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IPH marks 25 years of shaping public health policy

Institute of Public Health

Set up prior to the signing of the Good Friday / Belfast Agreement in 1998, IPH has been shaping public health policy across the island of Ireland for 25 years. Shifting the focus of public policy’. And all of these, in turn, contribute to better health, creating a virtuous cycle.

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Hospital Systems: A Framework for Maximizing Social Benefit

The Health Care Blog

Hospital consolidation has risen to the top of the health policy stack. As a consequence, the Biden administration has targeted the health care industry for enhanced and more vigilant anti-trust enforcement. These systems demonstrated that they are capable of producing, rapidly and on demand, demonstrable social benefit.