A local medical committee buying group covering more than 4,000 GP practices has signed Lexacom as its approved supplier for digital dictation software.
The LMC Buying Groups Federation selected Lexacom as its approved supplier after an assessment of the digital dictation systems available on the market in the UK.
The federation covers more than 4,000 GP practices across 27 LMCs including Kent, Lincolnshire, London, Cheshire and Bro Taf, and negotiates discounts on goods and services used by GP practices.
Lexascom said its software could significantly reduce the time taken to process urgent and routine referrals.
An audit comparing use of its digital dictation platform with a tape-based system over a month found that the software cut the time taken to process urgent referrals by 30 hours and the time taken to process routine referrals from 98 hours to 26 hours.
Chris Locke, chief negotiator for the LMC Buying Groups Federation, said Lexacom offered a product which had been designed by GPs for GPs.
He added: “This product optimises administrative efficiency and offers a valuable report writing function which can be tailored to assist GP commissioners by improving collection of referral data.”
Andrew Whiteley, Lexacom’s managing director, said: “This is a very significant buying group in the UK and we’re delighted that, after analysing all of the products on the market, it has endorsed our software so strongly.
“There is no denying the benefits that a sound digital dictation platform like Lexacom can bring to the medical working environment and we’ll be working closely with the Federation’s member practices to make sure they can maximise the impact of our software and improve their efficiency.”