England’s National Health Service, which is popularly known as NHS, has gone on to approve a new electronic patient record system, especially for general practitioners (GPs). This happens to be the first major upgrade within the core IT systems in the last 25 years. This kind of development is all set to elevate the integration when it comes to primary care with other healthcare settings and thereby enhance the service delivery by way of using cloud-based technology.
Apparently, the newly approved system, which is created by Medicus Health, happens to be now accessible to the GP practices throughout England, thereby signaling the first real shake-up within the GP IT market in the last 25 years, as per the NHS leaders.
This kind of move is anticipated to increase the competition, drive the productivity, and also decrease administrative burdens for all healthcare staff.
If we look from a historical point of view, GP practices have had limited options with just two suppliers that dominate the market. It is well to be noted that 4 early adopting sites are already making use of the new core clinical IT system, thereby covering more than 42,000 patients.
It is well to be noted that the medical health system happens to be the first to be completely assured by way of the NHS England Tech Innovation Framework, which goes on to guarantee compliance along with information, governance, data protection, benchmarks, and clinical safety while at the same time integrating with necessary NHS services.
The director of primary care and community services, Amanda Doyle, had said that this new kind of generation of systems is indeed the first shake-up that the GP IT market has seen in a quarter of a century, and this kind of transition will help to unleash more modern and also joined-up care for patients and at the same time enable the staff to go ahead and work better and even smarter.
Notably, the first to implement the new system is going to be the Wilmslow Health Centre in Cheshire, which serves over 16,000 patients. Apparently, Medicus Health’s platform is regarded for its compatibility along with 24 national NHS services and also due to its adoption of new national open standards when it comes to information exchange.
The fact is that the interest when it comes to this new system is indeed spreading, with over 25 integrated care boards. Going ahead and considering their adoption. Interestingly, the NHS expects that by April 2026, more core GP IT systems, which happen to meet the tech innovation framework’s benchmarks, are going to be available, thereby widening the choices when it comes to practices.
