Using searches
Read to SNOMED register attention needed
The folder IOM Read to SNOMED register attention needed has been built by Primary Care IT to facilitate the identification of patients who have been added or removed from registers as a result of the code migration from Read v2 to SNOMED CT. Why is ...
Why is my patient (not) included in eligibility search?
This article applies primarily to eligibility searches authored by Primary Care IT for influenza / pneumococcal / shingles, but the theory could also be applied to COVID, and potentially NHS Health Checks. Due to constraints of EMIS Web in ...
How to batch add clinical codes and protocols from search outputs
Introduction In EMIS, you can take a search output and take a batch action against all patients identified by that search. Batch adding a clinical code Highlight the search you want to batch add the code to (in this example "AF with no ...
Why do reporting searches not update with today's activity?
Many reporting searches (ie: those built for achievement or payment purposes) are designed to look at a defined time period. This may take the form of the previous calendar month (in the case of many CQRS reports), or a much longer time frame (in the ...
Using appointment reporting
When reporting on appointments, this is often best done within the appointment reporting module. Accessing Appointment Reporting To access this: Click on the EMIS button Select "Appointments" Select "Appointment Reporting" This will take you to the ...
Accessing PCIT Searches on Enterprise Search and Report units
If your region has an Enterprise Search and report unit, and PCIT have been given access, you can access Primary Care IT searches from the unit and copy them across to your local EMIS. All Enterprise Search and Report units are kept up to date with ...
Polio vaccination coverage search (EMIS)
The latest version of Polio vaccination coverage is v2 Primary Care IT has produced some searches (freely available to download here) to support Practices who receive enquiries from patients wanting to check their vaccination status for polio as a ...
How to see the Primary Care IT searches on EMIS Search and Report
To find the Primary Care IT searches on your EMIS Search and Report follow the steps below: Click on the EMIS button on the top left corner of EMIS Click on reporting Click on population reporting If you can't see the reporting or population ...
Exporting data from reports
Beware that by doing this you are storing patient identifiable data outside of your EMIS Web system. You should ensure that you follow information governance guidance on where you store and what you do with this data to ensure you comply with all ...
Running searches
Running a whole folder of searches If you want to run all of the searches within a folder, you can do this by following the instructions below: Highlight the folder in the navigation pane on the left side of EMIS so it is highlighted in blue Right ...
Using Check Patient in searches
EMIS Population Reporting has a handy feature called Check Patient which can help to understand why a particular patient is or isn't included. There are two methods for using it. When a search has been run, the list of patients identified can be ...
COVID Recovery
As we begin to return to a 'normal' way of working having been upended by the pandemic, GP Practices will already know that a lot of patient care fell by the wayside. Primary Care IT has compiled some existing - as well as some new - searches to ...
Introduction to searches
We have a number of searches which we deploy into your system. To access these, go to population reporting: Do this ...