Reflections from the Big Easy
EHI editor, Jon Hoeksma, reflects on the similarities between US health IT trends and what is happening in the UK, after a week at HIMSS 2013 in New Orleans.
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Cerner and McKesson join US alliance
Six heavyweight electronic medical records vendors have announced plans to develop common interoperability standards to create a new national set of core services.
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Allscripts reading
Chris Thorne completes a short series on US entrants to the NHS IT market by talking to Lee Shapiro of Allscripts.
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Allscripts wins EPR at Salford Royal
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it has chosen Allscripts to supply its new electronic patient record system.
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Liverpool first to pick Allscripts EPR
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a contract to Allscripts Healthcare for the implementation of an electronic patient record.
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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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Allscripts completes Eclipsys merger
Health IT company Allscripts-Misys has completed its merger with Eclipsys. Allscripts, which announced the merger at the beginning of June in an all stock $1.3 billion deal, will retain its name and become one of the largest health IT companies in the world. It will have more than 5,500 employees, combined revenues of $1.2 billion […]
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Allscripts-Misys to acquire Eclipsys
Health IT company Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions has announced it will buy hospital software vendor Eclipsys Corporation in a $1.3 billion all-stock deal.
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US doctors paid €30,000 to use EHR
North Shore Hospital Group on Long Island, New York is offering 7,000 doctors incentives of up to €28,500 each over five years to adopt digital patient records. The hospital has already made a €284m ($400m) commitment to digitise patient records throughout its system, which includes 13 hospitals, following the promise made last year by Barack […]
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US releases $1.2 billion for EMRs
The US government is releasing $1.2 billion (€800m) to help healthcare providers implement and use electronic medical records. The grants include $598m (€400m) to set up about 70 health information technology centres, which will provide technical assistance and support for the implementation of EMRs. A further $564m will be spent on health information networks to allow […]
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