Six London trusts get RiO for mental health
Six mental health trusts in London are now using new IT systems, delivered under the NHS IT programme, to help deliver better care to patients. The six trusts, which account for 60% of the mental health trusts in the capital, are now using these new computerised patient record systems, as part of a London-wide NHS […]
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Guernsey awards EPR contract to TrakHealth
The Health & Social Services Department of Guernsey has awarded TrakHealth a ten-year deal to provide all healthcare providers on the island with an integrated electronic patient records (EPR) system. The integrated EPR, based on a system called TrakCare, will be used to support the delivery of comprehensive health and social care services to the […]
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of England under the NHS IT modernisation programme. Fujitsu is the prime contractor – or local service provider (LSP) – for the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the South, responsible for upgrading NHS […]
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BT Health MD: we need some acutes under our belt
BT Health managing director, Patrick O’Connell, has told E-Health Insider that the pressure is mounting to deliver new systems to acute trusts in London if the company is to solidify its position as a local service provider to the NHS in the capital under the National Programme for IT. In an exclusive interview published in […]
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The end of the beginning?
Are we at the end of the beginning of NHS IT modernisation? Jon Hoeksma tests Churchill’s famous quote against the evidence.
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BT ‘de-couples’ London Cerner development from South
BT the local service provider for London is to develop its own version of Cerner Millennium for London, separate to the version of the system being installed and developed for use in NHS trusts across the South of England. BT’s decision to de-couple London from the South appears to have been prompted by well documented […]
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NHS officially told of London Cerner switch
NHS trusts across the capital today received official confirmation that BT is to replace GE Healthcare – previously IDX Systems – for Cerner as its supplier of electronic patient record software in London. As first reported by E-Health Insider on 13 June, BT will replace IDX, its current clinical software supplier, with Cerner for secondary care. […]
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Enfield PCT back to paper after computer failure
A London PCT has had to switch off its computer system and start recording patients’ details with pen and paper while it waits for a replacement to be delivered by the NHS IT programme. Enfield Primary Care Trust has switched off its two ageing iSoft PiMS patient administration systems, after experiencing frequent problems and interruptions to the service — including outages […]
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Rio to be ‘interim’ mental health system in London
BT Capital Care Alliance, the Local Service Provider for London, has selected CSE Servelec’s RiO system as an interim community and mental health solution to meet the immediate needs trusts in London. The initial order will see RiO deployed at over 20 trusts across London during 2006 by BT CCA as part of the National […]
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Somerset EPR “commended” by Healthcare Commission
The Healthcare Commission has praised Somerset Partnership NHS & Social Care Trust for its implementation of an electronic patient record, calling it "pioneering" but noting that some staff are having problems accessing information on the service. In its annual clinical governance review or ‘health check’ of the trust, the Healthcare Commission said that the trust’s […]
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