Whittington picks set of Sectra systems
The Whittington Hospital in North London has signed a ten-year contract with Sectra to provide a PACS, RIS and vendor neutral archive.
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Acute app for Derby GPs
East Midlands GPs can find details about local acute services on a smartphone app developed by Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
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McKesson UK put up for sale
McKesson has announced its intention to sell McKesson UK, including subsidiaries System C and Liquidlogic.
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Omers buys Civica for £390m
Omers Private Equity, which is part of a Canadian pension fund, has bought Civica, which supplies the Paris mental health and community system, for £390m.
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New Choose and Book by end of year
NHS England plans to have a redeveloped Choose and Book service operating by the end of this year.
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Manchester and Hitachi develop IT
Five Manchester healthcare organisations have signed an agreement with the Hitachi group to plan and develop a range of informatics projects.
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Graphnet gets ITK links
Three projects have developed ITK links for data sharing in the NHS using Graphnet Health’s CareCentric system.
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NHS England to publish IT strategy
NHS England is developing an NHS Technology Strategy and Roadmap, setting a national direction for NHS IT.
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Barnsley picks Lorenzo
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust plans to take CSC’s electronic patient record system under the Department of Health’s interim deal with the company.
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‘Health Online’ to push records access
NHS England is running a ‘Health Online Programme’ working towards 100% electronic referrals and patient access to their records online.
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