EHI interview: Matthew Swindells
Jon Hoeksma talks to the new chair of BCS Health about the past and future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS.
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Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh HIS tender
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust is tendering for a hospital information system to replace its patient administration system and provide integrated A&E and e-prescribing functionality. The trust stressed that it regarded the HIS as an ‘interim’ solution but said that it could “no longer afford to wait until Lorenzo reaches a capability beyond […]
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Tooning up Millennium
Last month, Newcastle Upon Tune Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust went live with a Cerner Millennium system from UPMC. Sarah Bruce went to see how it is getting on.
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Newcastle makes switch to Cerner
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has successfully gone live with its new Cerner Millennium hospital information system.
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InterSystems ‘wins Scottish PMS deal’
E-Health Insider understands that InterSystems has won the contract to provide a national patient management system (PMS) to the NHS in Scotland. Multiple sources have told EHI that InterSystems, with its TrakCare product, has won the contract after an 18 month procurement process. The contract, which is worth £30m-£120m depending on which health boards join […]
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Blackpool set to choose Alert
Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust looks set to partner with Alert Life Sciences to supply its new electronic patient record system.
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Scotland edges closer to PMS contract
NHS National Services Scotland has told E-Health Insider that it is close to making a decision on the contract for its national patient management system, more than 16 months after the procurement process began.
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Dartford uses Itanium as bridge to EPR
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is taking forward plans for an electronic patient record system by putting a new hardware platform under the latest version of iSoft’s PatientCentre patient administration system.
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Epsom and St Helier rejects Cerner
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to remain one of the ‘iSoft7’, rejecting the option of switching to Cerner Millennium.
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InterSystems wins Jersey record deal
The States of Jersey Health and Social Services Department has announced that will develop an island-wide integrated care record using InterSystems TrakCare.
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