Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 May 2024

Committee on Public Petitions

Reopening of Ennis, Nenagh and St. John's Emergency Departments: Discussion

Photo of Stephen DonnellyStephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Yes, nationwide. The third part, which is the electronic health record, will take much longer and we are doing it on a regional basis. This is where the record is integrated into the hospital and the GP so when someone comes into an emergency department, they pull up who the patient is and schedule him or her to go and see Dr. Murphy, who then schedules the patient for his or her scans, all through an electronic system.