It is a group of General Practitioners who have an expressed interest in IT within general practice. It was formed following a recognised united interest among its members in the HealthOne program.
It oversees many changes with regards to the program functionality, and is dedicated and pro-active in the evolution of this widely used Practice software program.
The overall objectives of the Group are to ensure that users of all capabilities get the most out of the program to enhance record keeping within General Practice.
The HealthOne Programme is extremely versatile and has been used by many GP’s to complete projects such as Auditing and Surveillance
The CME (Continuous Medical Education)/ CAS (Competence Assurance System) which GP’s are now required to do is much more straightforward if a software program within practice is designed to extract Audit Material with ease. HealthOne does exactly that.
As changes occur within the Health Service, HealthOne is a program which evolves well to these changes, and often could be considered one of the leading programs. With a very strong, and driven User-group, the program adapts well.
Since 2015 there were huge changes in Healthcare in Ireland with the emphasis being on ‘Cycles of Care’ for Type 2 Diabetes and Asthma followed by development of Chronic Disease programme, not to mention e-mail prescribing and electronic vaccinations submission. HealthOne members have already been in talks between the program developers, the HSE and the PCRS to ensure Data can be transferred with ease, and avoid the need for double entry.
Current HIUG Committee:
Niall Maguire, Chair
Conor O’Shea, Secretary
Matt Dahm, Treasurer
Greg Pszkit, Technical Director
Bernadine Rochford
Colman Byrne
Eamon Shanahan
Jack McCarthy
John Garvey
Linda King
Michael Coleman
Michael Joyce
Pramod Agarwal
Ronan Sharkey
Valerie Flood