NHS Direct cuts hit admin staff
NHS Direct is slashing its back-office costs in half and expects to make more than 300 whole time equivalent staff redundant.
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Cerner and McKesson join US alliance
Six heavyweight electronic medical records vendors have announced plans to develop common interoperability standards to create a new national set of core services.
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Govt EPR targets ‘a good thing’
The government’s ambitious targets for electronic records in NHS trusts are achievable and will deliver safer patient care, Cerner’s UK boss says.
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Central funding decision due by April
Six southern acute procurement groups hope to hear by April whether their IT investment plans will be backed-up by central funding.
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US hospitals making progress on EMRs
US hospital IT leaders report strong progress towards electronic medical records, with two thirds saying they have achieved the first milestone in the Federal ‘meaningful use’ programme.
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Three suppliers win London EPR tender
Cerner, InterSystems and Epic have been shortlisted for a patient administration system and electronic patient record framework contract covering nine London trusts.
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Open APIs key to future NHS
Interoperability and the opening up of application programme interfaces will be key factors in the NHS Commissioning Board’s vision for the new NHS.
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Morecambe gets Horizon View of Lorenzo
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a virtual desktop infrastructure in A&E to give staff easier access to Lorenzo.
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Slippage in 111 go-live covered
Contingency plans are in place to continue to provide the 0845 health advice line for up to half of England beyond the April go-live date for NHS 111.
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Name your healthcare IT champion 2013
Nominations are open for the Healthcare IT Champion of the Year, the special category of eHealth Insider’s annual awards decided by EHI’s readers.
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