A torrid few months
iSoft chairman John Weston talks to E-Health Insider about the company’s new start following some difficult months.
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iSoft pulls back from the precipice
During the last few months iSoft has had a ‘near death experience’ the company’s chairman and acting chief executive, John Weston, has told EHI in an exclusive interview. Speaking as CSC prepares to replaced Accenture as local service provider in two NHS regions served by iSoft, Weston said that without CSC’s support the company might have failed, but the […]
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Granger says he wants ‘catalogue’ of additional suppliers
The boss of the NHS IT agency Connecting for Health (CfH) has said that he intends to create a catalogue of suppliers able to provide additional capacity and systems to help deliver the late-running £6bn National Programme for NHS IT. The intention appears to be to increase capacity and plug gaps in key specialist systems, […]
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CSC to continue to deploy TPP systems
CSC has confirmed that it will continue to work with Accenture’s main software sub-contractors in the North east and Eastern NHS regions, and it plans to continue to deploy systems from The Phoenix Partnership into primary and community care. Andrew Spence, the solutions director for CSC Alliance, told EHI Primary Care that following last Thursday’s […]
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Accenture & SAP to develop collaborative health network
German software providers SAP are to partner with National Programme for IT system providers Accenture to co-develop a collaborative health network (CHN) solution designed to help healthcare organisations improve patient care by streamlining the way they access, integrate and share information. The solution will be designed to integrate people, information, business processes and technology standards […]
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MPs say Accenture’s departure evidence of NPfIT failure
Opposition MPs were quick to voice doubts about Accenture’s departure from most of its work under the National Programme for IT, seeing the move as evidence of failure. Liberal Democrat health spokesman, Steve Webb, said: “This is yet more evidence of a project in deep trouble that will doubtless mean more instability distracting health professionals […]
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CSC wins £1.9bn contract for North-east and Eastern
Computer Sciences Corporation has been awarded a nine-year contract to take over responsibility for Accenture’s North-east and Eastern regions of the £12bn NHS National Programme for IT. Accenture will continue only as the provider of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) in the two regions. The consultancy firm will transfer all its other local service […]
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Accenture pulls out of national programme
Accenture has departed from the NHS National Programme for IT, walking away from two contracts worth a total of more than £2bn. The company, which is the second biggest supplier to the national programme, made the announcement before its fourth quarter earnings call today. It is understood that the firm has been unable to reach an agreement with NHS […]
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Sheffield concluded iPM was ‘not fit for purpose’
A confidential review of the two Local Service Provider versions of iSoft’s iPM patient administration system carried out by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust concluded the system was not, in its team’s opinion, “fit for purpose” and created “clinical risks”, due to a series of performance issues. The team looked at versions of the […]
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Hosted INPS and iSoft accredited by CfH
Two hosted GP practice systems have so far received accreditation from NHS Connecting for Health. INPS Vision 3 Enterprise edition, as offered by the Capital Care Alliance in the London cluster and iSoft Synergy Enterprise, as offered by Accenture in the North Eastern and Eastern clusters, have met CfH’s requirements for hosted systems under the […]
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