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e-Referrals could be sent to a central referrals office at hospital group level

The number of e-referrals received increased by 84 per cent, from 2,289 to 4,222, in the four months to November, IMT reports.

The HSE has announced the next five sites in the national roll-out of electronic referrals, in Dublin, Galway and Donegal.

While primary care leads secondary care in electronic communication in many cases, more needs to be done to enhance electronic referrals and discharges, reports Aoife Connors The entire integration of primary and secondary care cannot take place until both can communicate by electronic means.