Meeting 2023
Case Studies
- myPatientSpace Case Study: Sleep Apnea Digital support program