CSC redundancies labelled “knee-jerk reaction” in parliament
Mass redundancies by a huge NHS software supplier have been labelled a “knee-jerk reaction” by MPs, with concerns about the impact on health IT services.
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Health IT supplier CSC confirms redundancies in UK
Health software supplier CSC says between 10% and 20% of UK health jobs will be cut after Hewlett Packard Enterprise Services merger.
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Network outages at Cambridge lead to “resilience” review
Repeated outages at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have led to a “network resilience” review and weekly meetings with senior Hewett Packard executives.
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CSC announces merger with offshoot of HP
CSC will merge with HP Enterprise Services, the two US-based technology companies have announced.
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Cambridge put in special measures
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been put into special measures by Monitor, which says the trust’s e-hospital programme has caused “significant cost increases”, while benefits have not been realised.
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Cambridge to use MyChart PHR
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust intends to start giving patients access to the personal health record MyChart by the end of the year.
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HP launches open source EPR for UK
Hewlett Packard has launched the UK version of its electronic patient record system through NHS England’s open source programme, saying it has already received a “stellar” response.
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Sheffield picks suppliers for portal
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced it will use HP, Orion and Imprivata to create a clinical portal that will give its staff single sign-on access to trust IT systems.
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Epic goes live at Cambridge
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with its Epic electronic patient record system as part of a £200m IT overhaul.
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Brighton to recreate IT crash
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is recreating its IT crash last month in a lab environment to figure out exactly what went wrong.
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