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Prevention is better than cure

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From helping people who’re at risk of developing type 2 diabetes change their lifestyle to safeguarding children, we’re supporting care providers to intervene before more serious issues arise.

We understand that preventing illness is preferable to curing it. We also understand that with a population that’s both ageing and developing more long-term conditions*, now’s the time to act. That’s why we’re here to help. 

You might be aware of some of the things we're already doing to reduce the pressure on providers. But did you know..?

We’re promoting self-care to help keep patients out of hospital

  • Across the country, diabetes information prescriptions produced in EMIS Web are helping patients to better understand and manage their condition.
  • With patients able to view their medical record in Patient Access and check their symptoms on Patient.info, we’re supporting them to be more involved in their health.

over 110,000 diabetes information prescriptions generated through EMIS Web

We give you the full picture right away

  • With complete care records and instant warnings and alerts, we’re helping clinicians across healthcare settings to safeguard children and quickly intervene when issues arise.
  • When patients show symptoms of sepsis, we're alerting clinicians to ensure speedy identification of the life-threatening condition. 
  • Twenty-two child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) teams in Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) are making better informed decisions with shared care records.

Record sharing has been transformational in allowing clinicians to make more informed decisions more quickly.”

Karen Lamb

Programme Lead at NHSGGC

We can provide a true picture of your population’s health

We’re the only provider who can help entire health economies gain meaningful insight into their organisations thanks to EMIS Analytics. Spanning primary, secondary, community and social care, as well as mental health, it helps both collective and individual organisations to analyse and transform their service delivery.

We're helping to prevent unscheduled admissions

  • See how EMIS Web is helping a CCG cut elderly A&E attendances by 60% thanks to connected care.
  • Our frailty calculator is supporting GPs to prolong the lives of their most vulnerable elderly patients.

60% fall in A&E attendances for older people

2,500 at-risk patients identified

We’re recommended

NICE guidance recommends using QAdmissions to identify patients with complex conditions who are at risk of unplanned hospitalisation.

We’re pretty unique when it comes to supporting Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs)

  • We’re the only supplier to provide GP clinical systems for every STP.
  • We’re the only supplier to have 100% dominance across an entire STP.
  • In fact, we’re the only supplier to have 100% dominance across four STPs.

*Age UK, 'The health and care of older people in England.'

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