Eclipsys and Microsoft form alliance
Eclipsys Corporation has formed an alliance with Microsoft that will see Eclipsys integrate Microsoft’s Amalga platform into its clinical software products, including Sunrise Clinical Manager
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US hospital EMR sales slumped in 2008
US sales of electronic medical record systems to large hospitals fell to a seven year low in 2008. Sales of new EMR contracts are, however, predicted to be far higher in 2009, spurred by $19 billion of federal financial incentives for ‘meaningful use’ of EMRs. The figures, produced from US research firm KLAS, say EMR […]
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Leicester implements ‘interim’ order comms
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has carried out the first phase of the deployment of an interim order communications system supplied by iSoft, delivered by Computer Sciences Corporation. The implementation – initially to a small number of wards – is the first time under the National Programme for IT in the NHS that local […]
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Potential purchase of iSoft said to be nearing end-game
Newspaper reports today say that troubled software supplier iSoft is in talks with three final-stage bidders, naming US healthcare firms Cerner and McKesson, together with private equity firm General Atlantic Partners. According to the report in The Times discussions are at a late stage for the sale of the health software firm, which is at the […]
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iSoft chosen as partner by SingHealth
iSoft has announced that it has been chosen as a partner by SingHealth to provide health IT solutions to help deliver healthcare reform in Singapore. The decision follows SingHealth’s award of a contract earlier this year for iSoft to deliver its Lorenzo clinical system. The new agreement will create a development partnership between between iSoft […]
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Wirral tenders for new patient care system
A trust that pioneered the use of IT in the NHS is tendering for a new patient care information system because its 15-year-old software will not last until a replacement arrives from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). An OJEU advertisement issued by Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust says that implementation is planned to start in […]
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Microsoft and iSOFT announce global strategic alliance
Microsoft has signed a global strategic agreement with iSOFT, which will see the two firms work jointly to enhance iSOFT’s healthcare application, Lorenzo, and support joint development work on new products. A key part of the agreement is said to involve Microsoft providing support to iSOFT "to specifically package its solutions for delivery by third-party […]
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US healthcare IT looks kinda familiar
In a second article on healthcare IT systems in America, Andrew Harrison reports from the 650-bed Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, a teaching hospital affiliated with New York University, where he finds that pizza plays an important role in clinical engagement… We tend to think of the US as being more advanced in […]
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iSOFT Acquires Northgate Healthcare Business
Fast growing UK Health IT firm iSOFT has announced that it has agreed to buy rival Northgate Healthcare Business from Northgate for £33 million in cash. The Northgate Healthcare Business is a leading UK vendor of electronic patient record information systems to the acute sector of the NHS. According to iSOFT the acquisition will make […]
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ISOFT Boss Predicts Further Industry Consolidation
One of the key features of the new emerging national strategy on NHS IT will be the selection of preferred suppliers for key systems. Ken Jacobson, European CEO of iSOFT , one of the largest UK-based health IT firms, gave E-Health Insider his perspective on how the supplier market can help the NHS achieve its […]
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