Working Remotely

Vision solutions can help GP practice staff maintain a business as usual approach to patient care in case of the following possibilities:

  • Surgeries closing to contain the spread of the virus
  • Surgery staff working from home due to self-isolation
  • Re-introduction of retired clinicians in various shared and practice settings

Vision is supporting a national response and working with CCGs, Health Boards and national bodies to deliver their preferred method of remote patient record access.

Wales only - NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS) have a solution in place that allows practice staff to gain emergency access to their practice-based computer from a home computer or device, see NWIS guidance for remote home working

You can access the full functionality of your GP practice Vision 3 account using a remote desktop connection. You will need the following in place to access Vision 3 remotely:

  • a Windows laptop/desktop PC
  • a security token to access your local NHS Network
  • and for customers in England, a Smartcard reader (so you can access national services such as electronic prescribing and eReferrals).

Click here for instructions on accessing Vision 3 through remote desktop.

Use Vision Anywhere on Windows Desktop, iOS and Android to access your practice appointments lists and patient records.

From Vision Anywhere you can quickly and easily:

  • Conduct telephone consultations directly from your device, see:
  • View a concise and useful summary of a patient record
  • Complete a full consultation from one screen, with or without an internet connection
  • Dictate notes straight into patient records
  • Record common observations quickly using predictive data entry
  • Use data entry templates and alerts in conjunction with Vision+ and Outcomes Manager

Click here to download Vision Anywhere Android (Play Store)

Click here to download Vision Anywhere iOS (App Store)

Click here to enquire about the Windows Desktop version of Vision Anywhere

Vision Anywhere for shared care allows all the functionality of Vision Anywhere mobile consultations (as detailed above) with the added value of sharing of patient appointments and records between different practices, including EMIS Web patient records.

Only appropriate data is shared, as agreed between health providers and as pre-defined in your data sharing agreements.

Click here to enquire about the Windows Desktop version of Vision Anywhere

See Clinical Pathways for details regarding recording and monitoring coronavirus data.
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