150 practices sign for PatientChase

More than 150 GP practices have signed up for a software system that claims to speed up call and recall systems for the Quality and Outcomes Framework.

PatientChase, developed by General Practice Software Solutions, is an application which works with EMIS LV systems to identify which patients need to be targeted for QoF activity and enable them to be recalled by letter or telephone.

Practices can use the system to cross reference targets and conditions and patients can be prioritised by complexity and condition and recalled by disease register, month of birth or ‘not in target.’

Richard Chmielowski, director of General Practice Software Solutions, told EHI Primary Care that more than 150 practices had signed up for the system since its launch in March.

He added: “It enables practices to identify and correspond with patients far more quickly and we have had excellent feedback from practices.”

PatientChase costs £495 plus VAT a year with a 15% discount available for members of EMIS’s National User Group. The company is offering interested practices a free live two week trial of the system.

The company is also developing an application called QoFtxt which will enable patients on QoF registers to be targeted using txt messaging.