mPower welcomes a new team member
27th July 2020
The mPower team are pleased to welcome Teresa McGarvey who recently joined us as mPower Business Service Lead for Ireland.
Teresa brings a wealth of relevant experience with her and will no doubt be a huge asset to the team. As well…
Attend Anywhere is still in the early stages of implementation, however the use of this new technology as an integral part of health service delivery is increasing, because of the benefits it can provide during and post COVID 19. These include a reduced risk of…
The HSE are in the process of rolling out Attend Anywhere nationally across the Republic of Ireland. Attend Anywhere is a safe, simple video conferencing tool, initially used in Scotland and now elsewhere that enables health professionals to continue to see pat…
mPower’s response to Covid-19
20th May 2020
Since Covid-19 the mPower project partners have increased the use of technology to support the well-being of older people. mPower staff have maintained their support primarily via telephone and has included support for online food deliveries, staying connected…
mPower using technology to support during lockdown.
19th May 2020
The mPower partners are increasingly using technology to continue to help the elderly during lockdown. The teams have seen an increase in referrals over the last two months and have continued to offer support over the telephone instead of the usual face to face…
Since lockdown, the mPower team in NHS Western Isles have successfully rolled out NHS Near Me to all 10 of the Islands’ Care Homes. Working closely with the local Council, the team were able to arrange the delivery of tablet devices and provide support to Care…
mPower team roll out new CBT App for Insomnia
11th May 2020
The Western Isles mPower team have been instrumental in rolling out a new online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) app to support those suffering from insomnia, something that is on the increase during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
The use of the clin…
Health evaluation webinar
10th January 2020
We will be hosting a second Health Evaluation webinar with Dr Helen Alexander at 9am on Thursday 30th January. This is another chance to see Helen talking about using Contribution Analysis to evaluate remote health monitoring in Scotland, including examples of…
First virtual pulmonary rehabilitation programme launched
16th December 2019
Drogheda Physiotherapists are offering Ireland’s first live virtual home-based Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme for COPD patients as part of the mPower project delivering digital interventions. The live, interactive classes which started in November allow ben…
Health evaluation webinar
9th December 2019
Our next webinar at 10.30am on Thursday 12th December is with Dr Helen Alexander. Helen will be talking about using Contribution Analysis to evaluate remote health monitoring in Scotland, including examples of the evidence gathered.
Helen Alex…
