accuRx have been hailed as the overwhelming success story of the Covid crisis, with a rapid deployment of much needed virtual tech into practices up and down the country and enabling primary teams to maintain high quality care for their patients. Ben is joined on this week’s podcast by GP and IT champion Dustyn Saint of Primary Care Pathways, to discuss the accuRx journey, what their breakout success has meant for general practice and how their influence is likely to extend beyond the pandemic.

Introductions (35 secs)

Primary Care Pathways (44 secs)

When did Dustyn first hear about accuRx? (1 min 33 secs)

Text messaging (1 min 58 secs)

How does the accuRx messaging service work alongside existing clinical systems? (3 mins 28 secs)

What other features does the messaging tool offer? (4 mins 6 secs)

A “game changing” video consultation service and its effect on general practice during the pandemic (4 mins 49 secs)

A comparison with previous video consultation applications (5 mins 54 secs)

How easy was it for colleagues and staff to adapt to using the accuRx systems? (6 mins 56 secs)

Widespread adoption across general practice (7 mins 41 secs)

Working with other providers and additional functionality (8 mins 8 secs)

Are virtual consults here to stay? (8 mins 35 secs)

The effect of tech on managing care going forwards (9 mins 21 secs)

Remote monitoring (10 mins 38 secs)

A turning point for primary care? (11 mins 30 secs)

The accuRx journey (12 mins 10 secs)

accuRx financial model and the procurement process (12 mins 53 secs)

A comparison against other business models; past and present (14 mins 8 secs)

The impact on working practices and benefits to patients (14 mins 4 secs)

Security and governance (15 mins 37 secs)

GP testimonial (16 mins 38 secs)

What’s next for Primary Care Pathways? (16 mins 58 secs)

Getting in touch (18 mins 11 secs)

 

For more information on Primary Care Pathways and making direct contact with Dustyn:

Primary Care Pathways website here

Primary Care Pathways first Ockham podcast episode is available here

Contact @PrimaryCareIT / @DustynSaint