St Vincent’s University Hospital (SVUH) plans to fully implement an electronic patient record (EPR) in its Emergency Department (ED) over the next 12-18 months as part of a project to ultimately make the ED completely paperless.
There is funding for 47 new e-Health roles, spread across the country, HSE Chief Information Officer Richard Corbridge has told IMT.
Consultant Psychiatrist Dr Ciaran Somers examines the practical realities of online patient records, and how instant access across locations can improve services and benefit patients.
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