Further iSoft jobs at risk
Health software firm iSoft has announced that it will push through a “significant reduction in costs”, likely to result in further job losses at the company.
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Deal or no deal?
Would an IBA-owned iSoft be good news for health service? With a full blown bid by Australia’s IBA Healthcare now appearing imminent, Jon Hoeksma looks at the background to current talks.
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Doubts raised on potential iSoft sale to McKesson
The potential £200m sale of iSoft may be in jeopardy, according to a report in the Times today which says that preferred bidder McKesson has insisted on unspecified contract conditions that would prevent a deal being concluded. According to the newspaper, US health IT and drugs distribution giant McKesson has been front-runner to buy iSoft. […]
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Ascribe recruits former Torex CEO
Manchester-based pharmacy and electronic prescribing systems supplier Ascribe has appointed former Torex Health chief executive Steve Garrington as its commercial director to launch its web-based clinical software. Ascribe says that its suite of pharmacy software has already won over 50 per cent share of the UK market while its electronic prescribing solutions have been adopted […]
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Healthcare Interoperability Forum in ‘Abeyance’
The Health Care Interoperability Forum (HCIF), an industry group of leading system suppliers focused on developing common standards, has gone into ‘abeyance’ and has no further plans to meet. The decision to cease further work was taken at meeting of the group two weeks ago after it became apparent that much of the work planned […]
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