Award for iSOFT SingHealth EMR implementation
Singapore Health Services (SingHealth), the largest healthcare provider in Singapore has received a prestigious award for best of IT to add value to an organisation for its implementation of an iSOFT-based electronic medical record (EMR) system, which has successfully been integrated across all the group’s hospitals. The main application SingHealth has used to develop its […]
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iSOFT to invest £53 million in India
iSOFT Group Plc, the UK-based provider of software for hospitals and healthcare organisations, has announced that it will invest £53.89 million in its Indian application development operations over the next three years. The firm says that it will increase its number of employees in India to 800 from the current 300 and make its Chennai, […]
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Microsoft denies ‘tailored software’ offer for NHS
Microsoft have denied weekend reports that they are to rewrite their core products on behalf of the NHS, but confirmed that they are in discussions with the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) on how the firm’s software can be best configured to support delivery of the national programme. Neil Jordan, head of healthcare for Microsoft UK denied a report […]
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Legal clarity dawns for iSOFT-Torex merger
Final clearance of the merger between iSOFT and Torex edged closer today as legal issues surrounding the case were clarified. At first sight there was a set-back to the merger as the Court of Appeal dismissed a plea by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) against the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ruling that it had […]
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IDX predicts $1 billion revenues from LSP contracts
IDX Corporation has revealed that it expects to see revenues of $1 billion (£525 million) over ten years from its role as the principal clinical systems and related services provider for the London and South of England Local Service Provider contracts. The company has also briefed US analysts that while the contracts contain milestone […]
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iSOFT board replaces CEO
Chris Moore, the chief executive of healthcare IT firm iSOFT has been asked to step down by his board as the company’s merger with Torex once again comes under scrutiny in the Court of Appeal this week. Moore will give up his role as chief executive of the newly-formed company after the board voted to […]
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NHS signs national deal with Oracle
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has signed a corporate licensing agreement with the Oracle Corp., that will provide NHS organisations with access to Oracle products at up to 50% below list price. Modelled on the NHS-wide corporate enterprise agreement signed with Microsoft in 2000, the new agreement with Oracle is designed to enable the […]
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Will the national programme pay for contestability?
Perhaps the most intriguing speculation to have emerged in recent weeks is the suggestion that iSOFT, triumphant in three of the four clusters contracts so far announced – the North East, North West and Eastern – is leveraging the economies of scale made possible by initial wins to offer a very low price for the whole of […]
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Two LSP contracts announced, South delayed until 2004
The National Programme for IT this morning announced that CSC and Accenture are the winners of two of the three remaining local service provider (LSP) contracts, worth a total of £1,907m. The award of the final LSP contract, for the South of England, has been put back to January 2004 for unspecified reasons. A National […]
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Widely-tipped Accenture wins North-east
Consulting, technology services and outsourcing specialists, Accenture, were widely tipped to win the local service provider contract for the North-east, Yorkshire and Humber region – and were duly appointed to take on the work today. Commenting on the £1.099 billion, 10 year contract award, Ian Watmore, UK managing director, said: “We are very proud to have […]
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