Two down, three to go
Trusts in London and the South are set to be off their National Programme for IT contracts by October. Now suppliers are looking north; where things are messier. Rebecca McBeth reports.
Feature
Cerner trusts stick with system
Ten of the 15 NHS trusts in London and the South that received Cerner Millennium under the National Programme for IT have chosen to stick with the system beyond the end of the national contracts this October.
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Surrey and Sussex signs with Cerner
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has signed a ten-year contract to retain Cerner Millennium, using the London Procurement Partnership framework.
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Lewisham Hospital live with Cerner
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust has gone live with Cerner Millennium at its University Hospital Lewisham site.
News
Lorenzo live at North Bristol in October
North Bristol NHS Trust will go-live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system on 18 October.
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Second time around
North Bristol NHS Trust will go-live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system this October. Digital Health news editor Rebecca McBeth got a first-hand look at its ambitious plans.
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Imperial upgrades desktops
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has upgraded its desktop environment in preparation for the roll-out of Cerner Millennium clinical functionality later in the year.
Infrastructure
Milton Keynes to stick with Cerner
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a ten-year, £23 million deal to continue using Cerner Millennium beyond the end of its national contract for the system.
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Tom’s digital health disruptors: EHRs crunch with Apple
In the first of a new, monthly column looking at disruptive technologies, Digital Health reporter Thomas Meek considers the potential of the Apple Watch – and why so many EPR vendors are rushing to link up with it.
Digital Patient
Weston retains Cerner until acquisition
Weston Area Health NHS Trust has signed a £3.2 million deal to continue using Cerner Millennium until the trust’s “imminent” acquisition by Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.
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