NPfIT to cost £10 billion
The final cost of the National Programme for IT in the NHS is expected to be more than £10 billion.
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Imperial’s Cerner plans delayed again
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust has delayed deploying the Cerner Millennium patient administration system and maternity module until 2014.
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South London Cerner go-live delayed
The go-live of Cerner Millennium at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital has been delayed until March next year.
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RiO trusts to choose new suppliers
Thirty community and mental health trusts in London and the South expect to complete ‘mini-competitions’ to choose new electronic patient record system suppliers by the end of this year.
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Trusts failed to report NPfIT benefits
NHS Trusts have failed to report benefits of National Programme for IT systems leading to incomplete information on the success of the programme, says a report by the National Audit Office.
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London not a done deal for Cerner
The nine London trusts involved in a massive, collaborative IT tender could each decide to go with a different supplier, it has been revealed.
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RiO upgrade scheduled for March
BT has upgraded 15,000 users of RiO in London and the South to Release 1- and Release 1.1 will start rolling out next month.
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London trusts set ambitious EPR deadline
The nine London trusts undertaking a massive collaborative tender for patient administration systems and electronic patient record systems expect to have a new contract in place by spring next year.
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St George’s suffers Cerner teething pain
St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust is facing teething problems with its installation of a Cerner Millennium hospital information system.
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BT deal means RiO for those who want it
A small number of primary care trusts in the capital will not receive RiO under its reworked local service provider deal because they have chosen not to implement the system, according to NHS London. The strategic health authority has told EHI Primary Care that it would “negotiate a deal” for those PCTs if they changed their minds […]
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