Newcastle goes out to tender for EPR
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust has become the latest trust to break ranks with the NHS Connecting for Health IT programme and go out to tender for a new clinical information system. The large acute trust has this month placed an advert in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for a new […]
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iSoft believes speculation on finances ‘unfounded’
iSoft, the health service software specialist, was yesterday forced to issue a stock market statement denying it is in financial difficulties on a day that its shares plunged by 47% at one point. Financial reports indicated that iSoft’s dramatic falls, occurred on the back of rumours that the NHS was seeking to end the firm’s […]
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First spine-connected GP system goes live
Undercliffe practice in Batley, West Yorkshire has become the first in England to go live with a primary care computer system connected to the NHS data spine. The connection to the data spine – the new national database of key information about patients – will enable summary electronic patient records to be held for the […]
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Flexibility key, says Forrest
In an exclusive interview, Martyn Forrest, Regional Implementation Director for the North East of England sets out the challenges of making sure NPfIT is delivered.
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Regional healthcare innovation agency begins work
The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) has made the final appointments to their new healthcare innovation agency, Health Enterprise East (HEE), which was set up to encourage and spread new ideas throughout the area and the whole NHS. The new director, Alan Barrell (right), said at the launch of HEE at Newmarket racecourse: "Many […]
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NHS IT Programme Enters ‘Heartlands’
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has published a brief progress update, stating that ‘the heartlands of the Programme’ have now been entered, and reaffirming that key contract awards will occur this year followed by implementation. The three-page document reiterates the main features of the National Programme, outlines progress on the current […]
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