BT in talks to take over Cerner trusts in south
BT has confirmed it is in talks to take over responsibility for trusts in the south with Cerner Millennium
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Industry experts call for acute systems of choice
A range of politicians, industry analysts and experts have urged NHS Connecting for Health to use Fujitsu’s exit from the National Programme for IT as an opportunity to introduce acute systems of choice, based on the ASCC catalogue. Fujitsu on Wednesday had its £896m contract as local service provider in the South terminated, after a […]
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Suppliers set out vision for ASCC
EHI spoke to a number of ASCC lot 2 suppliers to see what they hope to achieve from the new framework. Joe Fernandez reports.
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Carestream mid-way through NHSScotland PACS
Carestream Health has announced it has reached the half-way point in delivering PACS to NHSScotland, and intends to complete installations by the end of the year. The project now has 21 sites connected out of the country’s 39 hospitals, with 10,000 general clinical users and 200 radiologists registered to the system. According to 1 May […]
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ASCC clinical contracts in full
CfH awards 61 ASCC clinical contracts
Connecting for Health has awarded the eagerly anticipated Additional Supply Capability and Capacity framework contracts for clinical information systems.
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ASCC clinical shortlist due
An announcement is due next week on what clinical systems suppliers have made it through to the shortlist of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) procurement run by NHS Connecting for Health. The DH IT agency told E-Health Insider “the shortlist is being completed and finalised now, with a formal announcement to be made […]
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ASCC suppliers named
Connecting for Health has named the suppliers for three of the four categories of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity framework initiative.
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ASCC ‘symbol’ of return to local procurement
Healthcare software vendor, Ascribe, says the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework catalogue, designed to expand the range of healthcare IT suppliers to England’s NHS has become a ‘symbol’ of the return to local procurement of IT. A bullish assessment of the Bolton-based company’s prospects accompanied financial results showing annual sales up 55%, rising […]
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