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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
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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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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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