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Greater Manchester Electronic Clinical Correspondence Programme (GM ECC) Update. Dan Alexander GM CSU GM ECC Programme Co-ordinator. National Docman Conference 2014 #Docman. The GM ECC Vision. To deliver a solution for Electronic Clinical Correspondence across Greater Manchester
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Greater Manchester Electronic Clinical Correspondence Programme (GM ECC) Update Dan Alexander GM CSU GM ECC Programme Co-ordinator National Docman Conference 2014 #Docman
The GM ECC Vision • To deliver a solution for Electronic Clinical Correspondence across Greater Manchester TheScope • 10 x Hospitals, 4 x Mental Health Trusts (Sending Organisations) • 503 GP Practices (Receiving Organisations across 12 x GM CCG’s) • Minimum of 4.7 million letters sent across Greater Manchester annually. This figure is increasing…. • GP Copy average production cost = £0.65p • £0.65p x 4.7 million = £3 Million + to post the GP Copy alone! • Projected savings of £3million+
Programme Phases • Phase 1 - 10 GM Acute Trusts • Phase 2 - 4 GM Mental & Community Health Trusts • Phase 3 - External 3rd Parties (NHS 111, Ramsay Health, Diagnostic Healthcare, Northwest eHealth and Health and Social Care organisations – iNetworks)
Next Stop….Hub to Hub NHS Trust GP Practice Docman Hub (RBH) GP Practice (Bolton) Document Source Docman Hub (SRFT) GP Practice (Salford) Docman Hub (Pennine) GP Practice (Bury)
Benefits Over 390/503 GP sites are live and using GM ECC - GP Sites are being mobilised and getting ready to start using it when their acute Trust is enabled (7/10 Phase 1 & 1/4 Phase 2 organisations have removed paper copies) Since August 2013, over 1 million items of correspondence have been sent using the system (Postal Savings/Contractual Charges Savings £££) Improves the data available to GPs when consulting with patients and reduces the time it takes for effective treatment to begin
Questions? daniel.alexander@nhs.net