It’s history (repeating itself)
The Gateway Reviews of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have been published. Lyn Whitfield took a look at them.
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CSC to supply SystmOne under GPSoC
Computer Sciences Corporation has signed a framework agreement with NHS Connecting for Health to supply TPP’s SystmOne under the GP Systems of Choice initiative. SystmOne has also been approved as meeting CfH’s standards for a hosted solution. The signing of the framework agreement with CfH marks the end of a long period of negotiations with CSC […]
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CfH connects telehealth to EMIS Web
NHS Connecting for Health is to trial linking information from an advanced telehealth platform into the new EMIS Web GP system.
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HealthSpace expansion plans shelved
The Department of Health has shelved plans for a massive expansion of its personal health record project, HealthSpace.
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Money, money, money
The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Royal Berkshire selects UPMC for Cerner
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust has selected University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre as its preferred partner to deliver a new electronic patient record system.
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Wales to pilot PACS integration
Informing Healthcare is planning a pilot for image sharing between picture archiving and communications systems across the country. The PACS integration project will involve finding a solution for sharing images between the six PACS systems in use in Wales from Fuji, Agfa, Insignia (Steria), Carestream and GE and Ferrania. A spokesperson for Welsh IT agency told E-Health […]
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Changing child health systems
A consortium of primary care and acute trusts in the south west discuss the implementation of McKesson’s Care Plus child health system.
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Walsall first with Horizon Visibility
Walsall Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first in the UK to go-live with McKesson’s new Horizon Enterprise Visibility patient monitoring system.
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NHS IC does deal with SAS
The NHS Information Centre has done a partnership deal with SAS for a standardised data management system and unique business analytics platform. The NHS IC says the deal will allow it to integrate, clean, manage and analyse information held on disparate systems more efficiently. It should also enable it to automate the way information is […]
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