Here is the news: for 2010
NHS IT will face tough times over the coming year and there will be changes to the National Programme for IT in the NHS whoever wins the coming general election. That is the view of more than 20 politicians, analysts, suppliers and IT managers asked to look ahead to 2010 by E-Health Insider. Many of […]
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Read all about it: 2010
NHS Stressline to help with debt worries
A new telephone service, NHS Stressline, was launched today to help people facing the New Year worried about debt, housing and employment. NHS Stressline callers will receive practical information and advice from trained health advisers. If they are suffering from stress, anxiety or depression, they will be directed to a wider package of financial and […]
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That was the year that was: 2009
The politics of 2010
Dell completes acquisition of Perot
Dell has completed its acquisition Perot Systems and said that it expects the move to have most impact on its healthcare services. In September, E-Health Europe reported that Dell would buy Perot for €2.7 billion -the biggest deal in the company’s history. The company closed the deal at the beginning of November. Dell’s new services […]
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EHI’s industry round up 22.12.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up includes news about the benefits that trusts are seeing from deploying new technology, launches and partnerships between leading healthcare technology companies. Trusts reaps service desk accreditation benefits The Primary Care Informatics Unit covering NHS Blackburn with Darwen and NHS East Lancashire says it has seen "tangible benefits" since […]
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A year in the life of TPP
And statistics
Dr Foster and the CQC have both come under fire for how they rate hospitals. Daloni Carlisle reports.
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EHRs deliver soft benefits for hard cash
Electronic health record and e-prescribing systems deliver benefits such as safer and more convenient services, but only over long periods of time and with a net increase in spending, a major European study has concluded.
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