15 February 2008
SystmOne a 'firm success story' for South East Essex PCT
South East Essex PCT's first practice went live on SystmOne GP in May 2002. Since then, the number of deployments has steadily increased, with nearly four-fifths of GP practices going live as well as the PCT's Child Health, Community and prison services.
Clinicians, healthcare services and most importantly their patients are now benefiting from integrated primary care IT through SystmOne. A new case study aims to show how and why the PCT has put all of its efforts into deploying SystmOne. Read the extract below or click here to read the full case study.
Extract from: A vision for integrated primary care IT - realised!
South East Essex PCT has worked hard over the last two years to deliver modern IT systems as part of the National Programme for IT. Peter King is Head of IT at the PCT. He explains the PCT's attitude towards IT: "South East Essex PCT has an integrated primary care system strategy with a one patient, one record system at its heart. We want patients to benefit from the continuity of care across various primary care settings."
SystmOne fits the PCT's vision as a centrally hosted system, as Peter explains: "The PCT wants to do away with local servers, moving GPs onto hosted systems with all the business continuity and data security benefits it brings. This is especially important today with reports of data security breaches appearing frequently in the press. Electronic record sharing means the end of pieces of paper being passed from one healthcare professional to another through various media."
South East Essex PCT's first practice went live on SystmOne in May 2002. Since then, the number of deployments has steadily increased. Peter says, "In the past 18 months, we have successfully migrated 16 of our GP practices onto SystmOne GP, with another two in deployment. We have also implemented SystmOne Child Health and Prison, and will be going live with Community in March 2008. By mid-2008, 70% of patients will be registered with a SystmOne practice. This is fantastic news with regards to GP to GP transfer, and record sharing with Child Health and soon, Community. The first Community services to go live are very excited. They currently have no integrated clinical system so they are looking forward to the benefits of having electronic appointments, rotas, templates, information sharing and reporting for the very first time."
But it isn't just organisations who can share data that are enjoying the benefits. South East Essex's Special Allocation Scheme for patients removed from GMS/PMS surgeries uses SystmOne, as does HMP Bullwood Hall, South East Essex's Prison. "SystmOne has enabled us to deliver a clinical system to our prison which previously had no computer system at all. This is excellent news for both the healthcare wing and the prisoners," says Peter. "As an immigration centre, they particularly benefit from being able to create templates to record data in a standardised way for the many complex conditions they deal with."
SystmOne is a firm success story for South East Essex PCT. The situation today is the result of a strong team of project managers and IT managers, and a system that meets the needs of both the PCT and the healthcare staff using it on a daily basis. Deploying a new system to 55 out of 70 GP practices as well as Child Health, Community and Prison is a huge achievement transforming the way that care is delivered in the region.
To read the full case study, click here.
To read other SystmOne case studies, click here.
