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Hospital Services.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 December 2004

Thursday, 9 December 2004

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John McGuinness

Question:

132 Mr. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children when approval of a tender for the purchase of a comprehensive hospital information system for St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny, will be granted; the date her Department received the tender; the time frame involved in reaching a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32957/04]

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The tendering project for the procurement of a hospital information system to be implemented on a national basis was run by the South Eastern Health Board, SEHB. The SEHB selected a preferred tenderer and a proposal was submitted to my Department for approval in November 2003. Given the magnitude of the investment proposed, my Department referred the proposal to the interim Health Service Executive, HSE, before finalising this matter. The interim HSE has advised that it expects to be in a position to give full consideration to the matter in early 2005 when the Health Service Executive is formally established.

The national hospital information system will facilitate significant improvements in patient-centric services and patient safety, and is key to modernisation of our hospital systems. It is envisaged that the South Eastern Health Board, including St. Luke's Hospital, will have a high priority when the system's implementation gets underway.

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