South edges towards ‘best of breed’ approach
The re-negotiation of the NHS IT Programme contract between Fujitsu and the NHS in the South of England appears to be heading towards a best of breed approach.
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Barnet and Chase Farm switch on Cerner
Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals NHS Trust has become the first London hospital to go live with Cerner Millennium as part of the multi-billion pound NHS IT programme.
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Lessons learned
Southern England, perhaps more than any other region, has produced a mixed picture of NHS IT modernisation. Senior executives from local service provider, Fujitsu, explain the real situation as they see it.
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ESR approaches one million NHS staff
The ninth wave of NHS organisations have gone live with the integrated HR and payroll system, the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR); as a result 476 organisations covering 949,470 NHS employees are now using the system. The £300m 15-year Department of Health project is being delivered by a consortium led by health IT specialist McKesson, […]
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Southern SHAs assess alternatives for mental health IT
Strategic health authorities in the South of England are evaluating alternative software options to the version of Cerner Millennium being offered by Fujitsu under the NHS IT Programme (NPfIT). Fujitsu, the local service provider for the South, has told E-Health Insider, that it is working with SHAs and trusts to provide them with systems that best […]
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Fujitsu picks McKesson for Child Health
McKesson has been selected by Fujitsu to provide its CarePlus child health software to NHS trusts across the South of England under the NHS IT modernisation programme. Fujitsu is the prime contractor – or local service provider (LSP) – for the £12.4bn NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the South, responsible for upgrading NHS […]
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CFH sponsors categories in BT e-Health Insider Awards
NHS Connecting for Health, the government agency supporting the NHS to introduce computer systems and services as part of England’s National Programme for IT, is to sponsor two categories in the BT e-Health Insider Awards, it was announced today. Categories for Primary Care ICT Team of the Year and Acute Care ICT Team of the […]
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Surrey and Sussex becomes sixth Millennium site in South
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, the latest trust to go-live with Cerner’s Millennium R0 patient administration system (PAS) delivered by local service provider Fujitsu. The trust has successfully completed their 45 day implementation programme, but have opted not to deploy order comms functionality yet. The trust, which went live on 20 April, delayed deployment of […]
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BT e-Health Insider Awards ’07 judges appointed
Judges for the BT e-Health Insider Awards ’07 have been appointed resulting in a line-up that includes distinguished IT professionals and clinicians with an interest in health informatics. Entry for the awards is open now and the six categories offer opportunities for everyone involved in healthcare IT from the frontline to the back office to […]
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Deal or no deal?
Would an IBA-owned iSoft be good news for health service? With a full blown bid by Australia’s IBA Healthcare now appearing imminent, Jon Hoeksma looks at the background to current talks.
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