An innovation partnership supporting the future of general practice sees OX.DH partner with FDB (First Databank) to shape medicines intelligence in primary care. The collaboration brings together Oxford Digital Health’s 100% cloud-native technology and FDB’s new Multilex Cloud capabilities into OX.DH’s clinical system for primary care.
Tech provider OX.DH’s primary care solution compliance with the NHS England Tech Innovation Framework delivers a modern, intuitive primary care solution. As part of accelerating modernisation, the new partnership streamlines medicines data management and prescribing, with the partnership commenting that this is “a major step forward in driving safer, more connected, and more efficient healthcare”.
FDB Multilex is used at the point of care as an e-prescribing decision support tool and drug database, used at more than 10,000 sites in the UK. Integrating into existing clinical workflows, it enables “context-specific drug knowledge and enhanced functionality”, helping to reduce prescribing errors. FDB recently announced the launch of Multilex in the Cloud to provide NHS organisations and partners with a smarter and faster way to access up-to-date clinical decision support.
OX.DH said to HTN: “OX.DH’s cloud-native platforms stand out due to their inherent flexibility, rigorous security standards, and ability to integrate seamlessly with solutions like Multilex. These factors make our solutions ideally suited to the evolving digital needs of the NHS. Our strategic collaboration with the NHS, and our pivotal technology partnership with Microsoft, helps to further our mission to give patients and clinicians an easier and better experience.”
In July, NHS England approved OX.DH’s primary care solution, OX.gp, as part of a new generation of electronic patient record systems for GPs. CEO John Kosobucki referred to qualifying for TIF as “a game-changing achievement”, adding: “This expands our ability to support the NHS in driving digital innovation at speed and scale. Our products are purpose-built for today’s healthcare challenges, designed with cutting-edge technology to securely enhance patient care and streamline clinical workflows.”
Wider trend: The future of digital general practice
For a recent HTN Now panel discussion, we spoke to experts from across the healthcare sector on the future of general practice core systems. This included exploring potential opportunities and areas of future growth, considering challenges such as integration and interoperability, and outlining what “good” looks like in this space. Our panellists were Bex Cottey, business manager for Conisbrough GPs, Emma Stratful, chief operating officer at OX.DH, Dr Sheikh Mateen Ellahi, GP and practice partner at ELM Tree Surgery and South Stockton Primary Care Network and Dr Shanker Vijayadeva, GP lead, digital transformation for the London region at NHS England.
London’s five ICBs, along with NHS England London Region and the wider London Health and Care Partnership, have joined together to issue a ‘target operating model’ for neighbourhood health in the London region, based on engagement across the capital which highlighted a desire for more accessible and consistent care and using new technologies “where appropriate”.
For HTN Now, we held a webinar on the topic of harnessing data for total triage in primary care. Our panellists shared details on current uses of data for total triage, discussing key successes, challenges, learnings, and best practice. Experts included Ananya Datta, associate director of primary care digital delivery at South East London ICB; Asad Ashraf, GP and digital clinical lead at North East London ICB; and Devin Gray, GP and clinical lead for digital transformation at Wandsworth GP Federation.
