Minet Green Health Practice

Wider context from the report

“The GP reported that she believes that her EMIS computer system only called up people for review who were receiving regular prescriptions and thus a patient who had been on regular treatment but no longer was asking for inhalers was not identified as requiring call up for review. Whilst the court heard it was possible to customize the QOF system to call up patients, there was, according to the GP, no computerised system of calling up asthmatics who needed review unless they were currently on regular medication. She and the consultant in emergency medicine considered this created a risk of preventable deaths, that merited my making this report. The consultant in emergency medicine also said that this risk applied to other chronic diseases, such as epilepsy. This risk of not identifying those at risk of death because they no longer comply or have not been prescribed treatment taken in the past brought to the attention of EMIS and the Secretary of State, to consider whether EMIS has the potential or another electronic system should be commissioned to ensure that those with chronic disease requiring review and monitoring, are triggered for the attention of the GP, on wider criteria than current prescribing, or if such a system is available that the Department considers using it and other GPs are made aware of its use. ”