GP complaints in Warrington after Lorenzo switch
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust says GP complaints about incomplete discharge summaries since the trust switched electronic patient records have been largely resolved.
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Lorenzo: the end of the beginning
The National Programme for IT in the NHS came to an end in the North, Midlands and East last week. Its flagship electronic patient record was Lorenzo. How are recent deployments going, and what legacy will it leave, asks Ben Heather.
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North Staffordshire combined trust picks Lorenzo as its ROSE
The Department of Health has approved funding for North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust to deploy the Lorenzo electronic patient record as part of its post-NPfIT deal with CSC and in support of a ‘Raising our Service Excellence’ programme.
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CSC announces merger with offshoot of HP
CSC will merge with HP Enterprise Services, the two US-based technology companies have announced.
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Sheffield links £12m shortfall to Lorenzo implementation
Challenges with booking and reporting patient activity following the implementation of Lorenzo at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals are contributing to major activity under-performance, which has cost the trust £12 million to date.
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Massive health IT framework coming soon
A massive new framework tender for electronic patient records, hosting, portals, mobile working and many other digital solutions will be published at the end of this month.
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Hull of a job: Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals’ EPR deployment, six months on
Martyn Smith, the director of IT and innovation at Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, and his colleague Neil Proudlove talk frankly to Lyn Whitfield about what they got right and wrong when they implemented Lorenzo.
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Luton and Dunstable looks at Lorenzo
Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is planning to submit a business case to procure CSC’s Lorenzo electronic patient record.
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NME to retain most NPfIT-era systems
The end of NPfIT contracts in the North, Midlands and East looks unlikely to trigger an immediate, large-scale change in IT systems, with the HSCIC and industry contracts predicting that 60% of systems installed by CSC will be retained.
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Eleven trusts benefit from Lorenzo cash
Eleven NHS trusts in the North, Midlands and East have been approved tens of millions of pounds of central funding from the Department of Health to purchase the Lorenzo electronic patient record from CSC.
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