Launch of National Standards for Information Management in Health and Social Care

HIQA has  published new National Standards for Information Management in Health and Social Care.

The aim of the national standards is to provide a roadmap to improve the quality of national health and social care information, which will ultimately contribute to the delivery of safe and reliable care. They are being published at a time of significant policy developments around health information at both national and European level, including the forthcoming European Health Data Space regulation and Health Information Bill. The standards will also support the implementation of the Department of Health’s recently published strategy, Digital for Care: A Digital Health Framework for Ireland 2024-2030. They can be used by all services and organisations that collect, use or share health and social care information to improve information management across the entire system

To support organisations to meet these standards, HIQA has also published three guidance documents. Together, the national standards and guidance will help to drive improvements across the health information system by setting out what is expected of services managing data and information as Ireland advances its system-wide transition to digital health. The National Standards for Information Management in Health and Social, and associated guidance documents can be found here.

A webinar outlining what the new standards will mean for the health and social care sector will be held in the coming months. You can register your interest in attending this webinar here. Please feel free to share this link with relevant contacts within your network.

If you have any questions, please contact us at: healthinformation@hiqa.ie.