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July newsletter 2022
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Our July newsletter introduces Pathway and the impact it's already having with an exciting pilot project, spotlights our pharmacy team and gives you the opportunity to shape what you see in future editions.
Our first clinical trial study is now live in Recruit
We’re excited to announce that our first clinical study, sponsored by Novo Nordisk is now live in Recruit, our clinical trial recruitment solution. The collaboration between GP’s, the study sponsor and EMIS has been excellent, and we’ll be sharing further information about the project soon.
More studies will be available in Recruit over the coming weeks and months. The solution can be activated in a few simple steps that enable you to view live studies and see how many of your patients are eligible to consent and take part.
With just a few minutes of your time and a few clicks you can invite groups of patients to join studies whilst generating practice income. To activate, follow this link to EMIS Now.
World Hepatitis Day
July 28 is World Hepatitis Day. The aim is to bring the world together to raise awareness of the global burden of viral hepatitis. This year’s theme is ‘I Can’t Wait,’ for a world without hepatitis. The day celebrates the progress made so far to eliminate the virus, and raises awareness of the current challenges.
The Global target is to eliminate and treat Hepatitis C by the year 2030. NHS England plan to eliminate the blood borne virus by 2025, and through collaboration on the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) Elimination Programme it’s possible.
Hepatitis C Pathway pilot
We’re humbled to be involved in the elimination programme, working with NHSE, MSD and our Operational Delivery Network (ODN) colleagues. Our Pathway solution, powered by EMIS-X, will support the identification of those who have a diagnosis or are at greater risk of Hepatitis C.
Hear from Susan Sperber, User Research Manager at EMIS, about how we’re harnessing human-centred design in the fight to eradicate Hepatitis C and from and from Dr Ian Wood, Clinical Director at EMIS and practicing GP, on how eliminating Hepatitis C could stop the clock on a health timebomb.
Introducing Pathway
The Hepatitis C pilot is the first Pathway project. Pathway is an integrated solution within EMIS Web designed to support GP's to easily identify cohorts of patients who could benefit from early intervention. Over the coming months you’ll hear more from us about how Pathway works, and how we can help you develop better patient pathways and improve local and national population health.
You can find more information here.
Spotlight on community pharmacy
During July we shone a spotlight on our community pharmacy team and the range of solutions that we supply to help you navigate the ever-changing landscape of community pharmacy. Firstly, we let the community pharmacy team take over our Twitter feed to share some of the work they do and three of the team shared a day each with us. If you missed it, you can find it by scrolling back here.
Here is a round-up of the other stories and solutions we shared across the month.
Community pharmacy partners
At EMIS, we continually strive to partner with leading healthcare organisations across the UK and worldwide, to deliver innovative solutions that keep community pharmacies ahead of the curb.
Read more about how technology has advanced through these strategic partnerships.
Improving medication delivery efficiency for community pharmacies
Create a more streamlined approach to your medication delivery with ProDelivery Manager, enabling you to manage, optimise and track patient prescriptions and it's fully integrated with ProScript Connect. Find out more about how ProDelivery Manager can help you.
Customer story
Find out how Care Quality Pharmacy saved up to four hours a day setting up care home customers in Coventry thanks to a connection between EMIS and Med e-care systems.
Supporting the move from traditional dispensing to service delivery
Ever since the pandemic hit, pharmacists have been at the forefront of patient care, helping to ease pressure from other healthcare providers. We're working to support pharmacists to offer better services to patients whilst helping to break down barriers between care settings.
Find our more about how our solutions can help you to deliver world-class, joined-up care.
A London pharmacy group that introduced digital services during the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically increased flu vaccinations and carried out thousands of digital consultations.
Find out how the platform is enabling pharmacies to offer both physical and virtual appointments.
Patient Access
Patient Access will soon be available to set up with NHS login. Patient Access allows patients to book GP appointments, manage repeat prescriptions and view medical records via the patent access app smartphone or tablet.
Find more information on how Patient Access can help you and your patients here.
Promoting Patient Access to your patients
To help promote Patient Access to your patients, we’ve produced some posters, flyers and appointment cards. You can download these on EMIS Now.
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Upcoming events
HETT Digital Health Conference28 - 29 September, 2021ExCeL London
Want to improve your digital health strategies, operational efficiency, digital skills and patient outcomes? Join us at @HETTShow’s CPD certified health tech and digital health conference https://hubs.la/Q0112yYs0
Help for new starters in primary care
Learning a new clinical system can seem a bit daunting at first, but the activities listed in this article will help you get up to speed. We've identified the key tasks for different roles and linked them to the EMIS Web help pages.
We also have a 'Getting started in EMIS Web' recorded training session available.
Product updates
Community
EMIS Mobile
- Android 6.3.1 was released live at the end of June and focused on improving syncing behaviour, the feedback we've had so far has been positive. We're working on development of new functionality across all three platforms for future releases.
- Some of the new functionality will be the ability to edit consultations (after submission) and body maps to highlight areas of concern during a consultation (iOS & Android).
Urgent and Emergency Care
Symphony
- We're starting to deploy Symphony sending the FHIR emergency Care eDischarge message direct to GP systems.
- The latest release of Symphony web viewer is due for release in August, which will include dashboards, printable NEWS2 observation chart, enhanced Role Based Access Control latest patches for Symphony v3.1.