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 […]

Central Surrey Health reports RiO and Docman Hub efficiency savings

CSH has implemented electronic transfer of patient documents generated from the RiO Community System directly into the systems used by GPs without the need of any manual intervention. This covers discharge letters, messages updating the GP on the progress of care for patients, confirmation of referrals being received and medical reports for vulnerable patients. Central […]

EDT Hub achieves ITK2 accreditation

PCTI Solutions, the supplier of EDT Hub, the innovative document transfer solution is pleased to have achieved accreditation for Connecting for Health’s Interoperability Toolkit Release 2. Following successful accreditation to Release 1 in December 2010, EDT Hub is now accredited for Release 2 (Discharge and Non-Coded CDA) which supports more complex scenarios and infrastructure. The […]

Oxfordshire 111 messages live through EDT Hub

PCTI, the supplier of EDT Hub, is pleased to announce NHS Oxfordshire is utilising the innovative electronic document transfer solution to deliver 111 messages to GP practices. The solution went live in July to send 111 messages electronically, to enable letters to be transferred in real-time to practices. Typical paper processes of transferring paper letters […]

Docman and the CSC announcement

PCTI, the provider of Docman, has issued the following statement to practices using Docman with the iSoft clinical systems in response to the news that CSC is to withdraw from the GP systems market by 2013/14. PCTI are committed to helping iSOFT practices at this time of change and practices can continue to use Docman […]

Kings College Hospitals selected for the Best Practice Showcase at EHI Live 2012

King’s College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust recently deployed Docman RMS as their referral management system and has now been selected to present as part of the E-Health Insider Live Best Practice Showcase. The presentation from Clive Stringer, Deputy IT Director and Steve Groves, System Manager takes place at 11:00am, 6th November at the Best Practice […]

Docman shortlisted in the General Practice Awards

PCTI, the provider of Docman, has been shortlisted in the prestigious General Practice Awards 2012 for significant contributions to efficiency savings across General Practice. The entry highlighted the considerable time and cost savings Docman and EDT Hub delivers. Over 70 Trusts use the innovative electronic document transfer solution, EDT Hub to deliver patient letters electronically […]

Visit Docman at the EMIS NUG for an exclusive Collaborator demonstration

Realise everything you need to know about becoming paper free and saving valuable time by visiting PCTI at stand 22. On 6th and 7th September at the EMIS National User Group, Warwick Arts Centre, visit the Docman stand to see how: Docman provides 5,500 GP practices with a complete document management system to deliver streamlined […]