Surrey and Sussex to stick with Cerner
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has dropped plans to abandon Cerner for an iSoft alternative. Instead, the trust will continue to develop the Cerner Millennium system installed two years ago. The trust was considering the route taken by nearby Worthing Hospital and ditching the Cerner system, due to the strategic risks created by a […]
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iSoft bullish on annual results
Australian health IT firm iSoft says that it expects to implement its first Lorenzo 1.9 site during the course of the first half of 2010, and complete development of Lorenzo 2.0 later the same year. Speaking as iSoft released its annual results, company chief executive Gary Cohen said: “We are on schedule to deliver on […]
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Cerner predicts more FT contract wins
Cerner expects its annual UK turnover to rise by around £25m, to as much £61m, as more NHS foundation trusts select its electronic record software and it collects revenue from the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Cerner, which provides its Millennium software in London and parts of the South under local service provider […]
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It’s history (repeating itself)
The Gateway Reviews of the National Programme for IT in the NHS have been published. Lyn Whitfield took a look at them.
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E-therapy website to be launched in UK
A new website based on e-therapy methods developed in Holland is to be launched next month in the UK. A wholly owned subsidiary of one of Holland’s largest treatment centre providers, Tactus, will provide a 16 week, online, structured clinical treatment programme for those that are concerned about their drinking habits. The idea is based […]
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CfH publishes OGC Gateway Reviews
Health service IT agency NHS Connecting for Health has published the Office of Government Commerce gateway reviews of the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) carried out between 2002 and 2005.
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Berners-Lee to advise on public data use
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man widely credited with inventing the world wide web, is to advise the UK government on public information delivery. Sir Tim will head a panel of experts who will advise the Minister of the Cabinet Office on how the government can best use the internet to make non-personal public data as […]
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Connelly: South benefits from no LSP
Director general of informatics Christine Connelly has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS’ new approach in the South will mean faster delivery and greater engagement with frontline staff. Speaking at the Assist conference in Birmingham this morning, Connelly claimed there would be benefits to not having a single local service provider in […]
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Calling time
Bellamy learns from Royal Free
Martin Bellamy has said that lessons learned at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust will inform future system deployments under the National Programme for IT in the NHS. The head of NHS Connecting for Health and director of programme and systems delivery described the acute sector as the “Achilles heel of the national programme.” However, […]
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