Hospital rolls out National Orthopaedic Register

TALLAGHT University Hospital (TUH) became the tenth hospital in Ireland to roll out the Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR) last Friday.

The register is a secure, web-based, real-time system which provides a national electronic register of patients receiving joint replacement surgery in Ireland.

Elective orthopaedic hip and knee replacement records will now be available nationally in a central register for the first time, according to a TUH spokesperson.

The register will collate information from Tallaght and will support early detection of implant performance and improve the efficiency of the recall and review process.

Prof Brendan O’Daly, clinical lead for the INOR Project in TUH, said: “We are delighted to be selected as the next site for roll out of INOR.

“We believe participation will support evidence-based practice, and provide direction for adopting the best innovations in the evolution of joint replacement in the years ahead.

“My colleagues and I believe our participation in INOR will ensure the continuation of the high standard of arthroplasty care at TUH.”

Mr David Moore, joint national clinical lead for INOR, also welcomed the introduction of INOR to Tallaght University Hospital.

He highlighted the “important contribution INOR makes to audit and good clinical governance, as well as allowing us to expedite notifying patients in the unlikely event of an implant recall occurring.”

Over the past four months, work was undertaken by the TUH implementation team for INOR in conjunction with the INOR national team to ensure implementation readiness across all relevant areas of TUH.

INOR first went live in May 2016 and is managed by the National Office of Clinical Audit in conjunction with the HSE Office of the Chief Information Officer and clinically supported by Irish Institute of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon (IITOS).