In this blog, we outline what a Software Tool Article is and why you should publish one. We also speak with one of our authors to explore how her software tool helps clinician-researchers visualize data and identify lethal disease.
In this blog we outline 5 ways researchers can easily implement open access practices to advance their research, build public trust in science, and enhance healthcare delivery.
In this blog, we hear from two authors to better understand how collaborative approaches to healthcare research can improve patient care.
In this blog, we debunk three open peer review myths and discuss how our progressive publishing model benefits everyone, from readers to researchers.
In this blog, three HRB-funded researchers outline simple ways we can improve patient care and outcomes by increasing uptake of patient screening.
Four years ago, the Health Research Board (HRB) launched its innovative publishing platform – HRB Open Research. In this blog, we share some of its highlights and trends from the past year and our thoughts on the importance of making research openly available.
In this blog, we look back on HRB Open Research’s most read articles of 2021.
Age is not an accurate indicator of the health of older adults. It also doesn’t tell us much about an individual’s healthcare needs. Aisling O’Halloran and Roman Romero-Ortuno, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, discuss frailty. Improving our understanding of its effect on the health of older adults will lead to fairer allocation of health and social care in Ireland.
Embedded patient researchers can amplify the patient voice to transform research and healthcare. In this blog, patient researcher Robert Joyce talks about his involvement with a trial at National University of Ireland, Galway. Thanks to Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) the trail design was changed to better fit the needs of people living with multiple sclerosis.
A team from National University of Ireland Galway published an Open Letter discussing iHealthFacts. In this blog post, first author, Marina Zaki, tells us how iHealthFacts.ie can help people check the reliability of health claims and make well-informed decisions about their own health.