Full Lorenzo benefits expected 2012
Latest plans for the delivery of the Lorenzo next generation clinical software system under the NHS IT programme show it is not expected to be fully implemented until 2012. The strategic software, currently under development by iSoft, is to be delivered by Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) in the North, East and Midlands, to three-fifths of […]
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System C Healthcare acquires Care Records
System C Healthcare, a UK healthcare software services and implementation consultancy, has acquired clinical system developer Care Records Ltd, from medical equipment manufacturer Huntleigh Healthcare. Care Records is a developer of clinical IT systems, best known for the Eclipse maternity system and a diabetes management system, both of which have been installed in UK hospitals. […]
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CSC fined £5m for late delivery of PAS systems
Computer Sciences Corporation has had to pay penalties totalling around £5m for late delivery of patient administration software.
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A year in review: LSPs in 2007
EHI Editor Jon Hoeksma, provides a look back at 2007 from the perspective of the NHS IT programme’s local service providers: Fujitsu, CSC and BT.
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TPP used to support Bradford research project
The Born in Bradford project – a large study that will track the progress of more than 10,000 babies from pregnancy to adulthood – is to use data recorded on TPP SystmOne GP systems. Born in Bradford is thought to be the world’s biggest study of children’s health ever to be undertaken. Parents-to-be are invited […]
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Yorkshire and Humber SHA plan TPP-based EPR
Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has adopted a new IM&T strategy that explicitly plans for the possible non-delivery of Lorenzo.
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The end of the beginning?
Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill’s famous quote against the evidence.
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Bradford goes live with iPM in just six months
Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has successfully deployed the iSoft iPM system in just six months, after striking a deal with Computer Sciences Corporation and Connecting for Health last October. The trust becomes the first hospital in the North East to go live with a CSC provided iSoft iPM PAS system. CSC took over […]
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Maternity delivery delays
Maternity systems form a core part of Local Service Providers’ contracts under the NHS IT programme, but delivery has been painfully slow resulting in some trusts opting for alternative systems, Joe Fernandez investigates.
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Bradford to be first ex-Accenture acute trust to go live
The first acute trust in the two NHS clusters that Computer Sciences Corporation officially took over from Accenture in January has told E-Health Insider it is confident it will go live with a new patient administration system by this April. Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has told E-Health Insider that it is on track […]
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