You are reading 1 of 15 free-access articles allowed for 30 days Members of HSE’s NIMIS Programme Team at the Health Informatics Society of Ireland conference. L-R: Mark Gilvarry; Emily Ennis (front); Mary McGee; Lisa Morrin; Keith Morrissey; Breda Matthews; and Gary Monk Sharper images: Diagnostic sharing, forged in Covid-19 pandemic By Contributor 14th January 2021 Ireland’s Image-Sharing solution is a rare exception to the rule that change takes time, owing to a uniquely effective collaboration involving the HSE and the independent Dublin-based healthcare technology company The uptake of medical technology is historically slow and arduous. Systems, people, and the technologies themselves are forced to adapt to each other, which can be a long journey. Decades separated the first use of an MRI scan, and the machines’ current ubiquity, with more than 50,000 operating around the world.