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This February, we’re celebrating and reflecting on a busy start to 2026 — from a landmark commissioning success in Lincolnshire that's set to transform weight management services, to new tools helping clinicians save time and pharmacies run more smoothly. We also have details on how to nominate for the EMIS NUG Awards and how to register for our upcoming webinar on ensuring data integrity in AI with the launch of EMIS Scribe.
Strategic commissioning for weight loss services projected to save £2.15M and prevent 1,500 surgeries
Lincolnshire ICB is pioneering a new, evidence‑led approach to tackling severe obesity — a growing challenge affecting nearly two‑thirds of adults in England. Using Optum’s Weighted Value Framework and PHM Pathfinder Analytics, the ICB can now objectively compare service proposals, forecast outcomes and prioritise investment based on population need. This modern commissioning model is helping build a business case for an intensive, community‑based weight‑management service projected to save £2.15M and prevent 1,500 surgeries.
Click here to read the full case study.
Nominations for the EMIS NUG Awards are now open!
This year’s EMIS National User Group Conference will conclude with the EMIS NUG Awards dinner — a special evening that brings together our primary care customers to recognise and celebrate outstanding contributions, innovation and achievements. Submit a nomination below to shine a light on the individuals, teams or organisations who’ve gone above and beyond in their use of Optum technology.
Click here to submit your nomination.
Ensuring data integrity in AI: Introducing EMIS Scribe webinar
As ambient voice technology (AVT) and large language models become more common in clinical workflows, it’s vital to ensure that AI-generated notes don’t compromise the accuracy, safety and quality of the patient record.
Join us for our upcoming webinar, Ensuring Data Integrity in AI: Introducing EMIS Scribe, where our experts will demonstrate how EMIS Scribe — the first fully integrated, AI powered ambient scribe for EMIS-X® and EMIS Web® clinical workflows — is designed to protect data integrity from the ground up.
📅 Wednesday 18 March
🕐 12:00 to 13:00
In this session, you’ll learn how EMIS Scribe:
- Safeguards data integrity with built-in governance and safety monitoring
- Generates structured notes with contextual SNOMED-CT coding
- Enhances record quality through embedded safety checks
- Maintains higher data accuracy than standalone AVT tools
Click here to register.
Save time every day with EMIS-X
Clinicians using EMIS Web® together with EMIS‑X® are saving up to 70% more time on key tasks compared to using EMIS Web alone.
With EMIS‑X, you could save*:
- 12 seconds finding and viewing a care record document
- 27 seconds prescribing while reviewing investigations
- 42 seconds prescribing while reviewing a document
- 30 seconds prescribing while reviewing consultation details
- 29 seconds adding consultation details to a referral
(*Optum internal report)
Click here to find out how EMIS‑X could make a difference in your day.
Smarter script management for community pharmacy
When it gets busy, it’s easy for completed prescriptions to go missing, leading to delays and extra time searching for medication.
Prescription Tracking Manager (PTM) in ProScript Connect® gives community pharmacy teams a fast, centralised way to stay on top of completed prescriptions. Every item is logged with a tracking label, making it easy to find what you need quickly.
Top tips for using PTM effectively
- Retrieve scripts fast: Search for the patient and open the uncollected items panel to see where scripts are stored and record collections using edit status.
- See full history in seconds: View all active patient scripts and their complete PTS history in one place.
- Speed up deliveries: Create a delivery box in Boxes Manager and use a single PTS label to track every script added.
Click here to visit Optum Help Centre and bookmark in your browser.
Did you miss us at Best Practice London?
It was great to meet so many of you and share the latest EMIS-X® enhancements that support smarter working and better-connected care.
If you didn’t get chance to stop by — or want a deeper look at what we showcased — click here to get in touch.
Reflections on the National Neighbourhood Health Simulation — part two
In the second blog of our National Simulation of Neighbourhood Health reflections series, Rich Smith shares fresh insights gained from observing the simulation in action. Taking part as an observer rather than a participant offered a unique vantage point, revealing how multidisciplinary teams collaborate and where small improvements could strengthen neighbourhood working.
Rich highlights strong teamwork and coordination, alongside clear opportunities to build trust, reduce repeated assessments and support more confident decision‑making. He also notes the potential value of a step‑down self‑care pathway to ease hesitation around discharging patients.
Click here to read the full blog.
Congratulations to New Dover Road Surgery!
You've won a Nespresso coffee machine in our monthly draw — thank you for activating Recruit in EMIS-X®.
Why activate Recruit?
Recruit makes it easy for your practice to support clinical research that can help advance medical knowledge and improve patient care. It can also generate revenue for your practice, with automatic payments for all eligible patients that consent to share their contact details with the research organisation.
Want to be our next winner?
Simply accept the Recruit Terms and Conditions (Data Sharing Agreement) in EMIS-X by Monday 23 March to enter.
Click here to follow our step-by-step activation guide.