Over 5,000 GP practices now ready for QMAS
The Department of Health have announced that over 5,000 out of the 9,000 GP practices in England are now able to use the Quality Management and Analysis System (QMAS), the web-based feedback system that automatically uploads practice activity data for GPs to be paid and monitored under the new General Medical Services contract. QMAS was […]
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iSoft to target US by 2006
UK healthcare IT services provider iSoft has revealed that it plans to enter the US market by 2006, backed by the worldwide technology and marketing alliance signed with Microsoft in 2004. The CEO of iSoft’s Indian operations has also stated that the full version of Lorenzo, its next generation healthcare system based on Microsoft’s .Net […]
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Hull green lights A&E patient progress software
IT staff at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust have developed an alert system for the A&E department that displays each patient’s progress and location, with ‘traffic-lights’ that warn how close to the Government’s four-hour waiting time target they are. The software, which is currently unnamed, was developed by Alan Wilson in the PCT’s IT department and […]
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Sun awarded ‘tactical’ NHS desktop contract
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has concluded an evaluation project with Sun Microsystems over the potential use of Sun’s open-source Java Desktop System within the NHS as an alternative to Microsoft. E-Health Insider can exclusively reveal that NPfIT “has concluded that the Java Desktop System, which runs on the Linux operating system, represents a […]
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Getting ready for the leap forward
With the National Programme for IT now geared up for delivery, Paul Charnley, regional implementation director for the North West and West Midlands cluster, spoke to E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma…
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National Programme sets strategy for non-LSP suppliers
The majority of current NHS clinical systems in England will be replaced in the next four years, according to new guidance for existing suppliers published today by the National Programme for IT. A small number of departmental systems number will be integrated into two portfolios built around the two dominant solutions – iSOFT’s Lorenzo and […]
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Trusts refuse to pay suppliers’ legacy upgrade costs
The National Programme for IT’s policy on legacy systems is causing confusion among trusts and suppliers over who should pay the costs of upgrading systems to enable them to communicate with the spine. Evidence seen by E-Health Insider indicates that most NHS trusts are unwilling to collaboratively fund suppliers upgrade costs – an approach […]
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MP tables questions on iSoft accounting
iSoft, a leading supplier of clinical software under the NHS’ National Programme for IT, has come under parliamentary scrutiny over its accounting and suspension of a director, who has just been re-elected to the board while suspended. Paul Farrelly, Labour MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme has tabled questions to the Secretary of State for Health on whether […]
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Accenture signs with iSOFT for Lorenzo
Six months after being awarded the contracts to act as Local Service Provider for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the Eastern and North East regions of England, Accenture has finalised its agreement with iSOFT to act as it provider of core clinical and administration applications. Accenture will use iSOFT’s Lorenzo enterprise-wide clinical and […]
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Microsoft and iSOFT announce global strategic alliance
Microsoft has signed a global strategic agreement with iSOFT, which will see the two firms work jointly to enhance iSOFT’s healthcare application, Lorenzo, and support joint development work on new products. A key part of the agreement is said to involve Microsoft providing support to iSOFT "to specifically package its solutions for delivery by third-party […]
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