29 April 2004

Leaked report criticises NPfIT implementation

A leaked report by the National Programme for IT’s former chief clinical adviser has exposed fault lines at the highest
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28 April 2004

Communications boss appointed by national programme

The National Programme for IT finally has a communications director, after an on-off-on search that began early last year. The
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27 April 2004

Basildon and Thurrock notches up wireless “first”

Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first NHS Trust to implement a fully wireless-enabled network. Staff at the trust
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27 April 2004

NPfIT helps NHS management consultant bill rise 185%

The government’s rapidly growing bill for management consultancy hit £1 billion last year, double the amount spent the previous year.  Among
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23 April 2004

Hutton resigns as chair of clinical advisory board

Professor Peter Hutton has resigned his position as chair of the National Clinical Advisory Board of the National Programme for
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22 April 2004

EMIS predicts signing deals with three LSPs

Primary care systems supplier EMIS has said that is confident that EMIS products and services will be available “working via
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21 April 2004

IT projects fail because best practice not applied

Billions of pounds are wasted every year on new IT systems, with only 16% that can be considered a true
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21 April 2004

Lothian upgrades Wise radiology solution

Lothian University Hospitals Trust is to upgrade its Radwise radiology information system (RIS) to a new web-based system with greatly
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20 April 2004

Health Language to help NPfIT avoid ‘Tower of Babel’

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has signed a deal with Health Language Inc., to provide its Language Engine (LE)
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19 April 2004

EMIS implements single system for three Manchester PCTs

General practice system supplier EMIS has announced that it has completed the successful implementation of PCS Enterprise, its remotely hosted
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