29 August 2006

Road to repair

On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, US correspondent Neil Versel reports from Louisiana on the use of EHRs in rebuilding
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29 August 2006

Press reports question future roles of iSoft and Accenture

Weekend press reports raised further questions over the future shape of the NHS National Programme for IT and the long
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29 August 2006

Derbyshire PCTs ditch NHS Direct for out-of-hours

NHS Direct will no longer provide out-of-hours services to three Derbyshire PCTs after concerns were raised over long callback times.
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29 August 2006

London Ambulance computer crashes nine times

London Ambulance Service 999 emergency operators have been forced to manually write down emergency details and alert paramedics by radio,
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25 August 2006

CSC takes charge of seven ‘out of cluster’ trusts

Computer Sciences Corporation, the local service provider for the North-west and West Midlands is to take over responsibility for the
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25 August 2006

iSoft reports £382m loss and new funding

Health software firm iSoft has today reported a £382m annual loss but said that it has reached a funding deal
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24 August 2006

Waiting for Lorenzo

EHI editor Jon Hoeksma provides at a detailed look a confidential report into iSoft's development of Lorenzo.
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24 August 2006

FSA begins formal investigation into iSoft

Healthcare software firm iSoft Group Plc, announced this morning that the Financial Services Authority has begun a formal investigation to
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24 August 2006

Fingerprint recognition trialled in Lewisham PCT

A new biometric security system combining single sign-on and fingerprint authentication will be adopted by Lewisham Primary Care Trust this
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24 August 2006

Growth predicted in clinical decision support market

The clinical decision support software market is set to grow in Europe, but a number of obstacles currently stand in
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