In Practice Systems Limited (INPS) is a health informatics company, part of the
Cegedim group and based in the United Kingdom.
Company history
The company was established in 1984 under the name of Ranchalley Ltd. It quickly changed its name to Value Added Medical Products Ltd (VAMP) and then to Reuters Health Information Ltd in 1997. In 1998 INPS was acquired by the
Cegedim group.
In 2004, the company purchased the UK arm of NDCHealth, makers of ''Pharmacy Manager'' software that was widely used across the UK. It later rebranded as Vision.
In 1990 VAMP was one of the four most popular GP computer systems in Wales. In 2010, INPS had about 20% of the English market, 30% of the market in Scotland and Northern Ireland and just over 50% of the market in Wales.
On 10 December 2024 In Practice Systems Limited was voluntarily placed into administration by the Cegedim group.
Products
*Vision 3, a clinical system used within primary care settings
*Vision Online Services, a Web-based patient-centric service
*Outcomes Manager, a population health solution for local healthcare communities.
England
In 2018, the GP IT Futures framework was announced as a new way to support modularity in healthcare systems in England and so make it easier for new suppliers to enter the market. Before this, INPS had produced one of the computer systems available to GPs in England under the Systems of Choice scheme from 2008, as well as through Local Service Provider, the
CSC. Like other GP systems it made extensive use of
Read code
Read codes are a Medical terminology, clinical terminology system that was in widespread use in General Practice in the United Kingdom until around 2018, when NHS England switched to using SNOMED CT. Read codes are still in use in Scotland and in ...
s. The other approved GP systems are
SystmOne
SystmOne is a centrally hosted clinical computer system developed by Horsforth-based The Phoenix Partnership (TPP). It is used by healthcare professionals in the UK predominantly in primary care. The system is being deployed as one of the accredit ...
,
EMIS Health
EMIS Health, formerly known as Egton Medical Information Systems, supplies electronic patient record systems and software used in primary care, acute care and community pharmacy in the United Kingdom. The company is based in Leeds. It claims t ...
and
Microtest Health.
From April 2014 practices were contractually required to promote and offer patients the opportunity to book appointments online, order repeat prescriptions online and gain
access to their medical records online.
The system hosts pathway management systems which automate the processes of monitoring patients, for example those taking
disease-modifying antirheumatic drug
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s which are potentially toxic.
Wales
In 2018, along with Microtest Health, it was awarded a four-year contract for GP clinical systems by the
NHS Wales
NHS Wales () is the publicly-funded healthcare system in Wales, and one of the four systems which make up the National Health Service () in the United Kingdom.
NHS Wales was formed as part of the public health system for England and Wales crea ...
Informatics Service. This came after EMIS was excluded because its bid failed to 'meet a number of the necessary evaluation criteria relating to financial, contractual and functional requirements', according to NHS Wales. INPS Vision was already established in Wales, but Microtest was not.
References
External links
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Electronic health record software companies
Companies based in the London Borough of Wandsworth
Private providers of NHS services