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Healthcall said in 1997:
"Gepmail has revolutionised the way in which consultation records are delivered to a patients own general practitioner, greatly enhancing continuity of care."
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Adastra said in 1997:
"Adastra, market leader in software for out of hours services, recommends GePmail as the ideal platform for data transfer between out of hours providers and subscribing surgeries"
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| "Owl Software recommends GePmail
because it offers a highly efficient and secure communications medium designed around the particular needs of both GPs and out-of-hours service providers.
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Nursing Times - Feb 2002
| NHS Direct shares information with GPs |
| An Electronic messaging system that allows NHS Direct to share patient information with GP practices was launched last week by the NHS Information Authority.
The system - developed by Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Health Authority - enables computers to automatically exchange and store information about patients' use of NHS Direct. Project chairman Graham Obeney said the new system was 'a real breakthrough'.
'At the moment, GPs rarely get to know when their patients contact NHS Direct,' he said.
'Now, providing the patient gives consent, an electronic message can be sent to the GP's computer system and entered automatically on the patient's record, giving a true picture of what has happened to the patient.'
Information sent out by NHS Direct will include the
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patient's address, telephone number and GP, date and time of contact, problem details, who took the call and what advice was given.
In return for this, NHS Direct and out-of-hours services will receive information from the GP detailing further consultations with the patient.
NHS Direct national clinical lead for nursing Jill Stringer said the project sound exciting.
The pilot project in south London had already received positive feedback from GPs, she said, and nurses benefited because they received information about what happened to the patient after contacting NHS Direct.
'Nurses are now able to know whether a patient follows their advice, for example, by visiting their GP. It is a really positive way of validating the outcome.
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| Testimonials |
"Our OOH and NHS D links are valuable resource, when patients present, especially when they've been prescribed medication OOH, we've got it on the screen already"
and a balanced observation hiding glowing praise.
"The downside is the quality of information, there's nothing wrong with the links system, that's absolutley fine, it's the quality of the content and information from the OOH service that could be better".
Linda Hicks, Practice Manager
Drs Christie, Kandasamy & Quinton, Southfields , London.
"If I think back 10 years to the hours it used to take doing this manually with faxes and paper docets from the OOH service, now its all done (electronically) in a matter of minutes"
Nick Shimmin, Practice Manager
Drs Sharma, Ewen & Bobak, Wandsworth, London
"It's useful timely information, it's there at a press of a button, it's very easy to search on, it's an extremely useful way of receiving, collecting and collating information".
Sheila Mclean, Laindon Health Centre
Laindon, Essex
"One word; brilliant"
Jenny Ridge, Practice Manager
Mayfield Surgery, London
"its very useful, saves a lot of time, yes its very very good"
Kathy Ring, Practice Manager
Parchmore Medical Centre, Thornton Heath
"It's a good idea, its certainly gonna save time"
Ann Compton
The Surgery, Eastwick Park Road, Bookham
"I love GePmail"
Dr Michael Crow, Director
Thamesdoc Co-op, Fairhill Medical Practice, Kingston upon Thames
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| Patients Testimonials |
"Eventually I found the log in page and from then I found it easy to use.once you have your password, if you know how to e-mail you can use it."
"I found GePmail very easy to use and a great time saver (did not require a visit or appointment) for communication with my GP."
"It was simple and straightforward to use and I wouldn't change anything about it"
"Its easy to use but then I use e-mail all the time, it might be confusing to someone who doesn't use computers"
"It was straightforward; I got an information sheet about how to do it"
"The ERSW went through the GeP-mail with me and I did send a message back to the doctor with her help, she sat next to me, it's not a problem now."
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Patients Able to Remotely Identify Errors in their Medical Records |
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