iSOFT Directors Sell Shares Worth £21.5m
Three founding directors of UK health software company iSOFT have made a total of £21.5 million by selling a tranche of shares to General Atlantic Partners as part of an investment deal, according to a 4 March report in The Times. In a 3 March financial release iSOFT said the sale of shares formed part of […]
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Scottish Waiting List Database Full of Errors
A waiting times database set up by the Scottish NHS to provide patients with faster access to treatment has come under fire for containing serious errors. According to a 23 February report in Scotland on Sunday the new system seriously understates the delay facing some hospital patients. The article says that in one case the […]
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From Barclay’s to Blood Splashes
What do computer programmers have in common with hospital doctors? They both get asked for advice at parties, according to Dr Andrew Harrison, who has done both jobs. Following his Christmas IT wishlist for the NHS, Dr Harrison compares and contrasts hospital life with his previous role among the City slickers. It was five and […]
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Cedars-Sinai Suspends Use of New Clinical IT System
Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles, the largest private hospital in the Western US, has suspended use of a prestige multimillion-dollar computerised system for doctors’ orders, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. Doctors at the hospital are reported to have complained that it was endangering patient safety and required too much work. […]
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WHO Extends Low Cost Access to Medical Journals
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added 43 new countries to its the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) this week, giving them cut price online access to 2,200 high-quality medical journals. All of the 43 countries added to the initiative have gross national products per capita of between $1,000-$3,000. They join the 69 […]
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Granger Confirms IT Spend at £2.3bn
Long-awaited official confirmation of the figure for NHS IT modernisation spending was revealed this week – £2.3billion will be spent over the next three years. According to a 20 January Financial Times report, which includes the first published interview with Richard Granger, the new NHS IT Director General, NHS spending on IT will rise by […]
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Scotland Launches Online Waiting List Database
An online database of hospital waiting lists intended to help cut NHS waiting times and provide patients with greater choice has been launched by Scottish health minister Malcolm Chisholm. The new database, called The National Waiting Times Database, will provide comparative information on waiting times for routine outpatient appointments across Scotland. The service, which will […]
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The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You (part 2)
Last week, E-Health Insider published a round-up of comments from readers on the apparent new hard line on suppliers being adopted by NHS IT Tsar Richard Granger –The NHS and the IT Industry: Over to You. Since then your emails have continued to roll in. One reader emailed to ask about our readership: "Has anyone […]
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The 12 Days of Christmas IT
Thanks to everyone who entered our Christmas wish list competition. Phil Graham, head of information management and technology at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust, is a worthy winner with his variation on the 12 Days of Christmas that is bound to strike a chord with many readers. His prize is a bottle of […]
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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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