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3 January 2017

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
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14 December 2016

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
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22 August 2016

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.
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19 August 2016

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
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29 April 2016

Healthcare IT news in brief

This week's industry round-up includes news of IT go-lives from NHS Wales, McKesson and TPP.
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4 April 2016

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
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18 February 2016

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
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3 February 2016

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
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17 December 2015

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
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18 November 2015

Irish hospital plans records access

A hospital in Ireland plans to give patients access to their medical records by this time next year.
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