US SNOMED Licence Raises Questions Over NHS Deal
A $32.4m contract signed by the College of American Pathologists (CAP) and the US National Library of Medicine will make English and Spanish versions of SNOMED clinical terms – developed in collaboration with the NHS – available free-of-charge in the US from 2004. It is unclear, however, whether the NHS, as major investors in and […]
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Motion Media Selected for Belgium ‘Telehealth’
Videophones designed by UK visual technology specialists Motion Media Technology are to be used to deliver ‘telehealth’ services in Belgium under a new distribution and licensing agreement signed with Belgian telehealth specialists Proxihealth Technics. Proxihealth Technics has selected Motion Media’s complete range of video communication products to complement its existing portfolio of telemedicine solutions and […]
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Civica to Implement Microsoft Enterprise Agreement
The NHS has placed an order worth £19.4 million over twelve-months with software and services firm Civica to implement the three-year Microsoft Enterprise Agreement across the NHS in England. The contract covers implementing the landmark Enterprise Agreement – a three year deal national corporate licensing between Microsoft and the NHS, originally signed back in October […]
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High Demand for Tablets Predicted in Health
Last week saw the international launch of Microsoft’s Tablet PC software and a series of tablet and slate-style devices by leading hardware manufacturers. Microsoft has high hopes for the Tablet PC, arguing that it will transform the way we work, collaborate and use computers. Microsoft’s public sector industry manager Jenny Duff told E-Health Insider that […]
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InHealth Group Buys UK Arm of IBA Health
InHealth Group, the acquisitive UK health services, equipment and IM&T firm, today announced it has acquired the UK business of Australian health IT supplier IBA Health Limited The deal is valued at £5.2m excluding annual support fees and the option for future software licences. InHealth Group is also investing £1.8m in ordinary shares of IBA […]
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A.D.A.M Signs Content Deal with Tenet Healthcare
A.D.A.M., Inc, the leading US electronic health content publisher, has signed a content licensing deal with Tenet Healthcare – its largest deal yet with a major hospital group. Under the agreement both English and Spanish versions of A.D.A.M.’s core health information products, including its illustrated health encyclopaedia, will be made available on Tenet’s hospital web […]
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NHS Signs Landmark National Software Deal With Microsoft
The NHS has completed a three-year corporate software licensing deal with Microsoft Ltd, which will see all NHS computer users get access to the latest Microsoft software and potentially save the NHS £50m. The new "NHS Enterprise Agreement", which has immediate effect, will dramatically rationalise the NHS’s previously fragmented purchasing of Microsoft products. Senior NHS […]
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New E-Prescribing Alliance Between Merck-Medco and Cybear
A new alliance in US electronic prescribing will deliver real-time access to medication data to physicians at the point of care. The deal will allow pharmacy benefits manager, Merck-Medco, to gain access to Cybear’s Internet enabled software and service systems, including the Physicians Online portal, its @Rx prescription management system and technology for electronically transmitted […]
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NHS Awaits Treasury Approval of Landmark Microsoft Deal
The Department of Health and NHS Purchasing and Supplies Agency (PASA) have completed negotiations of a critical national software licensing deal with Microsoft to provide the company’s latest desktop personal productivity and back office applications to 300,000 NHS users. Final approval of the business plan is expected from the Treasury within the next two weeks. […]
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