12/04/2021
Number of Clinicians registered: 5,294
Number of Practices registered: 1,874
Number of Electronic reports sent/received to date in 2021:
Further stats on referrals can be found on the eHealth Ireland website
Healthlink's core remit is to provide a messaging service that allows patient information to be securely transferred between Hospitals and Medical Practitioners.
Patient information is generated on the source hospital system and transferred to and from our servers using secure network connections. Users log in to the HealthlinkOnline website (Supported browsers: Microsoft Edge v84 and later, Google Chrome v84 and later and Firefox v78 and later) with a unique username, password, PIN and digital client certificate to verify identity. The application is also accessible via web service calls, meaning the accredited Practice Management Systems can integrate patient information automatically without opening the website. Our service calls are also used to generate referral messages from within the Practice Management Systems which are sent on to the hospital via Healthlink. Message files are formatted in HL7 which is an internationally recognised standard for exchanging information between healthcare applications. Healthlink is fully compliant with the HIQA National GP messaging Standards. Any vendor wishing to exchange messages with Healthlink should adhere to these standards.
The technical specifications below are available for Hospitals and Software Suppliers who wish to work with Healthlink.
Healthlink Hospital Information & Interface Specification - TCP
HealthlinkOnline Message Specification
General Referral Message Construction Guide
Referral Response Message Guide
MN-CMS Discharge Summary Specification
Project Proposals:
A set of criteria have been compiled to assist Healthlink in evaluating project proposals. This enables developments to be aligned with agreed priorities and to ensure appropriate funding is available and maximum value is obtained from the national messaging infrastructure.
If you wish to work with us on a specific project, please complete the Project Proposal Form and email to a2ihids-pmo@hse.ie
The Healthlink Support team will now be working remotely. We would ask all our users to use our support email: support.healthlink@hse.ie as the first point of contact. In cases where you do need to contact us by phone please contact one of the following numbers: 01- 8287146, 01- 8287138, 01 8287145 and 01- 8287131
24/03/2021
Electronic referrals to Portiuncula Hospital and Tuam PCCC for Radiology and Ultrasound are now available.
22/03/2021
We are pleased to inform you that you can now send electronic referrals to the Emergency Department in CUH.
12/03/2021
Electronic plain film X-Ray referrals are now available to St. John's Hospital Limerick.
10/03/2021
We are pleased to inform you that you can now send electronic referrals to the National Spine Institute (Private Clinic) - This service is available for Spinal, Paediatric, Hip and Knee orthopaedic assessments and treatments. Clinic locations are in North Dublin (Santry) and South Dublin (Beacon Court, Sandyford).
10/03/2021
We are pleased to inform you that electronic referrals for CAMHS ID Cork 2 (Cork city and North Cork) are now available through Healthlink.
01/03/2021
Electronic Endoscopy Referrals are now live under Louth Hospital Group
Healthlink is the National Health Messaging broker and provides a web-based messaging service which allows the secure transmission of clinical patient information between Hospitals, Health Care Agencies and Medical Practitioners. Healthlink is funded by the HSE and all our services are free of charge to GPs. Healthlink is part of the Access to Information & Health Identifiers Programme under the Office of the CIO. The two teams have come together to realise the vision of enabling timely access to health information when and where it is needed.
Patient Confidentiality:
One aspect of our user support includes following up on patient reports, e.g. test results that have not been sent electronically. If you need to send patient identifiable information to the Healthlink support team you must use your Healthmail account. Healthmail is an email service that allows GPs and their practice staff to send and receive clinical patient information in a secure manner. Healthlink is securely connected to Healthmail so all mail between the two domains is encrypted by default.
Please click on the following links to view our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.