BMJ Informatica

Informatica Systems, part of the BMJ Group, delivers performance management systems and innovative software solutions to primary care such as FrontDesk, Contract+, Audit+ and Health Checks.
Since 1992, Informatica Systems has been providing decision support and benchmarking support tools for doctors and developing systems for primary care data extraction and analysis. The Welsh Assembly Government relies upon Informatica's technology for its Primary Care Data Quality Service.
One of the few companies certified by BSi for our ISO27001 Information Security Management System, Informatica Systems has also passed Connecting for Health’s Information Governance Statement of Compliance.
Informatica Systems is an official partner of EMIS, InPS and iSOFT and is a certified Microsoft partner.

FrontDesk

FrontDesk is the most popular third party appointments system for primary care in the UK and has been in use by a large number of practices since 1992. FrontDesk is running over 600 sites’ appointment books and well over 4 million patients are able to check themselves in on touchscreens using our Patient Check-In module. Our Appointments Online module allows patients to book or cancel appointments and order repeat prescriptions via the web.

Contract+

Contract+ has been built to help GPs and GP practices maximise their performance and earnings under the GMS contract and easily manage their workload. It allows you to easily identify your current QOF status and areas where more points can be gained. Contract+ is in use at well over 1,000 sites, providing GMS analyses on over 8 million patients overall.

Audit+

Audit+ is benchmarking and tracking software used by PCTs and Health Boards to track the performance and effectiveness of locally enhanced services. It can be used by GPs who want to monitor their performance against NICE guidelines or who want to run and record audits the demonstrate improvements for appraisal or revalidation purposes. Deployed nationally in Wales since 2007 to support the Data Quality Service for the Primary Care Informatics Programme, Audit+ has been used to provide daily monitoring of H1N1 outbreaks. Audit+ has been installed at nearly 500 Welsh sites, analysing details on 2.7 million patients.

Health Checks

Health Checks is a software solution to support delivering requirements set out under NHS Health Check. The software solution can be deployed at GP Practice level or centrally by a PCT, Health Board or Public Health organisation. Interacting with the patient record it helps the practice identify and contact the relevant cohort of patients, prompts the collection of the correct information as well as providing personalised advice based on data inputted. The software is intuitive and includes a patient visualisation screen. A version of this software has successfully been in use in the Ashton Leigh Wigan PCT for more than 2 years and used by a number of other PCTs.