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CSC installs 1000th GP practice system
2 November 2009
CSC has installed the 1,000th GP practice system delivered
under the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
SystmOne developed by TPP is part of CSC’s strategic primary care
solution available under the Local Service Provider (LSP) contract to GP
practices across the North, Midlands and East of England. The 1,000th
installation is now live at the Broadhurst Street Medical Practice in
Leicester.
The CSC GP solution is designed to share clinical information through
a single electronic patient record. This feature supports the NHS vision
to centre care around the patient rather than the organisation, enabling
collaborative working across all primary care settings. Designed in
consultation with clinicians, the system has been developed over ten
years to support the changing needs of the NHS.
The solution now supports the care of over 13 million patients in
England — about 25% of the population — through 47,000 users carrying
out over 1.2 million patient consultations per month.
Under the new system, patient records are accessible in real-time to
authorised users with a legitimate clinical relationship to the patient.
As a centrally hosted solution, data is stored in a secure data centre
with a robust business continuity and disaster recovery capability that
safeguards against data loss in the event of fire, flood, theft or other
disruptions.
“This is a great example of how technology can provide better, safer
and more effective care for patients,” said Dr Simon Freeman, director
of Information and Corporate Performance for NHS Leicester City and NHS
Leicestershire County and Rutland. “It will ensure people have to tell
their story just once and support healthcare professionals by storing
all relevant information on a patient safely and securely.”
“Reaching 1000 GP practice implementations is a key achievement for
CSC in delivering the objectives of the NHS National Programme for IT,”
said Gerry O’Keeffe, vice president of CSC's UK healthcare business. The
benefits of the system are genuinely helping to transform the experience
of care patients receive across the NHS.”
CSC is responsible for implementing the NHS’s National Programme for
IT across 60% of the population in England. Additionally, CSC can now
make SystmOne available to GPs in London and the South of England under
the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative, extending potential
coverage and the associated benefits of the strategic solution to the
whole of England.
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