Author: Tom Patterson

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Docman Driving innovation to support GPs with patient access

The Government has set the challenge for GPs to make patient’s medical information available by 2015. PCTI has been in consultation with the medical community to understand the issues. Following in-depth research, PCTI is looking for further engagement to explore an approach to enabling GPs to deliver meaningful clinical information to patients through the familiar […]

Docman celebrates 6000 GP Practices

PCTI, the supplier of Docman, is pleased to celebrate the 6000th practice to join Docman the complete electronic management, workflow and collaboration solution. Norwood Medical Centre in Cumbria is named as the 6,000th practice to join Docman. The practice had the solution installed in February 2013 and following their training and consultancy will go live […]

Over 1,000 practices are now using Docman with EMIS Web

More than 5,500 GP practices use Docman to provide a complete electronic document management, collaboration and workflow solution. There are now over 1,000 practices that are using Docman with the new EMIS Web clinical system. Ric Thompson, Managing Director, PCTI “As part of our commitment to providing world class customer service, we have ensured that […]

Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust reports significant efficiency savings

PCTI, the supplier of Docman RMS, an electronic document management system for managing referrals is pleased to announce King’s College NHS Foundation Trust has reported significant efficiency savings. Docman Referral Management System (RMS) has provided King’s with a complete electronic document management and workflow solution for managing all referral documentation from external and internal sources. […]

How are you going to prepare to become paperless?

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt on 17th January 2013 confirmed hospitals should be able to share digital data from April 2014, and to adopt paperless referrals from April 2015. Hunt also announced he wants the NHS to meet a series of deadlines towards having electronic records and communications in place by 2018. Hunt detailed The NHS […]

EDT Hubs continue to deliver patient letters electronically

With snow all across the UK and weather reports show no signs of relief from ‘the big freeze’, causing delay and disruption to postal deliveries.  The Royal Mail and leading courier services are warning customers to expect delays to normal services.  Despite the weather EDT Hub continues to deliver GP correspondence electronically without delay. The […]

Streamlined practice management

BackOffice Apps are the newest edition to the BackOffice suite; a range of applications to supplement BackOffice Library and help practices to prepare for CQC. BackOffice Apps currently include; Accident Log, Asset Register, Birth Register, Death Register, Fridge Log, Practice Feedback, Room Temperature Log and Significant Events. Phil Ashmore, Professional Services Manager, PCTI discusses Apps; […]

EDT Hubs delivering millions of electronic patient letters to GPs

During November 2012, millions of items of electronic clinical correspondence were delivered across England and Scotland using PCTI’s EDT Hub. Numerous Trusts across the UK realised significant cost savings using this solution, including NHS Tayside who sent over 153,000 items in the month and NHS Eastern and Coastal Kent delivering almost 60,000. In September 2009 […]

75 NHS organisations and 5,500 GP practices delivering paper free care

Some of the highlights of the year include a roll-out of Docman across South London, achieving 100% Docman coverage across Blackpool, EDT Hub used for 111 messages, EDT Hub facilitating Telehealth referrals and a Greater Manchester wide deployment of 10 EDT Hubs to deliver over 8 million electronic letters every year. PCTI also announced Docman […]

Docman Collaborator streamlines referral vetting processes

The roll-out for Docman Collaborator picks-up pace as practices find innovative ways to use the solution. Over 9 million referrals are made by general practice to hospitals every year that trigger £15billion in annual spend (McKinsey 2009). Two years ago, The King’s Fund1 reviewed the many approaches to referral management and clearly identified that a […]