iB Solutions wins contract extension

iB Solutions, an Irish subsidiary of IBA Health, has won a £22m contract extension with NHS Shared Business Services to host
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Humana launches commissioning simulator tool

Gloucestershire PCT pilots the Commissioning Simulator A new computer-based simulation programme has been launched by Humana Europe, which replicates the
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e-Health without frontier conference details issued

Details of the European Union-backed ‘e-Health without frontiers’ conference to be held in Slovenia, 6-7 May, have been belatedly been
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Finland awards national patient archive contract

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) has selected EMC to build a new centralised national patient record archive to
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Swindells to open Healthcare Computing 2008

The Department of Health’s acting chief information officer, Matthew Swindells, has been confirmed as the opening speaker at next month’s
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QoF cash for quitters

GPs could be paid depending on the number of their patients who stop smoking as part of possible changes to
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Misys Healthcare to merge with Allscripts

Misys, the UK-based IT software group, is to merge its healthcare division with smaller US rival, Allscripts to create a
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CfH says SCR audit trails ‘clunky’

Connecting for Health has acknowledged the audit trail facility in the first Summary Care Record pilots ‘has been clunky’, after minutes from
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Sweden chooses InterSystems for NPO

The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.
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NHS Direct reports lower calls, higher web traffic

NHS Direct has reported a fall in telephone calls received, attributed to an increased usage of its website for health
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