Child immunisation software ‘creating risks’
The interim child health system in London is creating risks to the effective running of the childhood immunisation programme, according to PCTs.
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DH funds collaborative ICT research
Information and Communications technology features in five of the seven partnerships which are receiving a share of the £64m research grant for studies looking at major conditions such as heart disease and diabetes. The new National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Health Research and Care sites were announced by health minister, Dawn Primarolo, […]
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ASCC clinical contracts in full
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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CSC plans to integrate SystmOne into Lorenzo
Local service provider CSC is planning to integrate TPP’s SystmOne with the strategic software Lorenzo,currently being developed by iSoft. The LSP for the North, Midlands and East region of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has already released details of its plans to deploy Lorenzo in four phases between 2008 and 2012, creating a […]
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McKesson says ESR job done
As the NHS Electronic Staff Record nears completion, E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma speaks to Charmaine McDonald, MD of McKesson UK, the company behind the project.
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Southern contract reset deadline up
The deadline set for completing the contract reset in the South of England has expired without agreement being reached. At the beginning of the current reset process, July 31 2007, January was set as the deadline in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between local service provider Fujitsu and the Southern Programme for IT (SPfIT). However, […]
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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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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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