Granger had team ready to take over Lorenzo
Connecting for Health in June had a team on stand-by in India in June ready to take over iSoft if it was unable to agree terms with Computer Sciences Corporation that would allow it to be bought by a rival. The confirmation that a rescue team for iSoft’s Lorenzo software had been set up by […]
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Leicester upgrades Euroking maternity system
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has agreed a deal to upgrade its current EuroKing maternity information system to the new E3 version of the software. The trust, which is said to have the busiest maternity department in Europe, will upgrade its maternity system ahead of becoming one of the first trusts to take […]
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CompuGroup outbids IBA for iSoft
iSoft has today announced that it has accepted an unsolicited £160m all cash offer by Germany’s CompuGroup, trumping a previously agreed bid from Australia’s IBA healthcare. The iSoft board met last night and accepted the higher CompuGroup offer, and have withdrawn their previous recommendation for the IBA Health bid. It will now terminate the agreement shareholders voted to […]
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Model for the future
In a personal opinion article Pete Marsh, Technical Director of Wirral Health Informatics Service offers an alternative model for the future, questioning the value of PAS systems in clinical settings.
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CSC says iSoft deal not in ‘best interests’ of NPfIT
Computer Sciences Corporation, local service provider to three NHS regions, today said that it has refused to back the IBA takeover of iSoft in the ‘best interests’ of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). The LSP, which holds contracts for the North, Midlands and East regions, confirmed today that it has vetoed the takeover of iSoft […]
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Ipswich struggles with iSoft order communications glitches
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, has experienced persistent problems getting its new Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)-provided iSoft iPM patient administration system and iCM clinical software to communicate with clinical requests sent from iCM not being picked up by iPM. The trust went live with the new systems, provided by CSC under the NHS IT programme, over the […]
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Deal or no deal?
Would an IBA-owned iSoft be good news for health service? With a full blown bid by Australia’s IBA Healthcare now appearing imminent, Jon Hoeksma looks at the background to current talks.
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Granger says ‘consultation’ led to records delays
Richard Granger, the director general of IT for the NHS today (26 April) told the House of Commons Health Select Committee that he blames the two year delay in delivery the electronic patient record system at the heart of the NHS IT programme on ‘consultations’ taking longer than anticipated He said: “Some aspects have been delayed by […]
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Ipswich installs first national programme iCM
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has become the first trust to receive an iSoft iCM clinical system under the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) after local service provider Computer Sciences Corporation deployed the system with the iPM patient administration system (PAS) last weekend. As well as the Ipswich deployment, CSC also implemented an iPM PAS in […]
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NPfIT’s Evolution maternity dropped by Royal Shrewsbury
The NHS trust that was meant to be the pilot site for the National Programme for IT version of iSoft’s Evolution Maternity Information System, has given up waiting for its delayed NPfIT system and implemented an alternative system bought off the shelf. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital NHS Trust, Shropshire has been waiting for almost two years […]
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