Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 30 November 2016

Select Committee on the Future of Healthcare

Health Service Reform: HSE

9:00 am

Mr. Liam Woods:

I would like to convince the Chairman on one aspect of it, if I may. The maternal and infant electronic health record will go live over the weekend as a first instance in Cork and, I believe, in Tralee. This is an electronic health record for mothers and infants, which is a significant success. We have already done significant implementation on the national integrated medical imaging system, NIMIS. It is in 38 sites throughout the State. We are undertaking a programme of work around the national medical laboratory system, MEDLIS, which is laboratory implementation. To join that all together, and in a way I share the Chairman's frustrations, electronic health records globally are already expressed in the business case and we are very keen to get that moved on. The maternal one will go around all 19 units in the State over the next 30 months.

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