Four IT systems for GPs get quality label

Four general practice IT systems used in the Irish market have achieved the 2008 quality label awarded by the European Institute for Health Records (EuroRec).
EuroRec is the European Commission funded-body responsible for the quality accreditation of electronic healthcare record (EHR) systems.
The EuroRec seal is intended to help promote cross-border harmonisation and compatability, as a step towards the interoperability of health information systems. The four systems that have been approved are: CompleteGP, version 2.1; Health One, version 6; Helix Practice Manager, version 1 of Helix Health; and Socrates, version 1.5. Certification was performed by the GP IT National Group, in line with the EuroRec defined quality criteria and procedures.

The certificates were presented to the companies during the Healthcare Informatics Society of Ireland (HISI) conference, which took place last Wednesday (Nov 19) in Dublin.
Now that the seal has been handed over, the four suppliers are authorised to use the EuroRec 2008 logo on their products and documentation.
The seal – an annual quality label granted across national borders to those systems meeting a ‘base level’ set of functional and quality requirements – involves some 20 quality criteria, mainly focusing on the trustworthiness of the EHR applications.