Key points from article :
Chief Clinical Information Officer Yvonne Goff reports on first year’s progress
Article is mainly focused on management and strategy but includes 2 key successes:
1. Digitising GP referral process – previously physical letter handled 18 times on way to hospital consultant.
2. Individual Health Identifier – a unique lifelong number for every person in Ireland to identify them when using health and social care services allowing data to be shared securely between organisations.
