A major challenge for the Health Service in Ireland is to complete the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in each Hospital, Clinic and GP Surgery. The EPR will eventually replace the bulky physical Medical Record which contains paper based records, X-ray film, etc.

In parallel better electronic communications and integration of information between the various stakeholders needs to be implemented. This will eventually lead to the "holy grail" which is to link all the providers of Health care with an electronic architecture which will enable any citizen’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) to be available securely wherever the need arises e.g. Hospital, GP, at Home, while travelling, etc.

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