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Empowering primary care with connected technology

As the leading GP clinical IT system provider we have a long history of supporting primary care teams, from individual practices to PCNs and integrated neighbourhood teams.

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Supporting the evolving primary care landscape

General practice is the foundation of the NHS, providing care to over a million patients every day. We support primary care teams with the technology, insights, and expertise they need to deliver safe, efficient, and connected care — helping clinicians manage growing demand while improving patient outcomes.

Our clinical system, EMIS Web, is the number one choice for primary care teams, supporting over 4,000 GP practices to deliver safe, efficient and joined-up care. 

Clinically led, cutting-edge innovation 

Founded in 1987 by two GPs, we’ve been supporting primary care for nearly 40 years. We understand that healthcare is constantly evolving, and to help you deliver the best possible care, our technology must evolve too.

We’re committed to being at the forefront of clinical innovation, which is why we developed EMIS-X, our next-generation platform. EMIS-X is designed to provide greater flexibility, integration, and scalability, empowering primary care teams to adapt to changing needs and deliver innovative, connected care.

With the insight of our dedicated clinical team, we ensure our technology isn’t just cutting-edge, it’s built for real-world use, designed to meet the everyday needs of the teams who rely on it. We're making sure you have the tools you need to meet the challenges of the future.

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Delivering safer, more connected care

We help GP practices, PCNs and integrated neighbourhood teams, work together seamlessly by ensuring real-time access to shared patient records. With up-to-date information and intelligent decision support at their fingertips, clinicians can make safer, more informed decisions while reducing time spent looking for information. This not only improves patient safety but also enhances collaboration between care settings, ensuring better continuity of care.

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Supporting PCNs to manage capacity, access and demand

PCNs are transforming healthcare, joining-up services to improve access, reduce health inequalities, and manage complex patient needs. We make it easier for primary care teams to work together, helping them understand and manage capacity and demand, to ensure patients are seen by the right clinician at the right time. Our solutions streamline workflows and enhance digital triage, making it easier to involve other service providers, such as community pharmacies, in patient care. This improves care pathways, increases efficiency, and ultimately provides better access to patients.

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Optimising medicines management

With prescribing demands growing, medicines optimisation is vital for improving patient outcomes and reducing NHS costs. Our expertise in medicines management supports primary care teams by enhancing prescribing safety, reducing medication waste, and driving cost-effective prescribing practices. By leveraging data and analytics, we help ensure that patients receive the right medications while improving long-term condition management and reducing avoidable hospital admissions.

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Working with you

Your knowledge plays a vital role in how we develop and update EMIS Web. That’s why we work closely with the National User Group (NUG), a member-run organisation that allows clinicians to give us their input on what they need from our clinical software.

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    EMIS Web PCN Hub: the benefits for all stakeholders

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    Customer story

    Optimising medication safety at scale

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Products

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  • System

    EMIS Web

    Deliver joined up, integrated care with our market leading clinical system.

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  • System

    EMIS PCS

    Helping GPs deliver safe, efficient, and connected care.

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  • Product

    Optum Learn

    Our platform puts the power of learning into your hands, allowing you to learn at your own pace at any time, from anywhere.

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  • Product

    Patient Access

    Available to practices using EMIS Web, our leading independent patient services app provides a digital front door into healthcare services.

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  • Product

    Lloyd George digitisation

    Secure digitisation of your Lloyd George records.

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  • Product

    EMIS Web secure remote access

    Requires EMIS Web

    A two-factor authentication token that enables fast and secure remote connection to the Health and Social Care Network (HSCN) and transition networks from any location.

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  • Product

    Enterprise Search and Reports

    Requires EMIS Web

    The fast and efficient way to source, search and report on GP data in real time.

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  • Product

    Explorer

    Explorer delivers self-service business intelligence by enabling you to query, explore and analyse data to optimise healthcare delivery.

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  • Product

    Apex

    Apex is a web-based analytics platform that visualises primary care data in clear dashboards to support planning and decision-making.

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  • Product

    EMIS Scribe

    Clinical AI scribe embedded in EMIS Web®, capturing consultations into structured, SNOMED‑CT‑coded notes

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  • Product

    FourteenFish

    Our appraisal solution provides a secure cloud-based environment for clinicians to record CPD, learning reflections and personal development plans.

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  • Product

    Apex Contract Manager

    Apex Contract Manager is a web-based tool that collects, manages and reports primary care service data for locally commissioned services.

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  • Product

    Automated Arrivals

    Requires EMIS Web

    Patient check-in system that saves time for busy reception staff.

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  • Product

    Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Connecting you to real-time patient data from any care setting.

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  • Product

    Outcomes4Health

    Supporting the management, delivery and reporting of commissioned services.

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  • Product

    Shared Record Viewer

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Shared Record Viewer is a secure, independent browser-based portal that provides instant access to Medical Interoperability Gateway.

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  • Product

    Pathway

    For life sciences professionals

    Identify groups of at-risk patients from within primary care data for proactive healthcare interventions.

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  • Product

    EMIS-X

    Requires EMIS Web

    A next-generation clinical system designed to connect, streamline and transform healthcare delivery.

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  • Product

    ScriptSwitch Prescribing

    Actionable information, advice and guidance to support safe, cost-effective prescribing in primary care.

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  • Product

    Accelerate Prescribing

    A time-saving solution that accelerates prescribing savings with no upfront cost.

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  • Product

    Population360

    From system to patient, Population360® — Clinical Decision Support finds opportunities to improve medication safety, non-adherence, and lower costs, all in one place.

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  • Feature

    Recruit

    For healthcare professionals

    Requires EMIS-X

    Enabling primary care teams to easily identify and invite patients to take part in clinical trials.

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  • Feature

    Information Leaflets

    Requires EMIS Web

    Provide patients with medical information leaflets that can be easily printed or emailed. The leaflets provide up to date, accurate information about a condition or a medicine. Information Leaflets is a new EMIS Web application, powered by EMIS-X technology.

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    Consultation Write Back

    Requires EMIS Web

    An automatic copy and send of an EMIS Web consultation. This enables a clinician working in an EMIS Web organisation to record consultations on behalf of a patient's registered GP. Powered by Sharing Agreements, this feature ensures more joined up patient care across a PCN.

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    Pathway

    For healthcare professionals

    Requires EMIS-X

    Easily identify at-risk patient groups for proactive healthcare interventions through referral onto the appropriate care pathway.

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  • Feature

    Atrial Fibrillation (AF) Advisor

    Requires EMIS Web

    Improve DOAC prescribing and reduce the risk of strokes with AF Advisor.

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  • Feature

    GP Connect

    Requires EMIS Web

    An NHS programme that supports improved patient care by sharing information held within GP practice IT systems for use across health and social care.

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  • Feature

    Service Discovery Locator

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    The Service Discovery Locator is an online directory which identifies patient data from organisations which are connected to the Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG).

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  • Feature

    Instant messenger

    Requires EMIS-X

    A secure instant messaging tool for quick, reliable team communication across sites and remote working.

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  • Feature

    Clinical views

    Requires EMIS-X

    Quickly and easily access and view key patient info at the point of care.

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  • Extra

    Local Services

    Requires EMIS Web

    Built using EMIS-X technology, Local Services connects patients to local care providers through a process of patient triage and referral.

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  • Extra

    Mayden iaptus (IAPT) Dataset

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Providing access to real-time data from psychological therapy services.

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  • Extra

    Detailed Care Record

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Detailed Care Record provides you real-time access to primary care records.

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  • Extra

    Adult Social Care Dataset

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Provides a real-time view of social care data from the Liquidlogic Adults' Social Care System

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  • Extra

    Document Services

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Securely, send and receive electronic documents.

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  • Extra

    Community, Children's and Mental Health Dataset

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Datasets from Access Rio EPR, designed to provide a more comprehensive view of a patient's medical history.

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  • Extra

    Acute Dataset

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Provided by Telelogic and giving you access to real-time data from acute services.

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  • Extra

    EMIS Web Journal View Datasets

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Providing access to real-time patient data, displaying a 12 month timeline of all encounters and observations from EMIS Web.

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  • Extra

    End of Life Datasets

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Providing access targeted, real-time medical information about a patient’s end of life care plan to make informed decisions.

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  • Extra

    Care Plan Datasets

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Our Care Plan Datasets support a range of complex care needs.

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  • Extra

    Special Patient Notes Dataset

    Requires Medical Interoperability Gateway (MIG)

    Providing access to real-time Special Patient Notes data from EMIS Web.

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  • Extra

    ePMA

    Requires Hospital Pharmacy

    Deliver increased efficiencies, safety and outcomes for patients with electronic prescribing. Access, record and share real-time patient data.

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  • Extra

    EMIS-X Mobile

    Requires EMIS Web

    Access all core elements of EMIS Web quickly and securely with the EMIS-X Mobile app, enabling you to provide more informed care across your community.

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  • Featured partner

    CSIS Medication Review Solution

    Enhancing medication safety for patients with multiple conditions.

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    Hero

    A digital triage and communication platform streamlining patient access into healthcare services.

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  • Featured partner

    Core Care Plans

    A user-friendly care management system that updates digital plans in real-time across multiple healthcare sites.

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  • Featured partner

    Joy

    Social prescribing software to identify and connect patients to local, non-clinical services.

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  • Partner

    Surgery Connect

    A hosted phone system that’s been designed specifically for your surgery.

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  • Partner

    Accurx Chain Reception and SMS

    Chain SMS is the green toolbar transforming communication in primary care.

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  • Partner

    ApolloScan

    Ensure documents are always available by managing workflows - from scanning to electronic in-trays.

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  • Partner

    Babblevoice

    A hosted telephony system designed specially for primary care.

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  • Partner

    BlueBayCT

    A clinical decision support tool that maximises your QOF points and provides clear best-practice advice.

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  • Partner

    CareCentric

    Comprehensive clinical software that supports the delivery of integrated health and social care services.

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  • Partner

    CLEO CORE

    Integrated urgent care patient management solution, delivering safe and efficient patient management and includes primary care interoperability and NHS Spine compliance

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  • Partner

    Think Healthcare

    Integrate your telephony with EMIS Web to speed up caller verification, identify and capture new contact information, improve campaign effectivity and automate patient record access.

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  • Partner

    COPD Module

    A guideline-based, computer-guided consultation for COPD management.

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  • Partner

    Access Elemental Social Prescribing

    Make, manage and report on referrals to local social prescribing hubs with ease and confidence.

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  • Partner

    Mjog

    A two-way digital messaging for CCGs and GPs through appointment reminders, results, health campaign messaging and condition monitoring across multiple channels

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  • Partner

    Social Rx

    A complete social prescribing solution that helps organise and analyse social prescribing efforts.

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  • Partner

    Engage Touch

    Allow patients to check themselves in so they don't have to queue at reception.

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  • Partner

    myGP

    CCG and GP care messaging service for appointment reminders and health promotion.

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  • Partner

    Strata PathWays

    Patient referrals platform for health and social care settings.

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  • Partner

    Medi2data eMR

    An outsourced medical reporting service at no extra cost.

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  • Partner

    Remote patient monitoring and virtual wards

    Helping NHS teams deliver safe, proactive care at home with remote monitoring and virtual ward technology.

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  • Partner

    Clinisy ICE

    Seamless interaction between the GP practice system and services provided by secondary care.

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  • Partner

    FDB OptimiseRx

    The only patient-specific medicines optimisation solution for primary care.

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  • Partner

    Horizon Integrator

    A reliable, flexible, scalable and proven hosted communications service.

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  • Partner

    i3 Technology

    Advanced software that reduces consultation time and integrates patient data with clinical systems.

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  • Partner

    iGPR

    For SARs, insurance reports, patient online record screening and building bespoke practice reports.

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  • Partner

    LabelTrace

    Print pathology and address labels and appointment cards, where and when needed.

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  • Partner

    Medical Messenger

    This software manages communication between patients and surgeries, automatically sending appointment confirmations and reminders.

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  • Partner

    Apollo’s SQL Suite

    Automate secure, standardised data extraction from all major GP systems.

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  • Partner

    Metadvice

    An AI driven platform that supports clinicians in high quality decision making for complex conditions.

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  • Partner

    Screen Star

    Call Patients in your waiting room from your TV screen, whilst delivering informative and educational content to multiple screens across primary care settings.

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  • Partner

    Patients Know Best

    A personal health record platform that enables patients and healthcare professionals to access real-time information, from any location.

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  • Partner

    WoundMatrix

    A mobile digital wound assessment and management platform for clinicians and patients.

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  • Partner

    Patient Partner

    Allows patients to manage their appointments and request repeat prescriptions over the phone, 24/7.

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  • Partner

    Rapid Health - Smart Practice

    Built for primary care, Smart Practice is a suite of products comprising Smart Triage, Smart Direct Booking and Patient Direct Booking.

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  • Partner

    INRstar

    Smart clinical decision support software built to make anticoagulation services safer, more effective and cost efficient.

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  • Partner

    seca CT331/CT330 PC ECGs

    A fully comprehensive and easy to use integrated ECG system that can be used wirelessly via Bluetooth or with a USB cable if required.

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  • Partner

    Jayex Connect

    A patient engagement platform automating check-in, calling and communications.

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  • Partner

    Theseus

    A digital tool to manage patient cases and service referrals, such as smoking cessation, weight loss and social prescribing.

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  • Partner

    DOC@HOME

    An advanced, digital, remote patient monitoring and case management system. DOC@HOME enables carers and clinicians to deliver better care whilst empowering patients to be more aware of their own health and help take control of managing it.

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  • Partner

    Envisage Waiting Room TV & Patient Call

    Enhance the waiting room experience and save practice time with a fully integrated waiting room TV and patient call system.

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  • Partner

    Dictate Swift

    AI-powered speech recognition technology to transcribe letters and save valuable time.

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  • Partner

    PatientPod

    Healthcare monitors to measure and record patient health statistics

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  • Partner

    Annual Health Checks by Hear Me Now

    Efficiently manage learning disability annual health checks.

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  • Partner

    FootFall

    Enable a digital front door for your practice.

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  • Partner

    GP Billing

    Software to manage private, third-party and insurance billing.

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  • Partner

    Better Shared Care Planning Application

    Cloud-hosted shared care plans supporting collaborative care.

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  • Partner

    Doccla Virtual Care Services

    Online platform for remote patient monitoring and support

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  • Partner

    Docman10X (GP Document Workflow)

    Efficiently process, share, and store clinical documents

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  • Partner

    Zymego

    Fill late cancellations 24/7 with intelligent automation and allow patients to manage their appointments.

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  • Partner

    Orion Health Amadeus

    Connects data from multiple systems into a single shared care record for multidisciplinary and integrated care.

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  • Partner

    Envisage Patient Check-in

    A self-service patient check-in system using the highest quality touchscreens.

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  • Partner

    Lexacom

    Cloud-based digital dictation software for healthcare teams.

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  • Partner

    Horizon Contact – CareConnect

    A cloud-based healthcare solution that simplifies and enhances patient communication.

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  • Partner

    BetterLetter

    Process clinical letters faster and more accurately with advanced AI that delivers precise coding and workflow suggestions.

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  • Partner

    MedPrompt

    AI platform supporting GP practices to speed up and simplify document processing.

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  • Partner

    Suvera Planner

    Automate patient recall and booking to simplify care and improve outcomes.

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  • Partner

    MedLink

    Automates annual long-term condition reviews and regular drug monitoring, enabling patients to submit information online and self-book appointments.

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