Helix Health bequest million euro IT Infrastructure to Trinity School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Helix Health, Ireland’s largest Healthcare IT company commit to equipping Trinity School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences with the latest state-of- the- art software and IT infrastructure. 

Leading Irish healthcare technology company, Helix Health has agreed to provide the complete IT requirements for a newly developed School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences lab in Trinity College Dublin, including all computer equipment and accessories and Helix Health’s pharmacy management software.

The installation involves building over 40 independent pharmacy systems for students to learn about dispensing, drug interactions and pharmacy management practices. It is expected that this new start-of-the-art facility will be available to students later this year. Under the agreement, Helix Health will continue to update and maintain the systems ensuring that the systems in use by the student population reflect accurately the market changes including the latest drug updates and information on drug interactions. 

“The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences is delighted to have Helix Health as a co-sponsor of the Boots Practice of Pharmacy Teaching and Development Unit” says Prof. Marek W. Radomski,Head of School, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences Trinity College. 

The commercial value of this bequest by Helix Health is over €1m euro initially, with a further commitment to equip the lab with specialist Hospital Pharmacy IT infrastructure and Chemotherapy dispensing applications later in the academic year which represents a further commercial value of over €800,000. 

“Helix believes strongly in the importance of investment in education and ensuring that students have access to the very best of breed in pharmacy technology.” Says Howard Beggs, Chief Executive of Helix Health Group. “Whilst Helix has always sought to support students through research grants and sponsorship, this commitment to the Trinity College school of pharmacy represents by far our biggest commitment to third level education.”