Health IT news in brief
This week’s week health IT round-up covers a new cross border partnership in Ireland and some big wins for Civica in social care.
News
Predictions for the year ahead: UK digital health leaders on 2017
In the second part of a two-part look ahead to 2017, Digital Health News asked some UK digital health leaders for their predictions for the year to come.
Feature
1970s printers replaced with e-prescribing in Ireland
More than 30 years ago, Matrix printers were introduced into the Irish healthcare system. Now, finally, they are being replaced
Infrastructure
Individual Patient Identifier live in Ireland
Every patient in Ireland has been assigned unique identifying number, in an effort to improve patient safety and data quality.
News
Healthcare IT news in brief
This week’s healthcare news round-up delves into a progress on e-referrals in Ireland, how doctors are getting involved in healthcare social media platforms, and some clever tech from Lincolnshire.
Clinical Software
Healthcare IT news in brief
Ireland details €875m EHR plans
Ireland is planning to spend up to €875 (£700m) on building an electronic health record over the next five to nine years.
Clinical Software
Members flock to Ireland’s CCIO council
Ireland’s Council of Clinical Information Officers has 145 members from 35 disciplines and is pushing to formalise the role across the country.
CCIO Network
Ireland consults public on identifier
Ireland’s Health Service Executive has launched a public consultation on the privacy implications of creating a unique health identifier, similar to the NHS Number.
Interoperability
Ireland races to implement health IT
Ireland has created an Individual Health Identifier for all patients and implemented an e-referral system in half of all its hospitals, over the past six months
Clinical Software
