Tablet PC Vs PDA – The Debate Continues (Part 3)
Over the past month E-Health Insider readers have debated the relative merits of PDAs and Tablet PCs in healthcare. This week we publish two further perspectives, in a debate that appears more timely than ever with the announcement of the merger between iSoft and Torex. Which device will the new merged health IT giant be […]
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ISoft and Torex Announce Merger Plans
iSoft and Torex, two of the UK’s leading health IT firms announced this week that they intended to merge to create the UK’s largest provider of healthcare information systems able to play a leading role in the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS and be a leading player internationally. The two companies said […]
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National Programme Names LSP and NASP Candidates
The National Programme for IT in the NHS has announced a “longlist” of 31 individual firms and consortia who have won through the first stage of tendering to be Local Service Providers (LSPs) and National Application Service Providers (NASPs) for the programme. The announcement said that 27 candidates had qualified for further consideration for the […]
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HC 2003 – Pick of the Product and Service News
Healthcare Computing is a traditional launch pad for healthcare IT products and services and the industry did not disappoint this year. We list below a selection of the new launches, versions and deals announced at Harrogate last week. Click here for a full list of exhibitors. Telemedicine Solutions from Tandberg Tandberg demonstrated its videoconferencing solution, […]
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Torex Acquires UK Operations of IBA Health
Torex PLC has announced a strategic alliance with IBA Health Ltd, the Australian supplier of healthcare information systems. As part of the £7 million deal Torex has also acquired the UK-based Hospital Information Systems operation of IBA and InHealth Solutions. As part of the new alliance Torex is taking an 8% stake in IBA Ltd, […]
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IBM Joins With ATOS KPMG Consulting
As first revealed by E-Health Insider last week IBM and ATOS KPMG Consulting are to bid jointly as a Local Service Provider (LSP) for the NHS National IT Programme and associated contracts. This week their senior health executives tell us why they believe the alliance matters. “It’s an extremely important move for us we’ve been […]
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iSOFT Directors Sell Shares Worth £21.5m
Three founding directors of UK health software company iSOFT have made a total of £21.5 million by selling a tranche of shares to General Atlantic Partners as part of an investment deal, according to a 4 March report in The Times. In a 3 March financial release iSOFT said the sale of shares formed part of […]
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Fife’s EPR Implemented Early
Siemens Healthcare Services has announced that Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust has successfully gone live with the first stage of an electronic patient record (EPR) system supplied by Capula Elan across three hospital sites six weeks early. Half a million patient records from the legacy Homer patient administration system (PAS) at Victoria Hospital & Forth Park […]
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Mid-Staffs Selects iSOFT for EPR
Mid-Staffordshire General Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a ten-year managed service contract with iSOFT to implement and manage a trust-wide EPR system covering two hospitals. The contract includes the supply and implementation of a complete EPR solution and will support in excess of 2,400 users at Staffordshire General Hospital and Cannock Chase Hospital. Replacement of […]
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ComMedica Wins European Innovation Award
Innovative UK-based health IT firm ComMedica’s PIRILIS clinical information software has won the ‘best software Innovation’ category at the European Innovation Awards 2002, beating off competition from 20 other entrants from across Europe. A panel of independent judges singled ComMedica out from among competing entries after considering the extent to which the entrants’ ideas, methods […]
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