Leicester picks IBM as IT partner
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has picked IBM to provide it with IM&T services and to procure and implement a new electronic patient record.
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London PHR event looks for ‘pull’ effect
London Connect is holding an event to encourage the public to get involved with personal health records at the end of next week.
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NHS Direct gives out bug advice
The higher than usual levels of Norovirus over the Christmas and New Year break helped to push up calls and queries to NHS Direct.
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NICE looks for blue-SCIE thinking
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has awarded a contract to the Social Care Institute for Excellence and partners to develop social care guidance.
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Southern group looks for EDM and portal
A group of three Southern acute trusts hopes to attract central funding to purchase an electronic document management system and clinical portal.
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Reforms will weaken IT services – survey
Opinion is divided on the impact of the latest NHS reorganisation on local IT and information services, but many respondents to EHI Primary Care’s latest survey are pessimistic about investment and development.
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HEE initiatives support SMEs in NHS
Health Enterprise East is launching an e-learning tool to give small companies and third sector organisations insight into how procurement works in the NHS.
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Lexmark acquires Acuo Technologies
Acuo Technologies has been acquired by Lexmark International and will become part of Perceptive Software.
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Cards could link exercise and benefits
Councils could use smartcards to link prescribed exercise packages to benefits, a think-tank report on the role of local authorities in public health has suggested.
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DH runs £5m tech competitions
The Department of Health has announced two competitions for small businesses, with £5m available for ideas to improve the lives of people living with mental illness or who are at the end of their lives.
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