Competition Appeal puts brakes on iSOFT/Torex merger
The immediate future of the proposed iSOFT-Torex merger was thrown into question today when the Competition Appeals Tribunal ruled that the Office of Fair Trading was incorrect in its 7 November decision to allow the merger to proceed. In its review – the first of its kind – the Competition Appeals Tribunal ruled that […]
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IBA to ask for review of OFT decision on iSoft Torex deal
Australian-based healthcare information systems supplier IBA announced this week that it intends to apply to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal for a review of the decision of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) not to refer the proposed merger between iSoft Group Plc and Torex Plc to the Competition Committee. IBA says that it intends to lodge its […]
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OFT approves iSOFT-Torex merger
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today, 7 November, approved the merger between the two leading UK health software application and services firms iSOFT and Torex. The OFT attached no conditions on the merger, plans for which were first announced in July 2003. Assuming the deal is approved by Torex shareholders the new firm will have a combined worth of […]
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iSOFT bags one of the last local EPR deals
Southern Derbyshire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a £14.9m deal with iSOFT for an electronic patient record (EPR) and picture archiving and communications system (PACS) – one of the last major local IT deals before the NHS National Programme for IT procurements start. The trust’s director of finance and information, Chris Calkin explained that […]
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Major new lab systems wins for Sysmed and iSOFT
Two major new laboratory systems contracts were announced this week which will bring modernised facilities to Leeds Teaching Hospitals and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust (UCLH). Laboratory information system specialist Sysmed Solutions has been chosen to support Whitfield Street Laboratory Ltd (WSL), a new company set up to run the UK’s largest, high volume, […]
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Schlumberger to Sell SchlumbergerSema to Atos Origin
The announcement this week that Schlumberger Limited will sell the majority of its SchlumbergerSema business to Atos Origin, will see two of the bidders for contracts under the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) come together in a further consolidation of the European IT services industry. Paris-based IT services firm Atos Origin will acquire the […]
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iSOFT Demonstrates 10,000 Concurrent Users
UK health IT firm iSOFT, has announced that in conjunction with HP and Microsoft it has completed benchmark tests of its electronic patient record (EPR) system, with up to 10,000 concurrent users. The benchmark tests were performed on iSOFT’s EPR application software (i.EPR) and achieved sub-second transaction response times. This benchmark, one of the largest […]
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Torex Acquires Civica’s Health Division
Torex, the UK provider of healthcare information systems, has announced that it has acquired the operating theatre management and anaesthesia systems business, from Civica. The acquisition, for £1.4 million in cash, continues Torex’s expansion of its clinical systems portfolio, and is being funded by the balance of the proceeds of the Placing announced on 19 […]
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Shortlisted LSPs Notified
A further key stage in the national procurement for Integrated Care Records Services (ICRS) was reached on Friday when firms that had made the shortlist to become Local Service Providers (LSPs) were notified by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS. Ninety-nine firms submitted outline applications to become LSPs by March with the […]
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HL7 Awards iSOFT ‘Benefactor’ Status
UK health IT applications developer iSOFT has been awarded ‘Benefactor’ status, the highest level of accreditation provided by Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare data standards body. The accreditation recognises iSOFT’s commitment to the development of interoperability standards, vital to meet the requirements specified by the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). iSOFT becomes one of […]
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