Technology Enabled Care (TEC)

Exploring the potential of leveraging technology in health and care delivery in Northern Ireland.

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Digital Strategy for Health and Social Care NI

Making lives better for the people of Northern Ireland, using digital to transform the way we deliver health, care and well-being services.

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Northern Health & Social Care Trust next Trust to implement encompass

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What is DHCNI?

Digital Health and Care NI (DHCNI) is the data and technology lead to the health and social care system in Northern Ireland. Our mission is to harness the power of digital to improve health and care for our population, while improving working practices for all HSC staff.

We will:

  • Ensure that everyone’s data is protected by assuring the quality, safety and security of data and information flows across the health and social care sector.
  • Empower individuals to use digital, if they choose to do so, to care for themselves and take control of their own health and wellbeing.
  • Provide our staff with access to high quality information, equipped with the digital resources they need to deliver safe, high quality and efficient care that meet regional and local need.
  • Equip HSCNI to be joined-up, efficient with informed patient journeys, based on secure, real-time patient data.
  • Make HSCNI the system that innovators want to come to learn about informatics excellence.
About DHCNI

Our digital vision

A short introduction to the new Digital Vision and Strategy for Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, and what it means for Health and Care Professionals and people.

Latest news

To keep up to date with the latest news, key milestones, and events happening within DHCNI, check out our latest news articles or select see more articles below to browse the news archives.

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Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is encouraging people to sign up to the My Care patient portal

Health Minister Mike Nesbitt is encouraging people to sign up for access to the My Care patient portal, which allows...

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Southern and Western Trusts to Complete encompass Rollout across Northern Ireland

The Southern and Western Health and Social Care Trusts will make history on 8 May 2025, as they become the...

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Belfast Trust makes the move to a single digital record

Belfast Health and Social Care Trust is now live with the new digital record system, encompass, replacing paper processes with...

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Northern Trust confirms encompass Go-Live date of Nov 7, 2024

The Northern Health and Social Care Trust will be waving goodbye to paper records this autumn when it goes live...

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Digital Dispatches, Episode 33: – Secondary use of Data

In the most recent episode of Digital Dispatches, Dr Frances Burns, Lead for Control of Data Processing Legislation and the...

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Digital Comms

A source of information on our Digital programmes. Watch Digital Dispatches, our monthly webinar or listen to the Digital Bytes podcast for more information, program status updates or next steps for digital programmes.

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