Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 8 September 2022
2015. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Health his plans for roll-out of an electronic health record system across all public health services; the progress of same to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44074/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe implementation of electronic health records is a long term programme of work and the HSE has operational responsibility for the implementation of EHR's across all public health services.
On July 4th, 2022, the Department of Health secured approval for Children’s Health Ireland to enter contracts for the delivery of an enterprise level EHR system for the new Children’s Hospital and contracts have been signed with EPIC. This will represent the most significant EHR implementation in Ireland to date but builds on the success of the EHR programmes at four of our largest maternity hospitals, the hospital wide deployment at St James’s Hospital, Dublin. Contracts for clinical management systems capable of generating electronic health records (EHRs) have also recently been signed for both the National Rehabilitation Hospital and National Forensic Hospital.
The use of EHRs as part of the Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) will be extended to Limerick and the Coombe, in 2022 and 2023, resulting in over 70% of newborn babies in Ireland being assigned an EHR at birth.
Consideration is also being given to a strategic approach to widening the roll-out of EHRs in conjunction with the establishment of Regional Health Areas.
