Finance stalls Beaumont’s risk review plan

The Department of Finance has put the brakes on an urgent risk assessment of Beaumont Hospital’s information system (BHIS), the failure of which could pose a risk to patient safety. The hardware and software underlying the BHIS has been deemed ‘obsolete’ by the hospital and is based on technology that is more than 20 years old, as revealed last week in Irish Medical Times. {openx:269} “In the likely event of system failure, there will be significant risks to continuity of service in the hospital, and to the integrity of the hospital’s data. Both could pose consequential risks to patient safety,”…