20 GP practices in Newham are now offering patients video consultations to improve access to health care advice. Patients can book appointments with their GP via the Patient Access app, and in time, they will be able to by the NHS App. NHS Newham Clinical Commissioning Group received funding from […]
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HTN Industry View: Delivering the NHSX mission
July marked the official launch of NHSX, a new organisation to oversee digital, data and technology. The organisation recently set its mission to reduce the burden on clinicians and staff, so they can focus on patients, giving people the tools to access information, improve productivity and ensure clinical information can be safely accessed, […]
Data sharing between GP clinical system suppliers on general release
Data sharing between TPP and EMIS Health is now available on general release. The agreement means healthcare professionals can view important patient information across different systems and care settings. It includes data from both GP and community records, providing staff with information such as allergies, medication, problems and consultations, recorded by […]
Enhanced version of EMIS App Library launched
IQVIA an advanced digital health prescribing, monitoring and studies platform has collaborated with EMIS Health to launch an enhanced version of the EMIS App Library. The collaboration enables GPs, clinical pharmacists and other clinical staff to find and recommend high quality, critically validated digital health apps to patients through EMIS Web. EMIS […]
GPs alerted 5 million times to recommend self-care
A national analysis of how practices in two thirds of CCGs using the OptimiseRx prescribing decision support tool has found GPs and other prescribers have been prompted 5 million times in the last year to promote self-care. Thousands of professionals have been acting on the alerts, helping prescribers to comply with […]
Industry View: Fit for the Future, A vision for general practice
The Royal College of General Practitioners recently published the Fit for the Future Report, a vision for general practice. It highlighted an end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation and to allow family doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs.. It states that by 2030 face-to-face GP […]
Servelec to enter primary care market
Servelec has announced its intention to enter the primary care space for the first time and will be adding some of its solutions to the recently announced GP IT Futures framework. The company provides electronic patient record, social care case management system and patient flow and bed management solutions. Neil Laycock, Managing Director at […]
Digital mental health platform supports GPs
Efficacy, the London-based Cognitive Behavioural Therapists is utilising the digital mental health platform developed by SilverCloud Health. The company provides care for individuals and organisations both privately and online treating a range of disorders and emotional issues, offering CBT treatment for problems around work, depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, stress, panic. They […]
GP IT Futures programme to create open, competitive market
In a speech at the King’s Fund Digital Health and Care Congress yesterday Matt Hancock announced the new GP IT Futures framework with an aim to develop new innovative GP IT systems. Health Secretary Matt Hancock in the speech said said: “I believe it should be as easy for a GP […]
RCGP publishes Fit for the Future: A vision for general practice
The Royal College of GPs has published a new paper which highlights an end to the standard 10-minute GP consultation to allow doctors to spend more time with patients with complex needs and by 2030 face-to-face consultations will be at least 15 minutes or longer for those patients who need […]
