Civica to Implement Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
The NHS has placed an order worth £19.4 million over twelve-months with software and services firm Civica to implement the three-year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement across the NHS in England. The contract covers implementing the landmark Enterprise Agreement – a three year deal national corporate licensing between Microsoft and the NHS, originally signed back in October […]
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Two Key Contracts Awarded to Consultants
Two vital contracts, covering technical and IT standards, and management of the National Information Programme, have been awarded to external consultancy firms who are not specialists in healthcare IT. ASE Consulting and computer services firm Xansa have been awarded a contract by the National Programme Office to establish a new ‘design authority’ for the National […]
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The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You
Last week, E-Health Insider asked for responses to the new NHS IT Director General, Richard Granger’s reported advice to suppliers that they should desist from rocking the boat or publicly questioning the national programme – or else. Never before has a single topic generated such a lively response from our readers. Here are some extracts […]
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Microsoft and MSN Launch Public Services Channel
Microsoft Ltd and MSN have announced the launch of the online Public Services Channel offering access to online government and healthcare services for its monthly 11.2 million users. The new online channel, which went live on December 7, can be accessed through the MSN home page http://www.msn.co.uk and provides online access to health information and details […]
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PSP Arrangements Needed “As Fast As Possible”
Healthcare IT suppliers have delivered a clear message to the government that the new Prime Service Provider (PSP) arrangements need to be brought on stream as soon as possible. A position paper delivered to health secretary, Alan Milburn, by Intellect, the new association representing the UK IT, telecommunications and electronic industries, says, “Industry would like […]
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iSOFT Buys E-booking Specialist Revive
iSOFT Group Plc, the UK healthcare IT firm, has acquired Revive Group Ltd, a leading supplier of e-booking solutions to the NHS. The move sees iSOFT move into a new application area central to the national NHS IT programme. The national programme includes a commitment to enable GPs to book hospital appointments for patients on-line, […]
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Carry On Spending and Modernising, Says Brown
Chancellor Gordon Brown has ordered the NHS to carry on with plans for extra spending and modernisation despite shortfalls in national revenues which have forced up borrowing. The Financial Times reported that borrowing would have to rise by £20bn – almost twice the figure forecast back in April – to enable the government to stick […]
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Newchurch Buys Medidesk from Onmedica
Primary care health IT and consulting firm Newchurch has announced that it has acquired Medidesk from OnMedica, in a move that it says will enable Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) to rapidly achieve IT modernisation objectives. Medidesk’s managed desktop and analysis tool solutions will be harnessed within Newchurch’s Integrated Primary Care EPR solution, helping PCOs to […]
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ComMedica Wins European Innovation Award
Innovative UK-based health IT firm ComMedica’s PIRILIS clinical information software has won the ‘best software Innovation’ category at the European Innovation Awards 2002, beating off competition from 20 other entrants from across Europe. A panel of independent judges singled ComMedica out from among competing entries after considering the extent to which the entrants’ ideas, methods […]
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Questions in the House About DG Role
Mark Todd, Labour MP and a former IT director, has told E-Health Insider that he believes the current management structure for the National Programme for IT in the NHS "appears rather cloudy" and "is not the optimum arrangement". He says greater clarity over lines of accountability and leadership may be needed. The former head of […]
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