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Our story

Growing from a small business, to the largest provider of managed services to the HSE and the market leading teleradiology provider in Ireland and the UK.

Medica has evolved to become an innovative, dynamic and progressive company.

Our milestones and achievements

250,000+

patients seen this year

36+

HSE hospitals and private clinics use our services

180+

staff in Ireland

Our purpose

Improving lives through excellence in diagnostics and research.

Our mission

We lead the way in delivering collaborative and responsive telemedicine solutions that put patient outcomes at the heart of what we do. We achieve this through technological innovation, underpinned by the highest standards of clinical quality and excellence.

Our vision

To provide market leading diagnostic and telemedicine services by connecting healthcare professionals and organisations with talent, innovation and technology. A trusted partner, we will be pioneering in adapting our offering to deliver sustainable and scalable services for customers and their patients.

Our values

Patient first and truly collaborative

We are focused on our goal of improved patient experience and outcome and achieve so much more together by working in a collegiate and cooperative way.

Adaptive and pioneering

We strive to offer the best at all times which means adapting our services and using pioneering software and technologies to ensure the best customer and patient experience.

Responsive and accountable

We are responsive and flexible in our approach, processes and services in order to meet the changing requirements of our customers. We take our responsibilities seriously and act professionally at all times.

Excellence in our DNA

Our reliability and quality of delivery is what our customer’s value most highly about Medica. We are always prepared to go the extra mile to deliver a service that adds value and exceeds expectations.

Our history

2006

Global Diagnostics Ireland was founded

2006

First private customer

2008

First HSE customer via the Arklow primary care contract

2008

Delivered diagnostic care to over 50,000 patients

2011

Expansion into teleradiology for elective reporting

2014

First NightHawk out of hours teleradiology contract

2016

Dr Derek Lohan appointed as Medical Director

2016

First on-site waiting list contract which ended a historic 4 year wait time for patients

2019

Delivered care to over 250,000 patients in 2019

2019

20th HSE contract awarded

2020

Purchased by Medica Group Plc

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