As a long established company in Healthcare ICT in Ireland, Helix Health believes strongly in the importance of sponsorship and investment in research, innovation and education in the healthcare community. Being a responsible company not only complements our long-term business objectives but also strengthens our reputation and creates vital links with the communities in which we operate.

CSR is integral to our vision to create an integrated, more efficient and patient-centric health system in Ireland. As a leading provider of healthcare software and IT in Ireland, an essential component of our corporate social responsibility is to improve people's lives through technology.

Our CSR activity focuses on four main overarching areas :

Our People

Our policy involves the promotion of ethical Management and open and clear communication channels. As we believe our employees are one of the most important stakeholders, we ensure workplace programmes to respect work-life balance, employee training and development opportunities, award and recognition programmes and a healthy and safe working environment.

Our Environment

We endeavour to continually improve on and reduce the impact of our company with regards to energy and resource consumption, recycling and waste management.

Our Marketplace

We strive to offer the best in terms of product innovations, quality, value, pricing and customer service, consistently. Our vision to create an integrated, more efficient and patient-centric health system in Ireland is backed by our dedication to building relationships with government and other complimentary technology companies. We also engage our customers and groups of expert stakeholders to augment our knowledge of the market.

Our Community

We are proud to give back to the communities that we operate in and believe in sustainable corporate giving and employee volunteering which supports charities and organisations especially in health and education.

Highlights from 2009 include:

Christmas donation of €2500 to Barrestown Castle, Kildare

Barretstown is a specially designed camp, providing a programme of adventure, activities and fun - backed by the medical world - which helps children with serious illness regain their confidence and self-esteem. Over the last 3 years we have donated over €9,000 to Barretstown which almost covers the cost of sending three children to Barretstown camp.

TCD Bequest

Helix Health is committed to equipping Trinity School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science to the latest state of the art software and IT infrastructure which has a commercial value of almost €2 million including the automated robotic dispensing system which is part of the IT infrastructure. The School of Pharmacy will be officially opened on the 14th June 2010.

Helix Health Pharmacist Awards

The Helix Health Pharmacist Awards 2009 raised a record breaking €45,000 in aid of PSI Benevolent. The Benevolent Fund supports those who have been associated with pharmacy and who are now in need of assistance.

Student Sponsorship

Helix Health was pleased to support the DIT Cathal Brugha Street prize-giving ceremony 2009 by sponsoring the Pharmacy Technican of the year Award. We also sponsored Rachel Mullen, an RCSI student to continue the excellent work being carried out on a project that was started last year to design and develop an e-learning package for RCSI students.

Healthcare Awards

Helix Health was yet again delighted and proud to sponsor the “Best use of information technology award” at the Healthcare Awards 2009.

Society of Irish Medical Writers meeting

Helix Health annually sponsors  the Society’s writing competition which is in honour of the late Aindreas McEntee, previous editor of the Irish Medical Times.

Camara

Helix Health now donates all of the company's used laptops, desktops (with their hard drives securely removed and destroyed) and other IT equipment to the charity Camara. Camara is a registered Irish charity, founded in 2005, which uses Irish technological resources to equip schools in Africa with refurbished computers, educational software and IT training.