New bill aims to digitise healthcare information in Ireland

Under the bill, it is hoped that patients will have greater access and control over their own medical data and health professionals can gain a more complete overview of the patient. 

A long-awaited bill to update "incoherent and unco-ordinated" health data will be brought to Cabinet on Tuesday.

Health Minister Stephen Donnelly will bring his Health Information Bill to Cabinet today. It seeks to modernise and digitise healthcare information, and address the current system which has been described as "incoherent and unco-ordinated", while also bringing it in line with European regulations.