Hextall says details on PACS and legacy imminent
The chief operating officer for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has promised that details of the national programme’s approach to both legacy systems and the procurement of picture archiving and storage systems (PACS) will be published in the next few weeks. In an exclusive interview with E-Health Insider Gordon Hextall, chief operating officer for […]
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Kodak implements PACS at Chesterfield in 11 weeks
Kodak Health Imaging has announced that it has successfully installed an end-to-end digital image management solution, comprising capture, print, distribution, storage and service solutions in just 11 weeks. In February Chesterfield and North Derbyshire Royal Hospital NHS Trust awarded Kodak a contract to install an integrated image and information management solution at Chesterfield Royal Hospital […]
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Granger promises to make PACS ‘deployable’
A promise to deliver at least 50% cuts in the pricing of Picture Archiving and Storage Systems (PACS) and make it a “deployable technology” came from NHS IT Director General Richard Granger in his address to Healthcare Computing 2004. Local Service Providers (LSPs) are due to submit their latest proposals on how they would deliver Picture […]
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Edinburgh pulls plug on McKesson implementation
Lothian Health Board has announced that it has terminated its contract with McKesson for the provision of a Hospital Information System (HIS) for the flagship Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (ERI). The decision marks a further significant blow for McKesson in the UK. In 2003 the firm was dropped at an early stage in the £2.3 billion […]
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Syntegra selects ILOG for ‘data spine’ record handling
ILOG has announced that Syntegra, the consulting and systems integration arm of British Telecom, has selected ILOG JRules, a Business Rule Management System product, to meet record handling standards mandated for the NHS Care Records Service (NHS CRS) component of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). In December 2003 BT Syntegra was awarded £620m, 10-year […]
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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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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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BT starts to award contracts for ‘data spine’
BT, which won two of the major contracts announced by the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) on 8 December, has been awarding sub-contracts to technology suppliers. The contracts have so far focused on suppliers to help BT deliver the NHS Care Records Service, or ‘data spine’, the national database of electronic patient records that […]
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US healthcare IT looks kinda familiar
In a second article on healthcare IT systems in America, Andrew Harrison reports from the 650-bed Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, a teaching hospital affiliated with New York University, where he finds that pizza plays an important role in clinical engagement… We tend to think of the US as being more advanced in […]
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Patients positive on ICRS but worried about security
Patients are positive about the government’s planned Integrated Care Records Service (ICRS), but cautious about security issues and unhappy about the idea of people outside a close circle of trusted NHS staff having access to their records. The findings come from extensive qualitative and quantitative research conducted by independent market rearchers for the Consumers Association […]
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