ComMedica integrates RIS and medical imaging
ComMedica Limited, the web-based clinical information and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) software vendor, has launched its new Integrated PACS (I-PACS) solution, combining medical imaging with radiology information system (RIS) technology. I-PACS is said to offer hospitals a cost effective software package that allows them to manage the entire process of patient care, from […]
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Granger repeats PACS warning
The head of the NHS’ £5bn IT modernisation programme has again warned suppliers of Picture Archiving and Storage Systems (PACS) to cut their prices, or be subjected to ‘radical surgery if they don’t come back with lower bids. In an interview with the Financial Times, NHS IT director-general repeated his warning, first reported by E-Health […]
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Granger says final LSP contract will come when ‘right’
The final local service provider (LSP) contract for the South of England will be signed in the New Year, when suppliers have "responded to treatment", says NHS IT director-general Richard Granger. In a short interview with E-Health Insider on the day that two of the remaining three LSP contracts were signed Granger said he was […]
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Newcastle Hospitals awards Ferrania RIS/PACS contract
Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust has completed a pilot procurement of community-wide Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and Radiology Information Systems (RIS), in a move designed to provide a template for National programme for IT (NPfIT) procurements in PACS/RIS systems. After a competitive procurement the trust has awarded Ferrania UK’s LifeImaging division a […]
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Misys Healthcare Systems extends UK operations
Clinical software firm, Misys Healthcare Systems has announced today the opening of its UK headquarters office in Sussex and the appointment of Duane Lawrence as general manager and head of UK International Sales. Misys says its new UK HQ will enable it to better serve NHS customers. Lawrence, who will lead the new Misys Sussex […]
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National Programme to sign first contract
Tomorrow morning Secretary of State for Health John Reid and NHS IT director-general Richard Granger will announce that SchlumbergerSema offering a Cerner solution have been awarded the electronic appointment booking contract for the NHS. E-booking will be the first major supplier contract for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to be let. As previously reported […]
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UCLH Signs £70m EPR Deal with IDX and Logica
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, has announced a £70 million investment in an Electronic Patient Records (EPR) system, supplied by IDX Systems Corporation in partnership with LogicaCMG. IDX will deliver an integrated IT system called Lastword across the Trust’s eight hospitals. The system will enable UCLH to ensure that its brand new PFI-build hospital on […]
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Reader Comments: Consultants Bite Back
Last week we published comments from NHS IT managers giving their perspective on the National Programme for IT in the NHS (NPfIT) and its effect at local level. This week, management consultants have their say. A reader writes… Dear E-Health Insider, I am an independent management consultant who has been involved in a number of […]
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Reader Comment: Planning… What Planning?
Last week E-Health Insider ran a report on leaked guidance from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to chief information officers that there would be no allocations from the national programme to local NHS organisations beyond the current financial year. We asked readers how they are planning for implementation of the NPfIT locally, and what […]
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University College London Hospitals Announces PACS Deal
University College London Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a deal with Agfa Healthcare to provide a Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for online X-ray images. The first phase of implementation will see the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery become the first fully filmless hospital in the Trust. It will also see PACS introduced […]
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