BT announces first RiO in South
BT has announced its first deployment of the RiO community and mental health system in the South of England. Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has become the first to go live with the system as part of the additional contract that BT was awarded under the National Programme for IT in the NHS in April […]
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RiO arrives in Isle of Man
The Isle of Man Government has successfully gone live with a RiO mental health and social care services system deployed by CSE Healthcare in partnership with System C.
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RiO upgrades restart in London
The programme of upgrades to the RiO community health software has re-started in London, with two primary care trusts now using the latest version. Newham PCT received an upgrade to Version 5.1 earlier this month from local service provider BT, and has been followed by NHS Brent. A spokesperson for BT told EHI Primary Care that […]
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Bradford implements RiO through ASCC
Bradford District Care Trust has implemented the RiO electronic care record system to support staff delivering mental health services. The mental health and learning disabilities trust made use of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework contract to accelerate the procurement process. Bradford began the procurement in December 2008, after deciding it could not […]
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London carnival on hold for RiO
Further implementations of the latest RiO community and mental health software in London and the South have been put on hold until September. The mounting delay means that up to five months will have passed since installations were stopped in April. Local service provider BT and the London Programme for IT previously said they planned […]
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London RiO upgrades remain on hold
Upgrades to the RiO community and mental health system remain on hold in London, despite a two week deadline to fix problems, which passed a fortnight ago. As first reported by E-Health Insider on 14 May, BT provided upgrades to version 5.1 of RiO were suspended at all NHS trusts in London after a series […]
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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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Connelly: South benefits from no LSP
Director general of informatics Christine Connelly has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS’ new approach in the South will mean faster delivery and greater engagement with frontline staff. Speaking at the Assist conference in Birmingham this morning, Connelly claimed there would be benefits to not having a single local service provider in […]
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BT’s Southern LSP deal cost £546m
BT is to be paid an additional £546m for work at a limited number of NHS trusts in the South of England.
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Patient told no electronic record, no care
A North London Mental health trust has said that any patients who refuse to have their data entered onto electronic patient records will not be able to receive treatment.
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