The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, has introduced a full electronic health record for all newborn babies and women receiving maternity services at the hospital.
The Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS), will be implemented in all 19 maternity units across the country will enhance care as all patients will have an electronic record instead of a paper record, allowing clinical record information to be shared with relevant providers of care, as and when required.
“The Rotunda Hospital is the first Dublin maternity hospital, and the third hospital nationally, to introduce the Maternal & Newborn Clinical Management System,” said Rotunda Hospital master Prof Fergal Malone.
“The Rotunda is the first stand-alone hospital to go completely electronic in terms of its maternity health care records, which has the potential to offer great efficiencies for patients and healthcare providers. We anticipate even further advances in terms of patient safety and satisfaction over and above our existing services. This successful launch is a result of the collaboration, dedication and teamwork of many staff within the hospital, the HSE, Cerner and maternity services nationally.”
HSE interim CIO Jane Carolan said: “This is another important step in our electronic health journey. MN-CMS is one of eHealth Ireland’s flagship programmes. This is a significant investment in modernising the service through the deployment of technology which directly improves patient care.”
The system has been tailored for the Irish healthcare system with clinicians completing a full clinical validation of the design and build of the MN-CMS.
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