iSoft named North West business of the year
Manchester-based supplier of clinical software, iSoft, has been named North West business of the year by the Manchester Evening News, in the category of businesses over £50m turnover. The MEN Business of the Year Awards Programme covers companies of all sizes and takes into consideration clear vision of management performance, employee growth, customer service, innovation […]
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CfH business plan indicates delivery delay
NHS Connecting for Health has issued its first annual business plan listing the agency’s achievements and setting out a programme of work that remains heavy on infrastructure and light on the rich clinical functionality the service is looking for to help transform services. The plan is published almost three years after the establishment of the […]
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‘Passionate’ GPs sought to inform Lorenzo development
Dr Gillian Braunold, one of the clinical leads for the NHS National Programme for IT has told EHI Primary Care that new arrangements will shortly be announced on how GPs can become involved in informing the overseas development of new clinical systems. A team of 10-15 GPs is currently being recruited. The GP clinical lead […]
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iSoft chosen as partner by SingHealth
iSoft has announced that it has been chosen as a partner by SingHealth to provide health IT solutions to help deliver healthcare reform in Singapore. The decision follows SingHealth’s award of a contract earlier this year for iSoft to deliver its Lorenzo clinical system. The new agreement will create a development partnership between between iSoft […]
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North Cumbria PCTs get community PAS
Three primary care trusts in North Cumbria have begun implementation of new community PAS systems that connect with the NHS data spine, as part of the NHS National Programme for IT. District nurses and community hospital staff across three PCTs, Carlisle and District, Eden Valley and West Cumbria, are now beginning to use the system installed by […]
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CfH to fund NHS clinician trips to India and USA
NHS Connecting for Health is urgently looking for experienced NHS clinicians, interested in ensuring that NHS IT systems are fit for purpose, to be flown out and work on assignment with clinical software developers in India or the United States. Both of the brand new clinical systems that Connecting for Health has contracted to be […]
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Bradford gets UK’s first iSOFT pharmacy solution
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust has become the first implementation of iSOFT’s i.Pharmacy software in the UK, a move that the company says paves the way towards its common clinical solution, Lorenzo. The system, a combined medicine supply management and patient record system, was installed in two acute hospital sites and in the care trust, covering 95 […]
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iSOFT publishes strong growth figures
iSOFT the supplier of clinical software in three of the five regions of the NHS IT modernisation programme has published its preliminary results, showing that in 2005 the firm made profits before tax of £44.5 on a turnover of £262 million – almost 75% more than its 2004 turnover. The figures represent the first year of […]
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Data remember
Data transferred between GP systems must be scrupulously examined for errors. E-Health Insider looks at the issues involved and where the responsibilities lie.
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iSOFT unveils Lorenzo demo
iSOFT have released a Flash demo of their enterprise-wide clinical and administrative application Lorenzo on their website, and is asking for feedback from users. The demo, which is not fully functional but aims to guide users through some of the most important aspects of the system, was uploaded to iSOFT’s website with little fanfare at […]
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