Delays ongoing as HSE to replace IT system

The Health Service Executive has applied for funding to replace its laboratory IT system at Cork University Hospital, which crashed almost two weeks ago and remains out of service causing major delays in diagnostic services.

The system, out of action since August 16, is still not restored despite the HSE saying its ICT department was “working with the suppliers of the system to correct these technical issues as quickly as possible”.

Because the Laboratory Information Management System at CUH is centralised, Kerry General Hospital, Bantry General Hospital, and Mallow General Hospital are also affected, as well as the blood transfusion laboratory at Mercy University Hospital.