Darent Valley gets iSoft A&E system
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has replaced its ten year old Ascribe A&E system with iSoft’s latest A&E system. The new software, which went live on 6 July as part of a three year contract, can be integrated with the trust’s iSoft hospital information system. This will allow all clinical staff at its main, 460-bed hospital in Dartford, […]
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London looks for new deal with Microsoft
Chief information officers and IT directors in London are hoping to explore a capital-wide deal with Microsoft following the termination of the company’s Enterprise-wide Agreement with the NHS. Sources have told E-Health Insider that at a general meeting in London last week there was a “huge amount of disgruntlement” about the decision not to renew […]
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Companies develop BI for RiO
CSE Healthcare Systems has partnered with health IT consultants, Apira, to develop a business intelligence platform within RiO.
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BMA says suspend access to SCRs
The BMA GP committee has learned that some Summary Care Records have not been updated, and is calling on the government to suspend access until the problems are resolved.
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King’s makes progress on e-prescribing
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is making solid progress with its first of a kind e-prescribing system built within its old iSoft patient administration system.
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DH gives go ahead to Cerner upgrades
The Department of Health has given the go ahead to a Cerner upgrade across London and the South of England that had stalled over concerns over data transfer from the UK to the US.
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Wales confirms InterSystems labs deal
NHS Wales Informatics Service has confirmed that it has selected InterSystems to provide its National Laboratory Information Management System. As first reported by E-Health Insider last month, the £12.1m deal will provide a regional deployment of InterSystems TrakCare Lab to support 18 laboratories within seven regional health boards. The deal will see 13 computer systems […]
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BMA calls for halt to SCR uploads
BMA GP representatives are calling on the government to halt the uploading of any more Summary Care Records while a review of the programme takes place.
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Three more Lorenzos by autumn
Three more trusts will go-live with Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 over late summer and early autumn, the Department of Health has told E-Health Insider.
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