Robert joined the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group as the first eHealth Director in July 2023.
He specialises in the delivery of advanced technology capabilities into hospital, community and mental health healthcare settings. He has worked for over 20 years for the largest suppliers of electronic patient record technologies and for the NHS, implementing complex enterprise solutions across Europe. Robert has delivered Global Digital Exemplar status in the NHS, with numerous other public and private healthcare deployments. He has managed large international teams with challenging objectives, and multi-million-euro budgets.
Being an ex-pharmacist, Robert wants to improve the safety, effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare using well designed and implemented technologies. He previously worked at the University of Limerick Hospital Group for 18 months where he reshaped the eHealth team to focus on their core capabilities, delivered a number of innovative digital projects and developed an ambitious strategy and roadmap to enhance the organisation’s overall digital maturity.
Robert is currently strategically leading the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group to new levels of digital collaboration and delivery that are focused on the clinician and the patient.