Trusts feel knock on effects of Millennium delays
Ongoing delays in implementations of Release 0 of the Cerner Millennium Care Record Service (CRS) in the south of England are having a knock effect, pushing back deployment dates for trusts awaiting Release 1 of the software. As a result several hospital trusts in the South currently have no firm implementation date for implementation, while […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support in resolving the problems they encountered in April after going live with the Millennium Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations […]
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CSC says iSoft deal not in ‘best interests’ of NPfIT
Computer Sciences Corporation, local service provider to three NHS regions, today said that it has refused to back the IBA takeover of iSoft in the ‘best interests’ of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The LSP, which holds contracts for the North, Midlands and East regions, confirmed today that it has vetoed the takeover of iSoft […]
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System C to provide CfH with deployment specialists
Health software and consultancy firm System C Healthcare has signed a major new contract to provide healthcare IT deployment specialists to the government’s NHS Connecting for Health agency. Under a framework contract with consultancy services specialist QI Consulting, System C will provide specialist support to NHS Connecting for Health’s central deployment support team, an arm […]
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HL7 UK to hold NHS systems interoperability seminars
HL7 UK, the promoter of healthcare interoperability standards, have announced they are to hold a series of free one-day seminars across June and July in Birmingham, York and London to promote healthcare systems interoperability. The events are aimed at NHS IT professionals and are designed to communicate the capabilities and best practice for the sharing […]
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NOC still having Millennium problems 18 months on
Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) NHS Trust has told E-Health Insider that a year and a half after going live with the Cerner Millennium Release Zero (R0) patient administration system, the system ‘is still presenting problems’ including the system not being Choose and Book compliant. In board papers seen by EHI, the Oxford trust says that […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support to help resolve the problems they encountered after going live in April with a Cerner Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations at the Millennium […]
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NHS chief exec pledges to help resolve CRS issues
NHS chief executive David Nicholson has told Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Trust that they can count on his full support in resolving the problems they encountered in April after going live with the Millennium Care Records System provided by Fujitsu. In April 79 members of staff from the trust signed a letter outlining their frustrations […]
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BT ‘de-couples’ London Cerner development from South
BT the local service provider for London is to develop its own version of Cerner Millennium for London, separate to the version of the system being installed and developed for use in NHS trusts across the South of England. BT’s decision to de-couple London from the South appears to have been prompted by well documented […]
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Milton Keynes MP asks when Millennium will be fixed
Reports of missing patient records resulting from the new Cerner Millennium system at Milton Keynes NHS Trust have led local Member of Parliament, Mark Lancaster, to write to the Health Secretary to ask when the Care Records System at the trust will be "fit for purpose". The system has been provided by local service provider […]
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