Dr Foster bought by Oz telecoms firm
Dr Foster Intelligence has been bought by Australian telecommunications company Telstra, nearly a decade after its launch.
News
Royal Brompton speeds up network
Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust is working with Alcatel-Lucent to upgrade its network infrastructure as part of a clinical systems transformation project.
Infrastructure
London information exchange on way
A pan-London information exchange is being developed to connect local data-sharing projects and establish common standards, as part of a citywide interoperability programme.
News
Chesterfield plans PAS ‘re-launch’
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning a “re-launch” of its System C Medway patient administration system after suffering a series of post-implementation problems that caused waiting list backlogs.
Clinical Software
Adenubi moves from GPSoC to data role
Kemi Adenubi is stepping down as the HSCIC’s head of primary care IT to lead work on a replacement for the Secondary Uses Service, EHI News can exclusively reveal.
News
Microtest’s Guru sees wisdom in MIG
Microtest has signed a contract with Healthcare Gateway to share data from its Guru system via the Medical Interoperability Gateway, with work at a pilot site starting next month.
News
Emis hails strong 2014 results
Emis Group has reported a 30% increase in annual revenue for 2014, saying its performance was buoyed by growth in the community health sector and major deals in secondary and specialist care.
News
Cerner to integrate PHR data in records
Cerner has partnered with digital health platform Validic in a deal to integrate patient-generated data into its patient portals and electronic patient records.
Digital Patient
Stevens, Rice hail IT focus in 5YFV
The “inexorable rise” of IT and data in UK healthcare must be accompanied by increased digital literacy and improved incentives for care providers to be a success, key NHS England figures say.
News
West London CCGs work on data sharing
An alliance of West London clinical commissioning groups is developing a memorandum of understanding to improve data sharing between the area’s GP practices.
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