Dell completes acquisition of Perot
Dell has completed its acquisition Perot Systems and said that it expects the move to have most impact on its healthcare services. In September, E-Health Europe reported that Dell would buy Perot for €2.7 billion -the biggest deal in the company’s history. The company closed the deal at the beginning of November. Dell’s new services […]
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Jordan unveils integrated health system
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has unveiled its integrated healthcare technology system for the first time in public. The demonstration at the Prince Hamzah Hospital in Amman showcased the VistA open source clinical and healthcare information management system and the computerized patient record system due to be implemented over the next year. The Hakeem project […]
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One Health Alliance gains new members
One Health Alliance, the ‘best of breed’ healthcare IT alliance aimed at delivering technology and information to both public and private sector organisations, has added two new members, Sunquest information systems and BridgeHead software. The Alliance, which launched in April 2009, already included Ardentia, Clinical Solutions, System C Healthcare, Lawson Software, Perceptive Software, SciQuest, Perot […]
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Dell to buy Perot Systems
Dell has launched an agreed offer to buy computer services firm Perot Systems Corp in a cash deal valued at £2.7 billion.
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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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Perot to help implement Meditech at Rotherham
US health software firm Meditech has announced that Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has selected its 6.0 Health Care Information System (HCIS) as its primary software provider. Perot Systems will provide consultancy services in implementing the software at the Foundation Trust. E-Health Insider first reported in March that Rotherham had selected Meditech to provide it with […]
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Money, money, money
The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; or rather the coming lack of it. Lyn Whitfield reports.
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Over here
Is Cerner Millennium over big, over corporate and over hard to deploy? Or is it a great system that just needs time and investment ? Neil Versel reports.
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Jordan picks Perot to help implement VistA
Perot Systems Corporation has been selected by the Kingdom of Jordan to manage the pilot deployment of the open source clinical information system VistA at two hospitals and a clinic in the capital, Amman. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan plans to develop an integrated national healthcare infrastructure using VistA a single software platform. Terms of […]
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Obama urged to commit $25 billion to health IT
The US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have urged President Obama to invest a minimum of $25 billion in health IT.
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