GP Fanfare A New Approach to Information Management for GPs

Data, data, everywhere! Referral forms New and revised services Pathways, guidelines and protocols Alerts Contact details

A shrinking NHS 85% and reducing Increasingly tightly controlled by GP commissioners Information management getting easier

A growing independent & voluntary sector 15% and increasing More and more choices Controlled by no-one Information management getting harder

Ever-increasing specialisation Specialities and sub-specialities Niche services

A changing workforce More sessional and locum work More part timers Greater mobility “Time out” Sabbaticals Maternity leave

Better-informed patients Often know what they want Don’t know how to access what they want Need the GP to be a “navigator”

Increasing pressure to do more in the consultation Matching PUNs (Patients’ Unmet Needs) with EARs (Easily Accessible Resources) Niche need with niche resource

The problems with web listings... Not comprehensive – independent and voluntary sector often poorly represented Keeping documents up to date - very administrator-dependent Not always easily searchable

GP fanfare Universal document repository Any document tag-able (PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, PDF) Searchable NHS, independent and voluntary sectors Free to all users

GP fanfare – viewer portal Secure – password controlled Intuitive search facility “Favourites” list Directory of posters

GP fanfare – poster portal Secure – password controlled Upload facility Extensive list of tag terms – ability to add more Edit/delete facility

A spectrum of users GPs – established principals - new locums Other clinical staff Managers ?Main information portal ?Sits alongside commissioners portal and practice intranet

Screen shots The following screens show how documents are uploaded and searched for:

Uploading a document

Document search Simple search

Document search Advanced search