“In truth, the most common way that healthcare personnel innovate is through process innovation, you know, so they’re doing things differently.” – Prof Seamus Morris

In the first of our new podcast series, Innovation in Healthcare, we speak to Prof Seamus Morris. Prof Morris is Clinical Professor at University College Dublin School of Medicine, Consultant Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon, and Director of Innovation at the Pillar Centre for Transformative Medicine in the Mater Hospital, Dublin.

Prof Morris talks to our host, Clinical Editor of the Medical Independent, Priscilla Lynch, about:

• The need for the Irish health service to develop innovative solutions;
• The value of design-thinking;
• Combining and using pre-existing technologies in novel ways;
• The processes required to attract investment;
• Nurturing an ecosystem at hospital-level that supports new projects;
• The benefit of a strategic national approach to innovation in healthcare.