Fran is Chief Information Officer of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and CEO of eHealth Ireland enabling the digital transformation of Ireland’s health service.
With over 25 years’ in health ICT leadership, he has a comprehensive understanding and practical application of transformation and change management within the health sector. Before his appointment as COI Fran was the Programme Director for the Strategic e-Health Programme. He has been involved with all aspects of ICT and has played a leading role in delivering various projects and programmes including hospital administration and clinical systems, primary care messaging and health finance solutions.
Fran led the creation and set up of the ICT Project Management Office within the HSE and has responsibility for delivering a number of key strategic e-Health programmes including the electronic health record for the country and the individual health identifier.