Bedford Hospital gets remote access

Scalable Networks, a provider of secure network solutions, has announced the completion of a remote access solution for up to
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Sage moves into healthcare IT market

The UK’s largest technology company and supplier of accounting software, Sage, has announced the purchase of Florida-based Emdeon Practice Services
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Survey says practices not receiving activity data for PBC

Almost 70% of GP practices have received only partial or no activity data from their primary care trust to take
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Leicestershire PCTs saving approx £2m from clinical IT

Health software supplier Ethitec has calculated that the six primary care trusts in Leicestershire are making efficiency savings worth the
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IBM donates code to open source health project

IBM has donated code to the Eclipse.org foundation’s Open Healthcare Framework (OHF), which works on increasing interoperability of healthcare software
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Strike action threat over NHS Direct cuts

  Unison and the Royal College of Nursing are warning they may consider strike action after a consultation into staff
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MP calls for clarity on payments to iSoft

Following yesterday’s suspension of iSoft co-founder, Steve Graham, pending investigation of possible accounting irregularities, Richard Bacon MP, has called for
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DH to survey Electronic Social Care Record progress

The Department of Health (DH) is to carry out a survey on how the Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR) is
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EU project looks at DNA link to patient records

A telemedicine project funded by the European Union has been looking at ways of matching patients in emergency situations with
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iSoft probe shows ‘possible accounting irregularities’

Health IT supplier, iSoft Group, announced today that an initial investigation had uncovered evidence of irregularities in the company’s accounts
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