EMIS predicts signing deals with three LSPs
Primary care systems supplier EMIS has said that is confident that EMIS products and services will be available “working via LSPs alongside the NPfIT” in at least three of the five clusters of the national programme. The company has issued no details of the nature of the agreements it expects to reach with the three […]
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Italian national organ transplant centre to use E-Ceptionist
Centro Nazionale Trapianti, the Italian National Organ Transplant Centre, in a project with TelBios S.p.A., is to use E-Ceptionist’s electronic booking system to manage the organ donation process across Italy. The introduction of the new electronic booking system is intended to maximise the number of successful recipients of donated organs, and minimise the number of […]
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Government says open source not a ‘hype bubble’
The Office of the e-Envoy has issued an updated consultation paper on the use of open source software (OSS) by the UK Government, including the NHS. The update is the first in two years on the Government’s position on the use of open source. Significantly the consultation paper categorically states that OSS is not a […]
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Parliamentary briefing paper sets out challenges for NPfIT
A new parliamentary briefing paper on the National Programme for IT has highlighted stakeholder involvement, communications, "imposing change on a highly devolved NHS", and the complexity of the programme each as potential areas of concern for the success of the project. ‘New NHS IT’ a Parliamentary briefing note prepared by the Parliamentary Office of Science […]
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Hunt on for public sector IT tsar
The hunt is on for a person to take on to find the candidate to fill the “most influential role in UK IT", with the Government looking for a new head of e-government to replace the current e-envoy Andrew Pinder when he retires later this summer. This new role a super Government IT Tsar, or […]
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MDU warns doctors of picture messaging dangers
The Medical Defence Union has advised doctors to think twice before using picture mobile phones to take and send digital pictures to assist in the diagnosis and management of a patient’s condition. The MDU’s advice follows a warning by the medicines and healthcare products regulatory agency (MHRA) to doctors on the risks of using picture […]
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IBM invests $250m in healthcare initiative
IBM today announced a $250m (£132m) global initiative over three years to boost its presence in healthcare. The money will be used for solutions development, research and development, IBM Business Partner collaborations and to hire new specialists. Dr. Caroline Kovac, general manager of IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences said: “"The healthcare industry is under tremendous […]
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BT awarded NHS broadband contract
BT has won the N3 (New National Network) contract to provide and manage a broadband network to link all NHS organisations in England, health minister, John Hutton, announced today. As had been widely anticipated, BT was chosen ahead Cable and Wireless for the N3 contract, which will see it act as integrator, rather than as a broadband service provider iteself. […]
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Fujitsu presents its LSP line-up
Fujitsu Services has provided further details of the members of its Local Service Provider (LSP) consortia line-up, following Monday’s announcement that it had been awarded the LSP contract for the South of England. The team, known as the Fujitsu Alliance, comprises Fujitsu as prime contractor; IDX Systems Corporation for the core clinical application; Tata Consultancy […]
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National US health information infrastructure called for
The influential Institute of Medicine (IOM) has published a new report calling on the US Government to create national data standards for collecting and exchanging electronic medical information that would provide a national ‘information infrastructure’ to help spur the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs). The report outlines a plan to accelerate the development of […]
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