English Churches Housing Group invests in telecare
English Churches Housing Group has announced a major upgrade to its IT infrastructure to make it compatible with digital communication systems. ECHG, which is one of the largest providers of sheltered and supported housing services in the UK, has partnered with Tunstall to upgrade communication and monitoring systems to support the independence of its 6,000 […]
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Ex-NHS IT boss Richard Granger joins KPMG
Richard Granger, the former-head of NHS Connecting for Health, has returned to the world of consulting. E-Health Insider understands that Granger will join KPMG’s Global Health Practice as a partner. KPMG’s Global Health Practice is based in Australia. Granger’s new appointment was informally announced yesterday at an e-health conference in Melbourne, Australia. KPMG has yet […]
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CRS problems cost Barts and the London £3m
Barts and the London NHS Trust projects a £3m shortfall in income this year due to serious data, reporting and technical problems with its new Cerner Millennium Care Records System. The new CRS system, installed by BT in April, has left the London trust unable to accurately report on inpatient and activity. As a result […]
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GE’s Centricity cardiology system wins award
GE Healthcare’s Centricity cardiovascular information system has won Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 ‘product line leadership’ award. The GE CIS system recognised is Centricity Carddas Xi². The CIS is designed to meet cardiologist’s needs for advanced data management and PACS capabilities in a common infrastructure for cardiology and radiology. According to GE Cardass provides a single […]
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3C creates best of breed partnership
An alliance of seven UK and Irish healthcare software vendors and implementers has been formed to offer NHS trusts a one-stop shop for best of breed clinical solutions. 3C Healthcare Partnership says it can offer NHS trusts a suite of integrated, proven clinical solutions and direct contact with clinical system suppliers. It also says the […]
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IBA tells investors Lorenzo will launch in November
In its first annual report since acquiring UK health software vendor iSoft, for £166m last August, IBA Health on Monday reported that revenues have almost quadrupled to £168m, up from £35m in 2007. The Australian company said the first version of its long delayed Lorenzo strategic software will have a “global launch” this November. A […]
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St Mary’s further delays go live of Cerner CRS
St Mary’s Hospital, part of London’s Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, has delayed plans to go-live this coming weekend with the Cerner Millennium electronic records system supplied by BT as part of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. St Mary’s was due to be the first part of the giant trust to implement […]
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Foundation trusts tender outside NPfIT
E-Health Insider has learned that just a month after the publication of the Health Informatics Review, a number of NHS foundation trusts have begun to move to non-National Programme for IT in the NHS solutions. Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust have seperately placed advertisements for electronic patient record systems […]
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Cisco sees return on staff PHRs
Managers at network technology giant Cisco Systems say the company is saving more than $4 for every $1 it invests in its employees’ health care using personal electronic healthcare records. In an evaluation of a pilot programme involving 600 staff at the company has concluded that employees who become involved in their PHRs are healthier […]
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Conservatives commission review of NHS IT
The Conservative Party has commissioned an independent review of NHS IT policy to be led by Dr Glyn Hayes.
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