Digital longevity is primary care goal

The HSE's Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) was asked to respond to a challenge that would enable the DoH and Ministers to make decisions on appropriate strategic solutions "that could be delivered digitally to assist in the alleviation of the waiting list challenges currently...

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Published inIrish Medical Times Vol. 51; no. 8; p. 10
Main Author Culliton, Gary
Format Trade Publication Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sutton Irish Medical Times 03.03.2017
Subjects
Electronic health records
Feasibility studies
Integrated approach
Primary care
Web portals
Ireland
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Summary:The HSE's Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) was asked to respond to a challenge that would enable the DoH and Ministers to make decisions on appropriate strategic solutions "that could be delivered digitally to assist in the alleviation of the waiting list challenges currently facing the health system". In Finland, a citizen could not only see their record digitally, they could add information to a citizen version of the record and make this information available to clinicians, thus enabling preoperative checks and information collection to be carried out digitally, freeing up clinical team significantly A total of euro1 million had been allocated in the 2017 budget to begin to meet the challenge responses identified in 2017 for digital solutions, Hawkins House added.
ISSN:0047-147X