Health allocates 37.2 million to unified Electronic Health Record

The Canary Islands Health Service will unify clinical data management across its entire care network with a new IT system.

Generic image of a tablet displaying an electronic health record interface with medical icons and data charts.
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Generic image of a tablet displaying an electronic health record interface with medical icons and data charts.

The Government Council of the Canary Islands has authorized an expenditure of 37,230,953 euros for the contracting of the development, installation, and support service for the unified Electronic Health Record (MAGEC HCE), which will be implemented across the entire care network of the Canary Islands Health Service (SCS).

The contract, to be awarded through an open procedure and lasting sixty months, aims to continue the autonomous body's digital transformation. The goal is to consolidate a person-centered care model, promoting care continuity, interoperability, data quality, and responsible technology use.
The MAGEC HCE project is conceived as a corporate system for managing patients' clinical information. Its implementation will standardize processes, enhance coordination between different care levels, and improve the availability and quality of clinical data throughout the network.
This system addresses the need to evolve towards a cohesive, data-oriented model capable of integrating existing information systems and adapting to future organizational, care, and regulatory needs. It is expected to include mechanisms for advanced analytics and be prepared for the integration of artificial intelligence, aimed at continuously improving clinical practice, health management, and SCS strategic planning.
The project aligns with the National Health System's Digital Health Strategy, the European Green Deal, and the European Digital Strategy. It will be developed in phases, with the aim of completing its implementation by 2031, thus meeting a long-standing demand from health professionals, as each center currently uses a different operating system for managing health data.
This marks a second step following the launch of the Unified Health Record Viewer, a significant initial technological milestone, which already allows for easy and agile access and viewing of patients' complete health records, regardless of the center where they received care.
Based on information from the official source: Gobierno de Canarias — Acuerdos (19/10/2026)