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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

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.

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

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. Like other GP systems it made extensive use of

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s. The other approved GP systems are

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, EMIS Health and

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. 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

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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

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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

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