Martin Curley pictured at Open Innovation 2.0 in the Convention Centre Dublin in 2014. Image: Conor McCabe Photography Curley compared his task to climbing Mount Everest in bad weather and referenced difficulties such as ‘supply chain and funding blockages’. The HSE’s head of digital transformation has resigned with immediate effect, hinting at difficulties in achieving the role’s goals. Martin Curley compared his task to climbing Mount Everest in bad weather, citing difficulties such as “supply chain and funding blockages”. He announced his resignation from the role of digital transformation and open innovation director on LinkedIn today (16 January). “We have called off this particular ascent on Everest,” Curley said. “We could still succeed but there would be too many casualties, including me.” “Therefore as part of a well thought out, broader and evolving plan I resigned yesterday with immediate effect from the Health Service Executive.” Curley joined the HSE in 2018 to assist the service in adopting new digital technologies to transform Irish healthcare. During his time in the role, the HSE launched nine digital health labs across Ireland to address various issues such as Covid-19 and using AI in healthcare. In 2020, the HSE also partnered with medtech […]
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