Second time around
North Bristol NHS Trust will go-live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system this October. Digital Health news editor Rebecca McBeth got a first-hand look at its ambitious plans.
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Milton Keynes to stick with Cerner
Milton Keynes Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has signed a ten-year, £23 million deal to continue using Cerner Millennium beyond the end of its national contract for the system.
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NME 180 trusts turning to SBS framework
NHS Shared Business Services has received 69 expressions of interest from NHS trusts in regard to its framework to support the procurement of clinical information systems.
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London off NPfIT Cerner contract
London’s trusts running the Cerner Millennium electronic patient record have all signed new deals to replace their nationally funded contracts; but now face a challenge to move their data out of the BT data centre.
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Humber debates Lorenzo future
Financial pressures could cause Humber NHS Foundation Trust to move to a ‘best of breed’ approach with its clinical IT systems when its national contract for CSC’s Lorenzo expires, according to the trust’s board of directors.
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East Lancs reviews IT strategy
East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust is to review its five-year strategy for information management and technology to address “technology changes and [the] new pricing structure of suppliers”.
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Buckinghamshire takes Medway for autumn
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has chosen System C’s Medway electronic patient record system to replace its existing Cerner Millennium EPR, with plans to go live in autumn.
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SCR reaches 50m patients
The NHS Summary Care Record has reached the 50 million patient mark, with more than 30,000 record views now occurring each week.
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RiO 30 on track and open to NME trusts
Community and mental health trusts in London and the South appear on track to meet an October deadline to replace their RiO electronic patient record systems, with attention now moving to the North, Midlands and East.
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HSCIC ‘chipping away’ at NME exit plans
Progress is being made in managing the transition away from local service provider contracts in the North, Midlands and East of England, the Health and Social Care Information Centre has said.
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