Royal Free evaluates Cerner fixes
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust is evaluating the results of the three month rescue programme to fix known problems in its Cerner Millennium system. Trust board papers state that on 6 October, BT, the local service provider for London, together with the London Programme for IT and the trust, began a 90-day programme of […]
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Millennium delays cost Kingston £500,000
Delays to the delivery of a Cerner Millennium electronic record system at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust have cost it more than £500,000 so far. The trust says the earliest it may now go live is April 2009, although it currently has no planned go-live date. This has been “postponed indefinitely” until “issues in live trusts […]
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NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’
David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a ‘pivot position’ and that the DH would not tolerate continued delays.
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Insider view: Jon Hoeksma
E-Health Insider editor Jon Hoeksma on the Operating Framework and the future of the National Programme.
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Royal Free says Cerner creates duplicate x-ray risk
Patients at the Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust are potentially at risk of having duplicate x-rays ordered and receiving double exposure, following the introduction of a new Cerner electronic record system.
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Rescue plan for Royal Free
A 90-day rescue plan is underway at The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust to try and fix a catalogue of 22 major problems with the Cerner Millennium Care Records System installed by BT. Problems caused by the system have so far cost the trust £7.2m, disrupted the delivery of care and led to delays in […]
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Royal Free says £7.2m deficit due to Cerner
The Royal Free Hampstead NHS Trust has reported a £7.2 m deficit due mainly to problems with the Cerner Millennium Care Records System.
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Political row over NPfIT: London on hold
A political row has broken out over the National Programme for IT in the NHS, following press reports that it has “ground to a halt.”
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