Digital healthcare is the buzzword for 2024. What does it mean for sick people in Ireland?

Most patients are interested to hear about electronic health records, with their health information visible to doctors in one place — so goodbye to retelling your symptoms to every new face at the clinic.

The switch from relying on paper to using digital devices or records is like waiting for the motorway from Cork to Dublin to be built some time ago, according to the HSE’s Dr Colm Henry.

“It was only ever as good as its slowest bits. People always said ‘this is a great patch of road but I still have to drive through Fermoy’, he said.