Access to Information (A2i)

Access to Information (A2I) Overview

The A2i-HIDs Team develops, supports and manages services which enable change and improved efficiencies within the Health Service through the use of connected eHealth solutions.

Covid Services Front Door Portal

The Covid Services Front Door (CSFD) portal has been created to simplify and improve a citizen’s interaction with the HSE when requesting a Covid related service by providing them with a simple user-friendly interface to capture and pre-populate some of their information.

Healthlink

Healthlink is the HSE’s national health messaging broker and provides a web-based messaging service which allows the secure transmission of structured clinical patient information between hospitals, healthcare agencies and medical practitioners.

Healthmail

Healthmail is a secure email service used for the exchange of patient identifiable clinical information among health care professionals.

Health Provider Portal

Health Provider Portal (HPP) allows vaccinators to record details of and claim reimbursement for vaccinations which they administer. It also delivers vaccination history search functionality.

Individual Health Identifier

The Individual Health Identifier (IHI) is used to uniquely identify each person engaging with the Health Service Executive and relevant social care agencies. Once assigned, the IHI lasts for your lifetime. It is a number that is only used by healthcare staff and service providers and is never given to anyone else.

Health Service Provider Identifiers

The Health Directory is the basis for the provision of identifiers for Health Service Providers (Practitioners and Organisations) as required by the Health Identifiers Act 2014.