A product and interaction desiger from Dublin with a keen interest in design that makes the world a better place. IxD / Service Designer at Mater Hospital.

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined May 2019
Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Great to promote our Muma Postnatal hub on the local radio today. Easy to do when the team are providing such a good service to new parents in Carlow + Kilkenny @lukes_ck @annmgthogan @imelda_aylward @NWIHP kclr96fm.com/maternity-team-…
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Always a pleasure 2 meet Alan McFarlane & members of the team from @MaterTransform. Today they’re showcasing their fantastic work in bringing #StrokeLINK 2 the next stage of implementation at the Public Sector Transformation Conference. So proud 2 be associated with this project.
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Such impressive stats from Strokelink @MaterTransform @AlanMacDesign giving background the amazing Spark supported project. Who better to tell us than the patients themselves in these lovely video clips. #SparkSummit23 @IEHospitalGroup
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Reducing paper & increasing the time for nurses to nurse @juliegrennell presenting (very rapidly) the redesigned nursing assessment form 📔📒📕📗 In collab with @MaterTransform & @NCAD_Dublin a result of a @ProgrammeSpark sponsored design sprint 😍 @NurMidONMSD
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Absolutly critical moment was collaborating with @NCAD_Dublin in 2016- Siobhan Manning explaining how @MaterTransform grew and brought design into their service. 🤩😍
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We launched a new FREE 7-Day guide on improving Journey Mapping skills. It covers off things like; 1. Building Trust 2. Accessibility 3. Focus 4. Defining Zoom 5. Retaining the state 6. Size matters 7. The Power of Visualisation #servicedesign #ux thisishcd.com/landing/7-day-…
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SPARK DESIGN 💡💡 Very exciting news today as we launch NEW!! 💡Spark Design💡✨✨ Spark design now offers self selection to design thinking online talks & workshop’s for frontline HSE & section 38 organisation staff. @NDTP_HSE @NurMidONMSD @WeHSCPs
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Would you like to be involved in supporting healthcare innovation at a national level? Then this may be for you - Innovation Fellowship applications open to NCHDs, Nursing and HSCPs.
STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING! 🔥 Are you an NCHD, Nurse/Midwife or HSCP looking to transform the way we deliver healthcare in Ireland? Are you dynamic, resourceful and an excellent team player? We Need You! 🤩---> bit.ly/ApplySpark23 Thanks to: @WeHSCPs @NDTP_HSE @NurMidONMSD
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Delighted amd excited to announce Artist in Residence Navin Hyder's exhibition will take place @ThePillarDublin commencing with a preview on the 1st of October 🎨 @Matersurgery @MaterTransform @UCDMedicine – at Dublin City, Ireland
APPRECIATION POST😊 We are often asked about the types of project that we support... This booklet-> bit.ly/SparkAwardsBooklet outlines just some of the amazing HCWs and projects that we have had the honour of supporting! 👏👏 @AlanMacDesign + team for curating its design
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Very warm welcome to Asia and Gareth, hugely talented and passionate DESIGN INTERNS who will be hosted by @ProgrammeSpark , @thinkactionable, and the Healthcare Innovation Practitioners Network. We're delighted to have you on board!!
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Brilliant to see another outcome from our @NCAD_Dublin and @MaterTransform Design Week at the implementation stage. Great work @AlanMacDesign and all the team in the Mater. @PD_NCAD @MSc_MDD_NCAD @ncad_service
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
On #WorldStrokeDay2021 we commend the Mater Hospital StrokeLINK, a new #Sláintecare initiative, supporting stroke patients in Dublin North to manage their condition. This service is making innovative advances in patient outcomes. #WorldStrokeDay
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Congrats to the #StrokeLINK team @SiobhnManning1 @AlanMacDesign @LaurenMcdunphy @MelissaGannon14 @ixd_ncad @materstroke, selected as finalists for the highly competitive 2021 Health Service Excellence awards, the feedback from patients has been phenomenal vimeo.com/507982842
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Congrats on being shortlisted for the HSE service excellence award to my smart, energetic & compassionate colleagues who developed the innovative #StrokeLINK transitional care & patient empowerment programme for stroke survivors @MaterStroke @MaterTransform @ixd_ncad @slaintecare
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
‘The hand of God’ — nurses trying to comfort isolated patients in a Brazilian Covid isolation ward. Two disposable gloves tied, full of hot water, simulating impossible human contact. Salute to the front liners and a stark reminder of the grim situation our world is in!@sadiquiz
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Going home after a stroke in the middle of a pandemic can be a lonely and scary place. We’ve been receiving some lovely feedback from our @materstroke patients that #StrokeLINK has been there for them. @slaintecare @ixd_ncad @AlanMacDesign @MelissaGannon14 @LaurenMcdunphy
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Alan MacFarlane Design retweeted
Exciting work ongoing behind the scenes to develop novel support tools in collaboration with #StrokeLINK, @NCAD_Dublin, @MaterStroke and @slaintecare ensuring stroke survivors are safe and empowered going home during #COVID19 @MaterDublin @HSE_CDI @Irishheart_ie @TheMaterFoundat
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