1,200 GPs test-drive EMIS' next generation IT system

More than 1,200 GPs and practice managers from 704 practices flocked to a ‘sell-out’ series of EMIS roadshows at 10 venues from Brighton to Bolton for a ‘hands-on’ demonstration of EMIS Web, the next generation system from leading healthcare software provider EMIS.

 

EMIS Web is set to transform patient care and NHS efficiency by allowing GPs, community nurses and hospitals to view and contribute to a patient’s cradle-to-grave healthcare record through secure data-sharing in real time.

 

It is already being used by doctors involved in GP commissioning – the central plank of the government’s recently announced plans for transforming the NHS.

 

Dr Jude Mahadanaarachchi, a GP commissioner in Liverpool, said: “For successful GP commissioning you need a sophisticated, integrated and reliable IT system that allows GPs across the commissioning consortia to share real-time information with clinicians in hospitals and other settings.

 

“EMIS Web is able to do all this. It has simplified the referral process and helped us to transform healthcare in Liverpool.” 

 

EMIS Managing Director Sean Riddell said: “The runaway success of this year’s roadshows has shown there is a real appetite for EMIS Web, and we would like to thank all the GPs and practice staff who took the time to come to our events.

 

“A number of practices have already asked to upgrade to the system and so far, 500 have signed up for the familiarisation service, which will allow them to move smoothly over the EMIS Web when they are ready.

 

“This is in addition to the 1,700 GP practices and PCTs who have been streaming data into EMIS Web for some considerable time.”