Alert expands at Blackpool
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has rolled out its Alert electronic patient record to an additional 220 users following the successful use of the system by more than 470 staff in its A&E department.
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McKesson makes £87m bid for System C
System C, the AIM-listed UK healthcare software and implementation specialist, has backed an £87m bid by US healthcare IT giant McKesson.
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System C revenues slide as NPfIT stalls
System C has reported a 27% decline in half year revenues as work deploying NPfIT systems stalled and national NHS IT contracts were scaled back.
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BCS calls for EPRs within five years
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has called for England to follow in the footsteps of the US by ensuring that all health organisations are using electronic patient records within five years.
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Bristol trust tenders for EPR
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has published a tender notice for a patient administration and electronic patient record system.
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First NHS trust goes live with Alert
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation has become the first NHS trust to go live with an electronic patient record system from Alert Life Sciences, E-health Insider can exclusively reveal.
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System C wins Camp Bastion EPR contract
The Army will use System C’s Medway software for the MoD Medical Treatment Facility at Camp Bastion, the main British military base in Afghanistan.
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Pennine signs five year iSoft PAS deal
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a five year deal with iSoft to upgrade its 20 year old patient administration system to the latest version of iSoft’s Patient Centre.
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Agfa to launch modular Orbis at EHI Live
Agfa HealthCare will launch a modular version of Orbis, its hospital-wide clinical and administrative information system, at eHealth Insider Live 2010, 8-9 November, NEC, Birmingham.
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Cambridge starts hunt for a new EPR
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will go outside of the National Programme for IT in the NHS when procuring for an electronic patient record early next year.
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