UnitedHealth Group to buy GP IT provider EMIS for £1.2billion
American health giant UnitedHealth Group has agreed to acquire EMIS Group in an all-cash deal which is worth around £1.24billion ($1.51billion).
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Second NHS official to join Palantir as it guns for £360m contract
Harjeet Dhaliwal, deputy director of data services at NHS England and NHS Improvement will follow Indra Joshi, former NHSX director of AI.
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Least digitised trusts to get priority for investment
Jon Hoeksma explores the news that the twenty-five least digitised NHS trusts in England are to be prioritised for investment in electronic patient records.
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Matthew Gould leaves NHS England and Improvement
The former CEO of NHSX, Matthew Gould, left NHS England and Improvement at the end of April 2022, Digital Health News has learned.
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System C appoints a new CEO ahead of its 40th birthday
System C, a UK health and social care software specialist, has appointed Nick Wilson as its new CEO as the company looks towards its 40th birthday.
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Simon Eccles to step down as CCIO at NHS England and Improvement
The national chief clinical information officer at NHS England and Improvement is to step down after four years in the role.
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NHS England planning to develop a £240million ‘Federated Data Platform’
NHS England has announced plans to develop a £240million ‘Federated Data Platform’(FDP) via a prior information notice ahead of an open procurement.
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Major push on EPR ‘convergence’ and levelling up from the centre
Local NHS leaders have been told that they must draw up plans to level-up and converge the electronic patient records in use across ICS boundaries.
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Dedalus to replace Lorenzo EPR with Orbis software
Dedalus has announced that it will cease offering the Lorenzo electronic patient record (EPR) system in the UK and Ireland and will switch to Orbis.
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Interim arrangements for NHS Digital and NHSX merger are revealed
New guidance on the interim arrangements for the merger of NHS England and Improvement and NHS Digital and NHSX has been revealed.
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