Resume
Specialist in Health Informatics with expertise in electronic communications, messaging and the Internet. Certified Health Level Seven (HL7) Specialist. A talent for innovative thinking, project management and completion. Established record of research and publication in the areas of health care and the Internet, the electronic medical record, and coding and classification. Ability to work in a team to develop quality services in primary care and secondary care.
Areas of Experience and Achievement:
Health Informatics
National ICT Project Manager for the General Practice Information Technology (GPIT) Group, 2007
Certification of Laboratory and Radiology electronic messages against the HSE Message Standard, 2006
Consultancy to the National Cardiovascular Information System (NCIS) Project, 2005
Project Manager for the General Practitioner Electronic Links (GPEL) GP Out of Hours Coop Messaging Project in the Health Service Executive South Eastern Area, 2004 - 2005. Project presentation at Healthcare Informatics Socienty of Ireland conference 2005 available (PowerPoint format, 570K).
Project Manager for the General Practitioner Electronic Links (GPEL) Laboratory Messaging Project in the Health Service Executive South Eastern Area, 2003 - 2005
Member of the Health Service Executive (HSE) Messaging Subgroup, assisting in the development of Irish Messaging Standards in HL7XML, 2003 - 2005.
Consultancy to the South Inner City of Dublin Partnership in Primary Care (SICP) on the development of electronic communications in primary care, including use of secure clinical email, digital IDs and encryption, 2001 -
Consultancy on the implementation of electronic communications between the Southern Health Board and General Practitioners, using HL7/XML, 2002 - 2003.
General Practice
Primary Care Unit doctor, Health Service Executive South Eastern Area, September 1999 - ongoing
- Member of the Leadership & Partnership Team, Waterford Regional Hospital
- Member of the Medicines & Therapeutices Committee, Waterford Regional Hospital
Single handed rural general practitioner in Lismore, County Waterford 1989 - 1999
General Practitioner Trainer in the South Eastern Health Board GP Training Programme 1992 to 1999
Qualifications:
Membership of the Irish College of General Practitioners, 2007
Open University postgraduate computing course in Relational Database Systems (M876), 2007
HL7 Certified, HL7 V2.3 Chapter 2 - Control/Query Specialist, 2002
MSc in Health Informatics, University of Southampton, 1999
Membership of the Royal College of General Practitioners, London, 1983
Diploma in Child Health
Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Certificate of Satisfactory Completion of GP training, UK 1983
University College Cork, graduated 1979, MB, BCh, BAO
Organisation Membership
Member of the Heath Level Seven (HL7) organisation, http://www.hl7.org
Member of the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland, http://www.hisi.ie
Comments and suggestions to Dr Brian O'Mahony at email: bom AT iol DOT ie
Last updated August 31st 2007