A 'lightning presentation' delivered by Dr. Shane McKee at the 2019 IPPOSI Conference on Electronic Health Records.

1. GROWING AN
INFORMATICS
ECOSYSTEM
SHANE MCKEE
CONSULTANT IN GENETIC MEDICINE
BELFAST TRUST
BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL
@SHANEMUK

2. NORTHERN IRELAND –
OUR JOURNEY SO FAR
 Legacy of a fragmented
system
 Multiple PAS instances
 Hundreds of semi-isolated
systems
 Very healthcare-
professional-centred
 Paper-based processes

3. THE GREAT TRANSITION
NI Electronic Care Record
• Changing how we deliver care
• Regional standardisation
• Data flows through the system
• Acute & Community (Not Primary... yet)
• Vendor: EPIC
• (International open data standards)

5. GENOCEANIC – GENOMICS OPEN CORE
ENGINE ACCELERATING NI CARE
 100,000 Genomes Project
 OpenEHR (GOS, Marand)
 GENIE (UHB)
 Connection to NIECR and/or Trust systems
 Alongside #EncompassNI
 Aligns with “Once for NI” principles
 Readiness for National Genomic Medicine
Service

6. WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?
 Patients & professionals in
partnership
 Clinical systems
 Patient portals
 Dynamic consent
 Supporting healthy living
 Digital maturity
 Innovation
 We need to talk to each other