Milburn Pledges New IT Money and Partnerships
Health Secretary Alan Milburn used a Microsoft-sponsored Department of Health (DH) IT conference attended by Bill Gates to pledge an extra £85m for NHS IT in 2002-2003. Health secretary Alan Milburn admitted on 6 December 2001 that hard pressed hospitals had diverted IT allocations last year to meet other priorities. "I should have earmarked it […]
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iSOFT Appoints European Chief Executive
Manchester-based health information firm iSOFT Group plc has appointed Ken Jacobson as European Chief Executive, indicating added emphasis on an extended European acquisitions strategy. As European CEO, Jacobson will be responsible for consolidating iSOFT’s position in the development of healthcare information systems and will focus on organic and acquisitive growth across Europe. He takes up […]
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“Millstone of History” Holds Back UK E-Health
The UK health service is still struggling to adopt the information technology and business practices that will drag it out of the industrial era of hospital factories and into the information age model of virtual, patient-centric healthcare. But why is the health service apparently unable to get to grips with proven technologies that became commonplace […]
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