2007 in review
As the year draws to a close E-Health Insider casts an eye over the health IT developments that made the news in 2007.
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Main NPfIT contractors paid £1.2bn last year
Despite continued delays in many areas of the National Programme for IT,Connecting for Health paid its main contractors over £1.5bn in the past financial year.
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Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs
Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of IT developments managed to attract more media attention than ever. But it was not all about cards: vendors of electronic patient records have turned surprisingly optimistic too. And there was a real rising star: the […]
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IBA Health completes purchase of iSoft
Australia’s IBA Health has completed its acquisition of England’s iSoft after the High Court of Justice for England and Wales approved the takeover, with iSoft now de-listed from the London Stock Exchange. The completion of the deal marks the end of the remarkable rise, followed by precipitous decline and fall, of iSoft as the UK’s […]
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Chairman reveals his iSoft low point
iSoft chairman, John Weston, has revealed he reached the lowest point in his tenure at the healthcare software company when apparent accounting irregularities came to light. In an interview with the Financial Times, Weston recalls his personal nadir in the iSoft saga. In July 2006 he was just six weeks into the job when newly-appointed […]
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IBA boss: battle has just begun
Gary Cohen, the Australian chief executive of IBA Health, has good reason to celebrate – IBA Health is now poised to take control of Britain’s iSoft.
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iSoft shareholders approve IBA takeover
Shareholders of NHS software supplier iSoft have today agreed the sale of the company to Australian firm IBA. The final hurdle to the completion of the sale will come on 29 October when a final court hearing will pave the way for iSoft shares to be de-listed the next day. If the scheme is approved […]
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I am not a gambler
Frank Gotthardt, head of Gemany’s fast-growing CompuGroup, tells E-Health Europe why he was not willing to buy iSoft at any price.
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IBA wins bidding war for iSoft
iSoft has withdrawn its recommendation of the CompuGroup offer in favour of IBA’s latest £166m cash offer, the company confirmed today.
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IBA Health ups bidding war for iSoft
The bidding war for iSoft intensified last night after Australia’s IBA Health re-entered the fray increasing its offer to £166m topping a rival offer from Germany’s CompuGroup.
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