£40m NPfIT legal bills revealed
Almost £40m has been paid to two law firms for legal and commercial support for the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Germany suspends e-health card project
The roll-out of Germay’s national e-health smart card has been put on hold, with a review to be carried out of security and confidentiality.
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Paris on the Mersey
St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen Logica to provide the Paris system to support child health and community services in the North West.
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Welsh Clinical Portal given go-ahead
Welsh health minister Edwina Hart has given the go-ahead for the Welsh Clinical Portal, a secure online workspace for Welsh health staff. The move has been backed by £2.5m, and follows the approval of the business case for the patient portal, My Health Online, last week. The Welsh Clinical Portal is intended to display patient […]
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh HIS tender
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is tendering for a hospital information system to replace its patient administration system and provide integrated A&E and e-prescribing functionality. The trust stressed that it regarded the HIS as an ‘interim’ solution but said that it could “no longer afford to wait until Lorenzo reaches a capability beyond […]
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GPC enters the fray on 084 numbers
GP practices can continue to use 084 numbers if they obtain confirmation from their supplier that they are no more expensive than making a local call – and the main provider of such services to GPs will guarantee this, according to the BMA’s GP committee. Latest guidance from the General Practitioner Committee states that the […]
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Cameron: Don’t believe Google scare
David Cameron has said people should not believe “scare stories” about patients’ medical records being handed over to companies such as Google and Microsoft, if the Conservatives are elected.
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Broadband fund ‘will boost telehealth’
The government has identified telehealth services as one of the main beneficiaries of its plans to invest £1 billion in super-fast broadband. Business secretary Lord Mandelson last week announced a consultation on how the government’s proposed £1b Next Generation Fund should be spent. The government said the fund would provide the UK with a world […]
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Checked out
NHS Direct and Digital Public were winners at the E-Health Insider Awards 2009 in association with BT. Paul Curran reports.
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Agfa signs €350m deal in China
Belgian company Agfa Gevaert has signed a four year distribution deal in China for its hospital imaging solutions worth up to €350m. The deal covers computed radiography systems, printers for medical images and the associated medical and hardcopy film. The solutions will capture and manage over 500 million X-ray images, processed with Agfa HealthCare’s Musica2 […]
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