National Programme For IT and GPSoC
EMIS chose not to be one of the GP computer providers initially included in the now scrapped National Programme for IT (NPfIT) due to issues surrounding the lack of system choice for GPs.
The disenfranchisement of General Practitioners and the resultant political change which affected the NPFIT led to the creation of the GPSOC (General Practitioners System of Choice) programme which allowed individual GPs to choose their own system for storing electronic patient notes. As a result EMIS are now involved in the GPSOC programme.
As of 2009, of the 5000 practices using EMIS, 40% were able to transfer notes electronically with the GP2GP electronic record transfer software to other GP practices using either EMIS or INPS Vision. In 2012 EMIS continued accelerating the roll-out of its next generation system, EMIS Web. EMIS Web, with other integration and interoperability initiatives pioneered by EMIS and subject to patient consent, allows patient data to move freely and safely not just between GPs but also elsewhere within the NHS. This integrated care solution is available, for example, in Accident & Emergency, Out of Hours, Hospitals, Community Nursing, etc.
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