National Audiology Clinical Management System (NACMS)
HSE Audiology Services:
HSE Audiology Services comprise a range of clinical, technical and rehabilitative services that provide assessments and management of patients with audio/vestibular disorders from the cradle to the grave across community and acute hospital locations.
Audiology Services can:
- Diagnose problems with hearing.
- Treat hearing loss, for example by providing hearing devices.
- Service and repair hearing devices.
- Give advice about using assistive listening technologies.
- Provide counselling and information support to patients or families experiencing hearing loss.
Project Overview
The National Audiology Review Group recommended the implementation of a single Audiology Clinical Management System and following an open competition Auditdata was selected as the provider.
This project is a collaboration between acute and community services which aims to provide a single Audiology Record for patients. It will deliver improved patient care and integration between primary and secondary care.
The Project is divided into 2 Phases:
Phase 1: Community Rollout
Delivery of NACMS to all 9 Community Health Organisations. This phase is now complete.
Phase 2: Acute Hospital Rollout
Delivery of NACMS to 19 Acute Hospitals providing Audiology Services:
Dublin Midlands Hospital Group (DMHG)
St. James' Hospital
Tallaght University Hospital
Midlands Regional Hospital, Tullamore.
Ireland East Hospital Group (IEHG)
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
St. Vincent's University Hospital
Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital
RCSI Hospital Group
Beaumont Hospital
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.
Monaghan Hospital
South/South West Hospital Group (SSWHG)
Cork University Hospital
South Infirmary Victory University Hospital
University Hospital Waterford
Mallow General Hospital
Saolta Hospital Group
Galway University Hospital
Letterkenny University Hospital
Sligo University Hospital
Children's Health Ireland (CHI)
CHI Crumlin
CHI Temple Street
University of Limerick Hospital Group (ULHG)
University Hospital Limerick
The system will also be live in the new National Children Hospital when it opens.
System Overview:
The National Audiology Clinical Management System (NACMS) is a clinical IT system used to facilitate the scheduling, conducting, reporting, storage and viewing of audiology examinations requests and reports as well as the ability to manage stock and repairs for audiology devices such as hearing devices. It allows for the secure, electronic sharing of results between specialists for faster and improved diagnosis therefore improving the patient experience and care.
The benefits of NACMS include:
- Reduction in report “turn-around” time.
- Improved clinical consultation.
- Rapid and more complete audiology record retrieval.
- Improved facilities for education and research.
- Fewer repeat procedures.
- Provision of management information.
- Reduction in unreported / lost studies.
- Images follow the patient through the “Care Pathway”.
- Improved Data Security.
- Facilitates quality assurance.
If you would like more information or would like to speak to someone working on this project, please contact stephanie.cremen1@hse.ie