'People should have digital access to their medical records'

A HSE conference on digitalising the health service has heard that people should have access to all their medical records on their mobile phones.

People should have access to all their medical records on their mobile phones to make the phrase ‘patient-centred care’ a reality, a senior HSE figure has said.

A HSE conference on digitalising the health service, between 2024 and 2027, heard calls for greater remote monitoring of at-home patients by hospitals and a mobile phone app to provide easy access to medical information.