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GP Clinical System Migrations
SCIMP Conference 2010
Louise McTaggart
GG&C Contractor Services Manager
Lyall Cameron
A&A eHealth Facilitation Manager
Dr Jim Campbell
GP & Clinical Director eHealth A&A
GPASS to EMIS Migrations
Greater Glasgow & Clyde
Louise McTaggart
GG&C Contractor Services Manager
GPASS Replacement
• Background
Scottish Government decision
GPASS to be retired by Mar 2012
Local Specification of Requirements completed
following national framework agreement
Tender responses evaluated and scored and
recommendation made
LMC endorsed decision to award single supplier
contract to EMIS in May 2010
GPASS Replacement
• Migration Process
Approx 12 week process
Key Events
• Practice agree to migrate and are scheduled
• Project Management visit completed by Mentors
• Uplift copy of backup for trial data conversion
• Trial data conversion carried out
• EMIS client installed on up to 3 PC’s in practice –
practices to consider which PC’s to use to allow
checking from GPASS to EMIS
• Practice trained how to check data
• Report inconsistencies
• Practice sign off data
GPASS Replacement
• Migration Process (cont)
Key Events (Contd)
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Engineering commences
Final (live) data conversion
Pre Go Live Training
Practice configuration – users,
appointments, templates, etc
• Go Live
• Post Go Live Training – mop-up, qof,
searches, recall, etc
• Practice Acceptance Sign Off
GPASS Replacement
• Key things during migraton period: Trial Data Migration – Data Checking
• Practice need to clinically sign off data
• Project Board agreed a recommendation of a minimum of 50
patient records (can be as may as the practice feel comfortable
with)
• Cross section of patient records – Diabetic, pts with long history,
pts with lots of drugs, < 5’s, etc
• Discussed with practices to consider resourcing this, time
allocated, date for completion
Tidy up of Practice Drugs and Allergy Read Codes
• Again resourcing this, highly recommended to do prior to final
conversion
GPASS Replacement
Week of Migration
• Monday – Friday process
• EMIS engineer arrives on Monday morning to set up system
on new server. GPASS available all week (BUT need to
recapture info in EMIS post migration), can use for scripts,
referrals, looking at appts, etc
• Live data conversion commenced
• Server install and client configuration (inc 3rd party apps)
completed
• User configuration/commissioning completed
• Uninstall of GPASS applications and 3rd Party apps
• Reconfiguration of Docman, SCI Gateway and Label Trace
• Appointment configuration
• Starting to use system
• “Go Live”
GPASS Replacement
• Practice Information/Support
Practice Migration Information Pack
Ayrshire & Arran reporting database
support queries
CHCP Awareness Session
Mentoring Team support
Lessons Learned information
GPASS Replacement
• Practice Preparation
“2 key things for a successful migration,
Practice preparation and enthusiasm”
Consider key leads for admin and clinical side
Consider communication with patients well in
advance
Consider how data will be captured at downtime
Consider the issue of scripts + letting Pharmacists
know
GPASS Replacement
• Practice Preparation
Consider Docman workflow that week
Consider “on the day” appointments for
engineering week and go live week
Consider “catch up” after downtime
CDM LES’s/QOF Reviews – run in advance
Consider gaps in Appointment book after go live
GPASS Replacement
• Training Package
Project Management Session with Facilitator
Trial Data Training Day with EMIS
Pre-install role based training, 2 days, engineering
week with EMIS
Commissioning day with EMIS and Facilitator
2 days go live training with EMIS OM and
Floorwalker plus Facilitator
GPASS Replacement
• Training Package
Half day follow-up on Friday of go live week with
Facilitator
5 post go live days, approximately 1 a week
2 day Superuser course
Half day Appointments course
Standard training plan, sequence
Standard recall approach
Consistency of templates
GPASS Replacement
• Issues Encountered, so far ..
Drug matching
Data Transfer Issues: SCI Gateway; SCI DC; Date Recorded; Invalid
Dosages and Quantities;
Independent Nurse Prescribing
Pharmacy text
Completion of Clinical Commissioning tasks
Training – consistency of OM, non standard
approach, Glasgow specific (LES’s; Formulary, etc)
GPASS Replacement
• What’s worked well: Project Manager from EMIS based with GGC team
Regular workshops with EMIS, 3rd Party Suppliers
and internal teams to improve process
Development of a GGC EMIS OM team
Mentoring Team developing close working
relationship with EMIS OM’s
Superuser course and Appointments course prior to
migration
Lyall Cameron
eHealth Facilitation Manager
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
• Data Transfer
• Project Management
• Pre Go-Live Checklist
Data Transfer
• Gpass Extract / Guidance
• BMI
• Script Destination
Script Destination
Gpass Practice
Config
EMIS Screen
Message
Gpass
Patient
Disposal
Info
EMIS Patient
Script
Destination Info
Project Management
• Appointments
• Repeat Prescriptions
• Engineering Week
• 3rd Party Applications
• Commissioning Info
Pre Go-Live Checklist
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Medication Review
Diary Entries
BMI
Script Destination
Drug Indications
A&A Formulary
Registrations
ePharmacy (AMS)
Electronic Lab Imports
Commissioning Information
The Townhead Experience
A Clinicians view
Dr Jim Campbell
Preparation
• Data checking
– Longtitudinal and Cross sectional
• RD Searches
– Codes
– Drugs
– Changes in GPASS
– Not signed off till near end
– Need to remember when Data sent
– Logging Issues
Preparation
• Training
– By Discipline
– By Subject
• Planning
– Prescriptions
• Advance printing
• Pharmacy
Migration
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Surgery still open
Used GPASS
Bookable on the day
Publicity
Only without Docman for short period
Access to PC’s
Configuration/Commissioning
Used Saturday morning for familiarisation
Going Live
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Started later on first day
15 minute appointments with breaks
Help available
Appointments Only Bookable on the day
Appointment system difficult to set up
Special Requests not workable
Setting up PC’s
Post go Live
• Templates
• Lab results
– Change of working practice
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Drug Matching
Code matching
Access to GPASS
Entry of Information from GPASS
Post Go Live
• Getting System working
– Pharmacy Text
– Drug Indications
– Authorising Scripts
– Q Drugs
– Documents
– Searches
– Recall
– AAHB Drug Formulary
Conclusion
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Planning Essential but must adapt
Decide in Advance
Training Training Training!!!
Still learning about system
At the same level achievement for new
contract as at same time last year
• Still have some ‘blocked’ appointments
• Went more smoothly than expected
• Remember it is not GPASS!
Thank You
Any Questions?