€2m spent on hospital IT systems due for replacement

Over €2m has been spent since 2014 upgrading hospital laboratory information systems which are in the process of being replaced.

The start date for the €33m National Medical Laboratory Information System (MedLIS) project was October 2015, with the first hospitals — St James Hospital in Dublin, Regional Hospital Tullamore, and Regional Hospital Portlaoise — earmarked to go live with it in December 2016.

However, the phase one rollout has been delayed until the second quarter of 2018 to accommodate changes required for the system to work “in the right way for the Irish healthcare system”, the HSE said.