£7m EPR costs blowout predicted after delay
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust expects deploying Cerner Millennium will now cost £12.24 million, against an original budget of £4.74 million.
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Epic improvements pull Cambridge out of special measures
Care Quality Commission says many concerns the trust’s Epic electronic patient record have now been addressed.
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Doncaster and Bassetlaw PAS delays cost £1.1m
A delay in the implementation of a patient administration system at the northern acute trust had cost more than a million pounds.
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Ipswich sticks with Agfa for PACS
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has signed a new contract with Agfa Healthcare to provide a new PACS system.
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London Ambulance IT down for five hours on NYD
Ambulance dispatchers in the capital were reduced to using pen and paper on one of the busiest nights of the year.
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Dudley picks Allscripts EPR in £32 million deal
The Midlands trust has picked the Allscripts system as part £32 million ‘digital trust’ programme.
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London trust criticised for not using EPR
Whipps Cross University Hospital has had a electronic patient record for years but many staff are still using paper.
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Countess of Chester to track staff and patients with sensors
The sensor technology will be used to monitor everything from whether a patient been discharged to who isn’t washing their hands.
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East Kent delays Allscripts PAS deployment
The southern trust has delayed implementation of its patient administration system, amid concerns about disruption to care.
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Pathology framework worth up £250m out to tender
A multi-million pound pathology framework tender has been issued by NHS organisations in the north of England.
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