A&Es to go digital to allow sharing of key patient data

Every emergency department (ED) in Ireland is to go digital in a move that will make the units ‘paper-lite’ and identify bottlenecks in the system.

The Department of Health is working on a project called the Emergency Department Information System (EDIS).

The project will create a real-time information system on the 1.2m people who visit EDs in Ireland every year.