Chronic Disease in Ireland: How to Achieve Better Outcomes

According to the OECD, more than one-third of adults are living with a longstanding illness or health problem, including cardiovascular disease, cancer, respiratory disease and diabetes. Chronic diseases are challenging for individuals and their families, the health and social care sector, and wider society. They impact quality of life and mortality, and require a large portion of the available healthcare resources.
In this webinar series on the Future of Chronic Disease in Ireland - Health Economic Perspectives, expert contributors will explore changes in disease prevalence, the rise in multimorbidity, consequences for patients and how the health system can respond.
This webinar seeks to define chronic disease epidemiologically, considers the impact of policy on health outcomes relating to chronic disease, and importantly concludes with a patient perspective.
The speakers are:
• Prof. Patricia Kearney, Professor of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UCC
• Prof. Edward Gregg, Head of School of Population Health, RCSI
• Fiona Bardon, young stroke survivor and patient advocate
The webinar is moderated by Dr Ronan Glynn, Health Sector Lead, EY Ireland
00:00 Intro slide
00:02 Prof Jan Sorensen, Director, Healthcare Outcomes Research Centre, RCSI School of Population Health: Introduction
05:27 Dr Ronan Glynn: Welcome
07:24 Prof Patricia Kearney: Chronic disease in Ireland: How to achieve better outcomes
28:30 Prof Edward Gregg: Achieving better outcomes: Prioritising policies for action on chronic disease
51:45 Fiona Bardon: Chronic disease from a patient perspective
01:18:52 Panel discussion
The Future of Chronic Disease in Ireland: Health Economic Perspectives webinar series is organised by the Healthcare Outcomes Research Centre, RCSI School of Population Health.
The webinar series is supported by Janssen, Novartis and EY.