Commissioning

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23 February 2010

GPs back cuts to NHS Direct and NPfIT

NHS Direct and the National Programme for IT in the NHS are both appropriate targets for cuts in the current economic
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3 February 2010

Telehealth put on the (Google) map

More than a third of primary care trusts are involved with telehealth programmes, according to the Department of Health‘s Telecare
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26 January 2010

King’s Fund warns on quality measures

Greater use of quality indicators in the NHS could be a powerful tool to improve care, but could also lead
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13 January 2010

Hitachi completes London portal

Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom has announced that it has completed the delivery of a portal to support commissioning in London.
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14 December 2009

One in three GPs say PBC data poor

More than one in three GPs actively involved in practice-based commissioning rate the quality of information and data they receive
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27 November 2009

Oldham outsources IT to Computacenter

NHS Oldham has outsourced its IT services to Computacenter in a four year deal worth £650,000 a year. The primary
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24 November 2009

Avia acquires Plain Healthcare

Avia Health Informatics has announced the acquisition of clinical decision support specialists Plain Healthcare. Avia Health informatics has been set
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19 November 2009

UnitedHealth buys ScriptSwitch for £50m

ScriptSwitch, the provider of drug comparison software to doctors’ surgeries, has been acquired by UnitedHealth UK, for a reported sum
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19 November 2009

Siemens wins west London LAN deal

NHS Kensington and Chelsea has signed a contract with Siemens Enterprise Communications for a single voice and secure data network.
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12 November 2009

North East Essex tags infants

The Fryatt Hospital in Harwich, Essex, has installed a new infant protection system to prevent children from being abducted. Infants
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