Analysts speculate on LSP contract awards
A US market analyst report obtained by E-Health Insider predicts that clinical applications vendor Cerner will win two of the Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts about to be awarded by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), with two more going to iSoft, and one to IDX. Overall the 11 November SunTrust Robinson Humphrey document, suggests that […]
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Open Source: IT + GP Contract = Heady Cocktail
Roy Lilley, independent health policy analyst and author of “The New GP Contract – How to Make the Most of It!”, considers the cocktail created by mixing the new contract with 21st century IT. Will it leave us all shaken and stirred? Of itself, the NHS IT strategy is no great shakes. Overdue, yes, will […]
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IMS MAXIMS awarded contract to upgrade Irish PAS system
The Irish Health Board Executive (HeBE) in Ireland has signed a contract with IMS MAXIMS to upgrade its existing shared Patient Administration System (PAS) in a move designed to enable the Irish healthcare system to migrate towards integrated electronic patient records. Owned by the Department of Health & Children and used by 48 hospitals in […]
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First LSP Contract Award Dates Slip
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has confirmed that deadlines have slipped for the award of the initial Local Service Provider (LSP) contracts, meaning that the first major contract award deadline set by the programme will be missed. Contracts for the first two LSPs – London and the North East – were […]
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NPfIT Contract Negotiations Get Tough
The long-term future of a key pillar of the Government’s modernisation strategy for the NHS depends on what increasingly resembles a game of chicken, now being played out between the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) and the suppliers left in the contract negotiations for the procurement competitions. Participants in this high-stakes game of poker describe […]
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RCN Signs $6.5m Contract with Axia
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Axia NetMedia Corporation of Canada announced a $6.5m deal this week to create an online professional development application for the college’s 340,000 members. The project will run over seven years and cover both the development and maintenance of the application. RCN Learning Zone is the title chosen for […]
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Path Links Contract Awarded to iSOFT
Path Links, the pioneering integrated pathology programme in Greater Lincolnshire, has placed the largest ever UK contract for Pathology Laboratory Information Management Systems with iSOFT for its APEX system. Money for the multi-million pound contract has come from the government’s pathology modernisation fund. APEX will be rolled out as one complete integrated system serving five […]
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