National Chief Nursing and Midwifery Information Officer, HSE

Loretto is the National Chief Nursing and Midwifery Information Officer working in the National Digital Health Clinical Office. The purpose of her role is to provide leadership and strategic direction for nursing and midwifery in conjunction with her multi-professional leaders in digital health; ensure clinical practice is fully supported by the use of digital technology and data science; and the clinical workforce are empowered to practice and lead in a digitally-enabled healthcare system now and into the future. She believes connected digital health can make all our lives better and delivering an enabling architecture to support Irelands overarching vision for healthcare which is Slainte care is a fundamental driver for her role.