http://hdl.handle.net/10147/595592 Fri, 27 Oct 2017 23:09:52 GMT 2017-10-27T23:09:52Z http://www.lenus.ie:80/hse/retrieve/2478087/ehealthire.png http://hdl.handle.net/10147/595592 http://hdl.handle.net/10147/605713 Title: Electronic blood tracking system Authors: McEvoy, Catherine Description: Over 1,000 people receive transfusions every week in Ireland. This represents a substantial amount of blood movement from the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) to the hospitals. The need for EU and national laws covering the safety of blood transfusion arose out of the bleak events of the 1980s and 1990s where poor transfusion practices in several countries including Ireland, contributed to the spread of HIV and hepatitis in Europe and throughout the world. Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease (CJD) has also contributed significantly to the problem as currently there is no test for donors. Consequently it is necessary to have complete traceability for all blood products due to the long incubation period of the CJD prion EU Blood Directive 2002/98/EC enacted in Statutory Instrument 360 of 2005 seeks to ensure that the best practices in transfusion are adopted and available everywhere in Europe by “setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components” and covers both blood establishments and hospital blood banks. The effective date was November 2005, however the Irish government granted hospital blood banks a three year derogation for the quality system and they had to be fully compliant by November 2008. By the November 2008 deadline hospital blood banks achieved compliance using paperbased traceability systems with some hospitals further supported by electronic blood tracking systems. This case study outlines the improvements brought about by the introduction of an Electronic Blood Tracking system for Ireland. Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/605713 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/597060 Title: Electronic general GP referrals: case study Authors: Naughton, Elaine Description: The Hayes Report [LINK] in March 2010 into “unopened” or “unprocessed” GP referrals in Tallaght Hospital, and the subsequent HIQA report on patient referral from GPs to outpatient services [LINK] highlighted a number of problems which needed to be addressed, including:  Failures in communication  Lack of visibility and traceability of referrals  Significant variation and lack of protocols for the management of referrals between sites This case study outlines how the National Electronic General GP Referral Pilot Project tackled these problems using technology to bring about significant patient centered benefits to seven acute hospitals in Cork, Kerry and Tallaght, and participating GPs (insert links to the names of the hospitals) and addressed recommendations in these reports. Fri, 01 May 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/597060 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/596915 Title: Safer surgery saves lives: GS1 identification and bar code standards deployed in the Irish Health Service Executive’s (HSE) Central Decontamination Units (CDUs) Authors: Biggane, Pauline; Gormley, Alan Description: The Health Service Executive (HSE) is the government agency responsible for the provision of public healthcare services for everyone living in Ireland. The HSE now requires that all surgical instrument trays are identified using GS1 Standards to enable stakeholders to track and trace them throughout the supply chain. The system currently being rolled out is designed to create a collaborative, interoperable, and nationwide traceability solution for Central Decontamination Units. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/596915 2013-08-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10147/596918 Title: LauraLynn – a model community for eHealth: case study Authors: Naughton, Elaine Description: A global MIS system has been on the cards there for almost 4 years. In this document we discover what the motivation was, and how technology, for them, is helping them to make the most of short and precious lives. Mon, 01 Jun 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10147/596918 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z