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As the clocks go back and the winter months set in, it's time to consider flu season and the support your practice needs. October also brings news of the EPS Bulk Signing rollout and the success of Folkestone, Hythe & Rural PCN who've been shortlisted for a HSJ award.
Are you ready for the flu season?
With the colder months almost upon us, we’ve brought together our key guidance and resources to help support our primary care customers this flu season.
There are a number of tools within EMIS Web that can support you during this period, including helping with managing clinics and appointments, identifying and inviting patients and don’t forget our Patient Access flu eligibility checker.
The resources page also contains further information on EMIS partner solutions such as Surgery Connect (to help manage telephone traffic), Hero Health (an automated booking solution) and Docmail (helps streamline bulk mailings).
Find out how EMIS are supporting practices this flu season.
Our Patient Access app helps both patients and practices
Are your patients taking advantage of the recently launched Smart Pharmacy feature of our Patient Access app? By signing up for the app using their NHS login details, they'll benefit from a range of features that not only make life simpler but enable them to take control of their healthcare digitally.
With the Smart Pharmacy function within Patient Access, patients can:
- Order repeat prescriptions via the app to be sent directly into the GP workflow.
- Order and track the status of their repeat prescriptions.
- Plus, much more.
What this means for you:
- No need to generate repeat prescriptions.
- Reduced phone calls to your GP surgery.
- Reduced administrative workloads for staff.
The app features a range of pharmacy locations within your local region, which is convenient for both patients and practices, and more local pharmacies are signing up for inclusion every day.
So please encourage your patients to download and start using the Patient Access app today, it will certainly transform their experience.
Delivering end-to-end visibility of a prescription from approval through to collection at a convenient place and time, offers peace of mind for patients and their GP alike.
Learn more about Patient Access.
EPS Bulk signing roll-out
We're pleased to inform you that the roll out of the new EPS Bulk Signing functionality for all our GP England practices has now completed. This enables 3,784 practices to save time and improve productivity.
The new functionality in Medicine Management gives clinicians the option to bulk sign eligible EPS tasks. This has been designed with clinical safety and best practice in mind, working closely with pilot users to refine the functionality and create a clinically safe solution with approval from NHS England; this will significantly speed up the process of completing Awaiting Signing tasks.
Find out more about EPS Bulk Signing
We have further EPS Bulk Signing enhancements on our roadmap, including being able to bulk sign patient requested items from the “Request with Queries” folder. We'll keep users informed as these developments progress and become available.
Click here to find out more on EMIS Now
Folkestone, Hythe and Rural Primary Care Network shortlisted for HSJ Award
Congratulations to the team at Folkstone, Hythe and Rural (FH&R) Primary Care Network who’ve been shortlisted in the Primary and Community Care Innovation category at this years’ HSJ Awards, for their outstanding PCN Hub operating model.
The team at FH&R have worked extremely hard to bring innovation and change to their organisation, and now NHS England will be using their model as a blueprint to help colleagues in other PCNs with their operations, and boost appointment capacity through federated delivery of services.
We worked closely with FH&R to develop our EMIS Web PCN Hub, which the team use to support their innovative operating model.
EMIS-X pilot update
We're working closely with our pilot users to test and refine the functionality of EMIS-X as we prepare for wider release. Over 4,300 users are using EMIS-X across 82 organisations. We've just released Investigations Clinical View to more pilot sites to more positive feedback that it's making daily activities more efficient.
To find out more about the latest EMIS-X updates, visit the EMIS Now page.
You can find training resources on EMIS Now and EMIS Academy, and view presentation recording and content from our EMIS-X summer roadshows on our website. Find out more now.
Support clinical trial recruitment with our free tool
Recruit is available to EMIS Web users in England, allowing you to surface and contact potential patients for clinical trials in your area at the touch of a button. Eliminating the need for time-consuming manual searches and tasks, Recruit uses advanced analytics and algorithms powered by EMIS-X to surface patients in just a few clicks.
By supporting clinical research, you can help to accelerate the development of cutting-edge treatments and improve patient outcomes on a national scale. Activate Recruit for free today by following the simple steps outlined here.
Resource Publisher: GP England roll-out now complete
We would like to remind you of the recently completed roll-out of Resource Publisher to our GP England Practices.
Over 4,200 organisations are already using Resource Publisher and we're now looking to activate more clinical service organisations including PCNs and Federations, as well as a handful of practices who weren't activated as part of the initial roll-out.
Work will continue to optimise Resource Publisher and improve how the module functions and performs. We'll be sharing updates on the EMIS Web Project Updates page on EMIS Now.
Click here to find out more on EMIS Now
Latest news
Helping community pharmacy prepare for a service-led future
Sima Jassal explores the role of technology in improving community pharmacy and the Pharmacy First model with her latest article in Chemist + Druggist.
EMIS awarded Tech Team of the Year
EMIS has been named Tech Team of the Year at The Leeds Digital Festival Awards 2023. This award recognises the incredible work of the EMIS teams who collaborated to build our Pathway solution in a short space of time using next generation EMIS-X technology.
Thank you: EMIS Web in Wales
The procurement sessions for Wales have now concluded and we’d like to extend a warm thank you to all the practices who’ve attended, engaged with our sessions, and submitted questions.
By the time you’ve received this the deadline for choosing your provider will have passed. We hope the sessions have been useful and have helped you make an informed choice on the best system for you and your patients.