NHS close to signing new Microsoft deal
The NHS is on the brink of signing a new three-year corporate licensing agreement with Microsoft to provide desktop applications for the entire NHS. A National Programme for IT (NPfIT) spokesperson told E-Health Insider: "The National Programme for IT can confirm it has reached an agreement with Microsoft for the provision of desk-top licences, which […]
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Sun awarded ‘tactical’ NHS desktop contract
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has concluded an evaluation project with Sun Microsystems over the potential use of Sun’s open-source Java Desktop System within the NHS as an alternative to Microsoft. E-Health Insider can exclusively reveal that NPfIT “has concluded that the Java Desktop System, which runs on the Linux operating system, represents a […]
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Norfolk hospital gets electronic cancer care system
A hospital in East Anglia has installed an electronic cancer management system in its oncology department, which is designed to bring greater efficiency, greater patient throughput and reduced waiting times. Until now, the software has not been available in Europe. The Colney Centre at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital is using VARiS MedOncology from Varian Medical Systems, […]
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Will the NPfIT be China’s cup of tea?
With the procurement phase of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) completed, NHS IT director-general Richard Granger has begun to deliver on his promise to explain what the NPfIT will deliver… beginning with a three-day mission to China. Granger was part of an official DTI and Foreign and Commonwealth Official visit last week that met […]
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Microsoft denies ‘tailored software’ offer for NHS
Microsoft have denied weekend reports that they are to rewrite their core products on behalf of the NHS, but confirmed that they are in discussions with the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) on how the firm’s software can be best configured to support delivery of the national programme. Neil Jordan, head of healthcare for Microsoft UK denied a report […]
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IDX predicts $1 billion revenues from LSP contracts
IDX Corporation has revealed that it expects to see revenues of $1 billion (£525 million) over ten years from its role as the principal clinical systems and related services provider for the London and South of England Local Service Provider contracts. The company has also briefed US analysts that while the contracts contain milestone […]
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NHS signs national deal with Oracle
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has signed a corporate licensing agreement with the Oracle Corp., that will provide NHS organisations with access to Oracle products at up to 50% below list price. Modelled on the NHS-wide corporate enterprise agreement signed with Microsoft in 2000, the new agreement with Oracle is designed to enable the […]
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NHS Evaluates Windows alternative
Sun Microsystems has announced that it has received notice from NHS IT director-general Richard Granger that its Java Desktop System will be evaluated for use in the NHS as a possible alternative to Microsoft’s Windows products. According to Sun Microsystems the evaluation could help bring an open, affordable and secure desktop solution to the NHS, […]
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Paying the price for success
As the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) procurements approach their climax the final few weeks of negotiations appear to have centred on the relentless push from the centre to drive down prices for systems, software and associated services. The challenge is to stretch to the limit the return on the £2.3 billion being invested nationally […]
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PC framework deal agreed for NHS
A framework contract to deliver 55,000 PCs to the NHS over the next six-months as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has been agreed with three giant PC suppliers. The new hardware will be funded by national resources under the NPfIT. The deal is intended to ensure that the Government’s staff-to-PC ratio target […]
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