NW shared services expand with COA
East Lancashire Financial Services is expanding its reach across the UK in partnership with business software provider, COA Solutions. East Lancashire Financial Services provides NHS organisations with accounting, financial management, procurement, ESR payroll, online expenses and other shared service solutions. Historically, it has focused on the provision of shared services to NHS organisations in the North West, but […]
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BI heck, Wakefield’s got a grand system
NHS Wakefield District has invested in a business intelligence system from COA Solutions to generate benchmarking information about its local population and to comply with Department of Health and regulatory requirements. The primary care trusts plans to make data from the system available to other commissioners in the area and, eventually, to the entire local […]
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EHI’s industry round up 22.12.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up includes news about the benefits that trusts are seeing from deploying new technology, launches and partnerships between leading healthcare technology companies. Trusts reaps service desk accreditation benefits The Primary Care Informatics Unit covering NHS Blackburn with Darwen and NHS East Lancashire says it has seen "tangible benefits" since […]
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Cornwall tracks theatre products digitally
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust is deploying a new patient-level resource management system from COA Solutions to help keep track of product expenditure and stock levels in its operating theatres. The system, which uses barcode scanning technology, will replace previous paper-based stock management processes, which had been considered costly and inefficient. The Patient Resource […]
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NHS Scotland rolls out document management
All NHS boards in Scotland are to use Version One’s document management and imaging software, as part of a drive to achieve shared services throughout NHSScotland, with the aim of achieving £3m annual savings. Systems are being implemented in five consortia groups covering all 22 NHS boards, which will integrate Version One’s software into existing […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 14.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 14 March 2008 featuring supplier news and product launches. Supplier news Ascribe post interim financial results Ascribe’s chairman Stephen Critchlow, has unveiled a fall in pre-tax profits from £1.66m to just £812,000 during the six months to December 31 2007. Turnover fell from £7.5m to £7.1m. […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 29 February 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments, awards and events. Supplier news Leicester signs managed service deal with Siemens University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust signed a managed service agreement with Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics for the delivery of its test requirements in blood chemistry, haematology, […]
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