PASA greenlights new electronic tendering system
The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency (PASA) has announced the successful first month’s trial of its new electronic tendering system, and that the system will now be permanently installed. The web-based e-tendering software, supplied by BravoSolution, will now handle all invitations to tender and submissions by suppliers. The system allows buyers and suppliers to browse […]
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Cerner wins Wirral system replacement contract
US health systems specialists, Cerner Corporation, have been named as the preferred supplier to replace the ageing clinical IT system at Wirral Hospital NHS Trust. The contract win was widely predicted for Cerner at the trust which credited with much pioneering work on the use of IT in acute NHS care. The independent procurement outside […]
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Free UK online health journal planned
The Wellcome Trust and the US National Library of Medicine are intending to set up a UK-based version of the free open-access online health research directory PubMed Central. Unlike conventional pay-for-access print and online journals, PubMed Central is freely available, with funding coming from researchers paying to have their papers included. The research charity has […]
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PACS installed across rural Welsh NHS Trust
North West Wales NHS Trust is to implement LifeImaging PACS software from Ferrania across its nine hospitals, many of which fall in rural areas. According to Ferrania, the filmless system will have particular benefits for the trust as it will save them money and time transporting copies of files between sites, as well as cutting […]
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Electronic mental health record system goes live in Wirral
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust has just implemented an electronic patient record system from local company Strand Technology. The CareNotes system also features instant messaging between users, automatic generation of e-mails, faxes and text messages to clients, other staff members and patients themselves, and a web-based interface. This would allow, for instance, notification of […]
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PR heavyweight appointed to sell NHS CRS
The NHS National Programme for Information Technology (NPfIT) has appointed communications consultancy giant Porter Novelli, part of the global marketing conglomerate Omnicom, to help deliver staff and public information campaigns about the NHS Care Records Service (CRS). Porter Novelli, one of the top seven PR agencies internationally, will help to deliver public information campaigns about […]
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Wirral tenders for new patient care system
A trust that pioneered the use of IT in the NHS is tendering for a new patient care information system because its 15-year-old software will not last until a replacement arrives from the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). An OJEU advertisement issued by Wirral Hospitals NHS Trust says that implementation is planned to start in […]
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N3 plans unclear after shake up of aggregation boards
The future of the regional bodies charged with aggregating public sector broadband purchasing, including that of the NHS, has been thrown into uncertainty after the DTI announced it will cease funding the National Aggregation Board. According to the DTI, Regional Development Agencies are to decide whether or not to continue funding regional allocation boards (RABs), […]
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Gartner awarded market intelligence contract
The National Programme for IT has awarded a one-year £154,000 contract to IT analysts Gartner to provide it with market intelligence services. The deal follows the award of a £117,000 contract to Ovum for ‘supplier relations’ services in July. According to NPfIT the market intelligence to be supplied by Gartner will help it monitor the […]
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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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