HIQA publishes new national standards to support ePrescribing implementation

27th January 2017

Standards will 'reduce medication prescription and transcription errors, leading to increased quality and efficiency'

Drop in eReferrals is ‘to be expected’

4th February 2016

The latest number of GPs using eReferrals (December) is “nearing 550”, up from 500 in November.

HIQA to publish standards on health identifiers

12th March 2015

HIQA is set to publish standards on individual health identifiers today (March 12), calling it “a really important milestone for health information in this country”.

Standards are key to ePrescribing: HIQA

11th March 2015

HIQA has published standards to support the implementation of electronic prescribing, and its Acting Director of Health Information Rachel Flynn tells Lloyd Mudiwa why ePrescribing is an important part of the wider eHealth strategy.