NHS signs national deal with Oracle
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has signed a corporate licensing agreement with the Oracle Corp., that will provide NHS organisations with access to Oracle products at up to 50% below list price. Modelled on the NHS-wide corporate enterprise agreement signed with Microsoft in 2000, the new agreement with Oracle is designed to enable the […]
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NHS Evaluates Windows alternative
Sun Microsystems has announced that it has received notice from NHS IT director-general Richard Granger that its Java Desktop System will be evaluated for use in the NHS as a possible alternative to Microsoft’s Windows products. According to Sun Microsystems the evaluation could help bring an open, affordable and secure desktop solution to the NHS, […]
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Widely-tipped Accenture wins North-east
Consulting, technology services and outsourcing specialists, Accenture, were widely tipped to win the local service provider contract for the North-east, Yorkshire and Humber region – and were duly appointed to take on the work today. Commenting on the £1.099 billion, 10 year contract award, Ian Watmore, UK managing director, said: “We are very proud to have […]
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London to start implementation immediately
The NHS’s IT boss for London has told E-Health insider that implementation work is set to begin immediately, following today’s announcement of the award of a £996m, 10-year contract to BT to act as Local Service Provider (LSP) for the capital. Speaking to E-Health Insider immediately after the announcement of the contract this morning David […]
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PC framework deal agreed for NHS
A framework contract to deliver 55,000 PCs to the NHS over the next six-months as part of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has been agreed with three giant PC suppliers. The new hardware will be funded by national resources under the NPfIT. The deal is intended to ensure that the Government’s staff-to-PC ratio target […]
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iSOFT Demonstrates 10,000 Concurrent Users
UK health IT firm iSOFT, has announced that in conjunction with HP and Microsoft it has completed benchmark tests of its electronic patient record (EPR) system, with up to 10,000 concurrent users. The benchmark tests were performed on iSOFT’s EPR application software (i.EPR) and achieved sub-second transaction response times. This benchmark, one of the largest […]
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Tablet PC Vs PDA – The Debate Continues (Part 3)
Over the past month E-Health Insider readers have debated the relative merits of PDAs and Tablet PCs in healthcare. This week we publish two further perspectives, in a debate that appears more timely than ever with the announcement of the merger between iSoft and Torex. Which device will the new merged health IT giant be […]
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South West Collaborative EPR Procurements Ended
A series of collaborative NHS IT procurement projects for electronic patient record (EPR) systems in the South West had the plug pulled last week by local management after they failed to secure national funding from the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT). The Shires and Pan-Bristol procurements predated the National Programme and had […]
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Torex Buys Obs & Gynae Systems Specialist
Torex continued its march along the acquisition trail with the purchase of Protos Limited, the UK’s dominant provider of obstetric and gynaecology IT systems. The sale has been sealed for £1.45m in Torex ordinary shares and up to £0.4m cash, depending on the level of cash in the business. Both shares and cash are payable […]
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National Programme Names LSP and NASP Candidates
The National Programme for IT in the NHS has announced a “longlist” of 31 individual firms and consortia who have won through the first stage of tendering to be Local Service Providers (LSPs) and National Application Service Providers (NASPs) for the programme. The announcement said that 27 candidates had qualified for further consideration for the […]
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