HSE tenders for €50m national electronic prescription service to reduce medication errors

The HSE said its 'prescribing and dispensing processes are fragmented, with either Healthmail (secure email) or paper-based prescriptions being used.' File picture

The HSE is set to spend up to €50m on a new national electronic prescription service as it seeks to modernise as part of Ireland’s “broader digital health transformation”.

It has gone out to tender for the provision of this technology which it said will be rolled out in both public and private settings across the country’s healthcare system.