Insider view: Jon Hoeksma
Cerner’s challenge to the decision by two Cambridge trusts to award an eHospital EPR project to Epic looks like sour grapes; but it may serve the NHS IT market, says EHI editor Jon Hoeksma.
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Cerner challenges Cambridge EPR decision
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been challenged by clinical IT vendor Cerner over its recent eHospital electronic patient record procurement, in which Cerner was beaten by US arch rival Epic.
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Cambridge to pick EPR supplier in April
Two Cambridge trusts are expected to announce the winner of their high profile electronic patient record procurement in mid-April, and have issued a tender for consultancy and support services.
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Cambridge has QlikView of data
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has said that implementing a user driven business intelligence system has allowed it to save the equivalent of a quarter of ts bed capacity.
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Cambridge starts hunt for a new EPR
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will go outside of the National Programme for IT in the NHS when procuring for an electronic patient record early next year.
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Cambridge trials path system with Carefx
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced it is working with workflow solutions company Carefx to pilot a proactive pathology results system.
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Dr Foster names safety underperformers
The Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2009 has named 12 NHS trusts that it says have significantly underperformed on its new measure of patient safety. The guide, published over the weekend, identifies patient safety as the single most important element of hospital care. For the first time, it has introduced a Patient Safety Score, awarding scores of one to […]
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Time to change the record?
E-Health Insider’s Sarah Bruce gauges reaction to the Conservatives’ response to the independent review of NHS IT.
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Anderson: ‘prepare for more viruses’
A well-known IT security expert has told E-health Insider that hospitals need to accept that viruses exist and has urged them to be better prepared for attacks. Ross Anderson, Professor of Security Engineering at Cambridge University, told EHI: “Hospitals need to design systems on the understanding that viruses exist, just like hospitals are built on […]
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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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