Worthing says PAS teething problems over
Worthing and Southlands Hospital NHS Trust says it has resolved initial teething problems of its new Cerner Millennium patient administration system, provided by local service provider Fujitsu. The go-live has described by sources close to the trust as the best implementation of Cerner Millennium under the NHS IT project to date, but one which still requires extensive […]
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TPP used to support Bradford research project
The Born in Bradford project – a large study that will track the progress of more than 10,000 babies from pregnancy to adulthood – is to use data recorded on TPP SystmOne GP systems. Born in Bradford is thought to be the world’s biggest study of children’s health ever to be undertaken. Parents-to-be are invited […]
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Lorenzo delivery plans now stretch past 2010
E-Health Insider has learned that the latest plans for the delivery of Lorenzo software in the North of England are based on key elements of the software not being available for deployment into the NHS as an integrated solution until after 2010. Under the revised four-stage plan, codenamed Penfield, order communications tools would be delivered […]
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Yorkshire and Humber SHA plan TPP-based EPR
Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has adopted a new IM&T strategy that explicitly plans for the possible non-delivery of Lorenzo.
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Heart of England pilot community access to maternity records
Community midwives from the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust are to begin using their EuroKing E3 maternity information system outside of the hospital in a bid to reduce the high perinatal mortality rate in the region. The pilot will go live at the end of this month. All community midwives will be able to […]
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‘Widespread concerns’ about NPfIT penalties
In a new survey NHS foundation trusts have reported ‘widespread concerns’ about the limited functionality of key systems from the NHS National Programme for IT. Some foundation trusts (FTs) that have sought to delay taking systems until problems are fixed say they have been told to expect fines running into many millions of pounds. The FTs […]
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Leicester upgrades Euroking maternity system
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has agreed a deal to upgrade its current EuroKing maternity information system to the new E3 version of the software. The trust, which is said to have the busiest maternity department in Europe, will upgrade its maternity system ahead of becoming one of the first trusts to take […]
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Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT
The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for the National Programme for IT. Bradshaw replaces Lord Hunt, as minister of state for health services. Lord Hunt replaced Lord Warner as the minister responsible for NHS IT and Connecting For Health in January after returning […]
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King’s College upgrades maternity system to EuroKing E3
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has upgraded its EuroKing maternity information system to the new E3 version of the software. Using the new E3 system, the trust will benefit from increased functionality including patient filtering, care pathways, risk management, electronic partogram, real-time data entry and document management. E3 is a new web-based version of the […]
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Millennium problems at Taunton condemned by consultant
Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust have delayed deploying Cerner Millennium software due to ‘severe security problems’, the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting heard. The software had been due to go live the weekend beginning 29 June. Calling for a public inquiry into the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), David Wrede, consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist, told the […]
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