IB-Salut awards EHR contract
The health service of the Balearic Islands has awarded the tender for the development of an electronic health record to Fujistu, in conjunction with its partners Oracle and Orion Health. IB-Salut signed the contract worth €6.7m, saying it wanted to transform its existing model of dispersed health information into an integrated EHR. The project known […]
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TPP named as CSC strategic solution
Primary care software supplier TPP has announced that it has signed an agreement with local service provider CSC, which makes SystmOne the strategic solution in the North, Midlands and East of England.
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System C buys Bluestar
System C has announced it has bought RFID specialist Bluestar, the latest in a series of acquisitions by the company.
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech
General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm announced yesterday.
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Microsoft does cross-government deal
The Treasury has signed a cross-government deal with Microsoft that will allow licenses to be transferred across the public sector. The value of the deal signed by the Office of Government Commerce Buying Solutions agency has not been disclosed. However, the government claims it will save the public sector £75m over five years. The deal […]
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Emis upgrades Emis Access
Primary care software supplier Emis has announced an upgrade of its online messaging system, Emis Access, which it says is now four times faster and more user friendly. The Emis Access system is used by more than 1,600 Emis practices and 150,000 patients with an average of 45,000 appointments booked online each month and 86,000 […]
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Lone NHS workers get safety alarms
The Department of Health has announced that 30,000 lone NHS workers are to get personal safety alarms incorporating location tracking technology.
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BridgeForward builds Viaduct
Software provider BridgeForward has announced the European release of its latest interoperability solution, Viaduct. The solution is a service oriented, teamwork-enabled, enterprise integration design studio and runtime that runs on any platform and any device. The company claims it enables users to design, build and deploy complex integration processes in the same way as they […]
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Pharmacists want to offer biometric ID
Community pharmacists are lobbying to take part in the government’s national identity card scheme by offering a biometric identity service.
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GP IT systems fall short on urgent care
IT and phone systems used by GP practices fail to help practices measure how well they are doing at providing in-hours urgent care, according to a Department of Health commissioned report. The review of urgent care by the Primary Care Foundation, a consultancy firm specialising in urgent care, found that IT and phone systems currently […]
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