Hospitals’ maternity IT system is struggling to find its feet

It’s been described as a “landmark project”, unique across the world, the first national electronic health record for all mothers and babies — and no-one disputes that.
The Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) promises to eventually provide “a seamless, complete and reliable source of all the information clinicians require to quickly and to accurately make care decisions for the optimal wellbeing of mothers and infants across Ireland”.