EMIS is ahead of target in the national roll-out of GP2GP electronic record transfer software, with 1,557 EMIS practices now using the technology.
Of the 1,557, 992 practices are using GP2GP version 1.1, which enables records to be transferred between EMIS and InPS systems. This is ahead of the target set by Connecting for Health for 988 EMIS practices to be trained and installed with version 1.1 by the end of September 2007.
EMIS will upgrade the practices currently using version 1.0 over the coming months, in tandem with the ongoing roll-out to new practices.
By the end of December 2007, the company hopes to have deployed GP2GP v1.1 to more than 2,300 practices - 46 per cent of EMIS practices in England. The roll out is now averaging almost 300 practices per month.
Sean Riddell, Healthcare Managing Director at EMIS said: "This is fantastic news and a positive result for both GPs and patients.
"To have achieved such progress is a testament to the hard work of our operations teams across the country, who are pulling out all the stops on this project."
He added: "We are delighted that such a large number of GP practices are now able to transfer records electronically between the two major clinical system suppliers in the UK. This offers major practical and clinical advantages."
- EMIS is the UK's leading supplier of IT systems to GPs, providing the software that holds the medical records for 39 million NHS patients nationwide. Around 56 per cent of GPs in the UK currently use EMIS software.
- The company has a 20-year history of innovation within the UK primary care market. Founded by GPs Dr Peter Sowerby and Dr David Stables, its guiding ethos is that the software used by GP surgeries should be " doctors, for doctors".
- EMIS is responsible for a number of innovatory products and services for GPs and patients, including EMIS Access - the only online appointment bookings service currently available within the NHS; a groundbreaking electronic prescription management service and a shared data system that enables secure GP-to-GP exchange of patient records.
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