CSC say they want to take over from Accenture
CSC today confirmed they would compete to take over from Accenture, should the company withdraw from its contracts to the North-east and Eastern cluster of the National Programme for IT. Speaking at a conference in New York, CSC’s chief financial officer, Mike Keane, said: “If the cluster becomes vacant, that would be potential business. We […]
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Concerns voiced over Ireland’s iSoft deal
The main Irish opposition party, Fine Gael, has raised concerns over the recent financial difficulties of iSoft and the £38m (€56m) contract it was awarded by the Irish government in April 2005 to upgrade the country’s healthcare IT. Fine Gael has also questioned the circumstances in which a major contract was agreed verbally and then […]
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Evidence-based medicine search engine now free
A search engine aimed at health professionals looking for clinical research literature to support patient care will become free-to-access this month. The Turning Research Into Practice (TRIP) database has been running since 1997, but money spent on improving the search facility, led to it converting to a subscription-only basis, three years ago. Directors John Bassey […]
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New group will promote patient access to records
A group has been set up to raise awareness of patient record access nationally and internationally and increase the take-up of patient access to records by patients and practices in the NHS. The Record Access Collaborative, which is being run by south east London GP Brian Fisher and funded by GP computer supplier EMIS, aims […]
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iSoft goes live with results reporting in Ireland
iSoft have announced that it is rolling out its iPM results reporting module across all sites in the Bon Secours private hospital group in Ireland following a successful six-month pilot. The pilot of the browser-based results access system took place across five wards in the 343-bed Cork site. Previously, test results were distributed twice daily […]
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E-Health Insider’s new careers fair for health IT people
Qualified health IT specialists can now pre-register free of charge for E-Health Insider’s first ever careers fair created to meet the needs of its growing audience. At Lord’s Cricket Ground, London, on 17 and 18 November 2006 health IT professionals will have the chance to meet potential employers and attend lively, free seminar sessions on […]
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New guidance on mobiles in hospitals and surgeries
The Department of Health has issued guidance about the use of mobile phones in GP surgeries and other NHS premises. The guidance suggests GP practices prepare a written policy on the use of mobile phones accompanied by information posters. It adds: “Many GPs ban the use of mobile phones in their surgeries.” The guidance, which […]
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South Worcestershire signs for Care Enhance Call Centre
South Worcestershire Primary Care Trust has selected an advanced call centre triage system for its GP out-of-hours (OOH) service which it also plans to use for remotely managing patients with long term conditions. The new system, called the Care Enhance Call Centre (CECC) will enable the out-of-hours service provider to triage any calls they receive directing callers to the […]
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iSoft GP users should not feel pressed to change
GP practices that use iSoft primary care systems should not feel pressurised to move to other systems despite media coverage of the troubles suffered by the company, says the British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee (GPC). The GPC has issued advice to approximately 1500 GP practices that currently use one of iSoft’s primary care products, […]
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NAO planning to look again at NPfIT
The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed that it plans to carry out a second study of the late-running £12bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT). No date has yet been set for this new study to be carried out. The NAO said in June that it “may return to carry out a further examination at a […]
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