Yorkshire and Humber SHA plan TPP-based EPR
Yorkshire and Humber Strategic Health Authority has adopted a new IM&T strategy that explicitly plans for the possible non-delivery of Lorenzo.
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CSC re-negotiating delivery of Lorenzo
The contract for delivery of the core strategic clinical software meant to be delivered by the NHS IT programme in three-fifths of the English NHS is being re-negotiated, with talks due to run until the end of 2007.
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PCTs plan moves to single system
Primary care trusts (PCTs) in some areas of northern England have set out plans to move all GP practices onto a single system, TPP’s SystmOne, as contracts for the GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) initiative are about to be signed. More than a dozen PCTs in the North-east have published IM&T plans which outline the […]
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Remote storage secures data despite floods
Many GP practices in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire have been able to keep electronic patient data safe from the recent severe floods in the region, thanks to local service provider Computer Science Corporation’s (CSC) remote data storage policy. Since Monday, torrential rain across northern England has resulted in severe floods, with towns remaining submerged in water. […]
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Delays continue on NPfIT local ownership programme
A review is underway to establish new priorities and additional requirements for the NHS National Programme for IT Local Ownership Programme (NLOP) with the results due to be reported to the NHS Management Board in June, E-Health Insider has learned. The review – known as the Butler Review – is being carried out to identify […]
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Sheffield abandons iSoft iPM implementation
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has abandoned plans to implement a new patient administration system from iSoft, the first stage of the local Care Records Service (CRS) software being offered to it under the NHS Connecting for Health programme. After delays stretching back to 2004, the independent foundation trust, one of the largest hospital […]
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LSP Clusters Shortlist Announced
The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS has announced its shortlist of Local Service Providers (LSPs) selected to compete for five contracts to carry out the government’s £2.3 billion transformation of health service IT in England. The same announcement also officially confirmed the three shortlisted bidders for the contract to be the National […]
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