Rollout of electronic health records delayed until after completion of Children's Hospital

Social Democrats health spokeswoman Róisín Shortall noted the HSE’s former chief information officer Richard Corbridge quit his position in frustration in 2018. Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins 

A Government decision in 2018 to refuse funding for electronic health records until after the new Children’s Hospital is complete has left the HSE struggling to patch up digital networks.

The Oireachtas health committee noted that 2018 was also the same year a former HSE chief information officer quit his post in frustration.