TPP have introduced new functionality to give patient's greater control over who can see their electronic health record. We have created a simple guide to help you understand how it works, what it does and how to switch it on.

TPP have added a new selection box to your Acquired Documents scanning screen which by default, will not show any batches that have not been allocated to a user. Depending on your settings, this could affect your NHS.net email and Electronic Document imports. 

To view your Unallocated batches:- 

1. Click Workflow > Document Management > Acquired Documents. 

2. Tick the 'Show unallocated batches' selection box. 

If you're familiar with protocols in clincial systems, then you will be aware of what powerful a tool they are and how they can save time for clinicians and admin staff alike. They can sometimes be tricky to set up however, and for simple tasks such as alerting a user on adding certain information to a patient record, input prompts may be a better choice...

A new audit screen has been added to SystmOne that shows all organisations that have enabled data sharing on the Enhanced Data Sharing Model (eDSM). This audit is particularly useful for you to see potential units that could see your patient data if the consent flags are set to allow viewing of this information. 

To access the report:- 

1. Click the Audit menu > Sharing Organisations. 

2. Enter a date that units have enabled sharing since, if required. 

3. Click Run Report. 

When registering a patient that has transferred across from a practice using a clinical system other than SystmOne, it is not always possible to accurately translate all information across. Any data that cannot be understood by SystmOne will become degraded data, and must be dealt with to ensure an accurate record. 

There are lots of reasons for data becoming degraded, including different read coding systems being used. 

TPP have completed the rollout of GP2GP V2.2 and the new functionality is now enabled at all practices. 

This new version has many advantages including larger messaging (allows very big records to be sent via GP2GP), A-B-A returning patients (allowing returning patients to have their record fully integrated for a continuous record), paper processing (reduces the amount of paper produced when a patient leaves the practice) and a new GP2GP Degraded Entries Task and Node have been created to deal with the data that has been degraded during a transfer from a practice with a different clinical system.