NHS England’s three principal suppliers of GP IT systems, Emis, TPP, INPS and Microtest, are developing four standard open APIs to enable easier integration of various IT systems, and better sharing of patient information across healthcare settings. Two years after they signed the GSoC contract, the suppliers are now finalising a composite plan to be published in April 2016, with the intent of putting the agreed APIs into development and either in testing or live by 2018. In partnership with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information System, the new system will then be delivered via the GP Connect programme. Production on the first API is scheduled to begin in autumn, after which time the NHS believes the market to develop new applications could be limitless.
NHS England’s four principal suppliers of GP IT systems, Emis, TPP, INPS and Microtest, are developing three standard open APIs to enable easier integration of various IT systems, and better sharing of patient information across healthcare settings. Two years after they signed the GSoC contract, the suppliers are now finalising a composite plan to be published in April 2016, with the intent of putting the agreed APIs into development and either in testing or live by 2018. In partnership with NHS England and the Health and Social Care Information System, the new system will then be delivered via the GP Connect programme. Production on the first API is scheduled to begin in autumn, after which time the NHS believes the market to develop new applications could be limitless.