EHI interview: Gwyn Thomas
Orion wins Northern Ireland ECR deal
Northern Ireland has named Orion as the winner of a procurement for a proof of concept project for a province-wide electronic care record (ECR). The one-year deal will be to develop a new portal-based electronic health record, predominantly for use in secondary care but linking hospitals and practices, with the potential to also link social […]
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Bradford implements RiO through ASCC
Bradford District Care Trust has implemented the RiO electronic care record system to support staff delivering mental health services. The mental health and learning disabilities trust made use of the Additional Supply Capability and Capacity (ASCC) framework contract to accelerate the procurement process. Bradford began the procurement in December 2008, after deciding it could not […]
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Dell to buy Perot Systems
Dell has launched an agreed offer to buy computer services firm Perot Systems Corp in a cash deal valued at £2.7 billion.
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Merseyside chooses JAC for e-prescribing
The North Mersey Health Informatics Service has selected JAC to provide an electronic prescribing and medicines administration system to more than three million patients across Merseyside.
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Alder Hey surveys are Fabio
One of Europe’s largest children’s hospitals has developed an electronic survey system to involve children in their care plans and allow them to rate their experiences.
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EHI’s industry round up 11.09.2009
This edition of E-Health Insider’s industry round-up covers partnerships and new product launches in the healthcare IT market and deployments in the NHS.
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Birmingham uses Websense
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has announced that it will implement a complete information protection solution from Websense. The trust will roll-out Websense’s Essential Information Protection portfolio to create an integrated policy-based IT security platform to secure data and protect against Web 2.0 threats from sites such as Twitter. The solution, which was purchased for […]
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Arctic blast
A think-tank recently ranked its funding forecasts for the NHS from ‘tepid’ to ‘arctic.’ Sarah Bruce asks what that will mean for healthcare IT.
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Setting records straight
Peter Short, national clinical lead GP, NHS Connecting for Health, discusses the recent Shared Record Professional Guidance.
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