First NPfIT deployment plans released
The £6.2 billion National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has published a summary of its deployment plans for the first time, indicating what new IT systems are intended to be deployed to NHS organisations and by when, writes Jon Hoeksma. According to the plan, which is available here, deployment of hospital administration and clinical systems will begin […]
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NPfIT issues rebuttal of EMIS’s claims
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has stated that it is ‘concerned’ about statements made by primary care systems supplier EMIS in a bulletin to customers this week entitled ‘The truth about EMIS and the National Programme for IT’. In the response, issued today, the programme refuted EMIS’s claims it has been frozen out of the programme, […]
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EMIS sets out its version of ‘fact and fiction’
Primary Care systems supplier EMIS has issued its customers with a briefing about its relationship with the NHS National Programme for IT, claiming it has been frozen out of the National Programme with GPs penalised if they wish to retain or move to EMIS systems. While the document, entitled ‘Fact not Fiction’, says that EMIS remains fully supportive of […]
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ComMedica finalises £33m PACS deal with CSC
ComMedica, the healthcare IT specialist originally spun out from Imperial College, London, has signed a £33m contract with CSC to supply its Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) imaging software to NHS trusts in England’s North-west and West Midlands. The eight and a half year contract will involve ComMedica providing PACS to the CSC Alliance […]
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First NPfIT SAP system uses data spine
Software that operates using a working version of the data spine has been installed by Accenture under the NPfIT in trusts in Newcastle and Northumberland to support the Single Assessment Process (SAP) for older people. SAP was introduced under the National Service Framework for older people in 2001 to increase the share of data between […]
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GE wins £110m PACS contract for South of England
GE Healthcare has signed with Fujitsu Services Ltd to provide Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) across the whole of the Southern region of the English National Health Service under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The agreement will see GE healthcare implement PACS technology that will enable the conversion of hospitals and clinics to […]
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Information map deal secured for southern cluster
Medic-to-Medic, manufacturers of the Map of Medicine, have announced a deal with Fujitsu, the LSP for the Southern cluster, to make the software available to all clinicians within the area. The deal is part of a series of negotiations with LSPs by the company to make the software available nationally under NPfIT. The software, developed […]
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Agfa set to replace GE on PACS in North East and Eastern
Three months after health minister John Hutton announced the award of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) contracts for the five National Programme for IT (NPfIT) clusters, it now seems certain that contracts for at least two clusters will now be awarded to Agfa rather than GE Medical Systems as originally thought. An NPfIT spokesperson […]
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NPfIT urged to show confidence in NHS staff
A call for leaders of the National Programme for IT to demonstrate confidence in the capabilities and professionalism of NHS staff came at E-Health Insider’s conference in London last week. Martin Bell, director of IM&T for North Bristol NHS Trust said:“The national programme is information poor, and it needs to share and let go; it […]
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IDX finalises subcontractor agreement with BT for London
IDX Systems Corporation has announced that it had finalised its subcontract agreement with BT to provide clinical information technology systems and services to BT in its role as the London local service provider for the NHS National Programme for IT. BT was awarded a £996 million, 10-year contract by the NHS on 8 December, 2003 […]
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