Microsoft to buy Sentillion

Microsoft is to buy Sentillion, a specialist in single sign-on technology for the healthcare industry.
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RiO arrives in Isle of Man

The Isle of Man Government has successfully gone live with a RiO mental health and social care services system deployed
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Allocate to buy Sweden’s Time Care AB

Allocate Software, a UK provider of staff rostering software is to buy Time Care AB, a Swedish provider of workforce
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Philips secures €200m EIB R&D loan

The European Investment Bank and Royal Philips Electronics have signed a €200m loan agreement to boost European R&D initiatives in
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Turmoil grips NHS IT programme

The future of the National Programme for IT in the NHS has been plunged into doubt after the Chancellor of the
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Dudley PCT goes virtual on desktops

Dudley Primary Care Trust has announced that it has been working with IT consultancy Centralis to develop a shared service
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Blackpool gets ‘Darzi’ style PACS

NHS Blackpool has implemented a new Agfa PACS system that enable staff working at the town’s state of the art
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NHS IT programme faces cuts

Parts of the multibillion-pound national NHS IT progamme could be cancelled in this week’s Pre-Budget Report, the Chancellor has warned.
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One in 10 prescriptions have errors

One in 10 written hospital prescriptions contain mistakes, most are minor and spotted but some are potentially lethal. In many cases
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Wirral delays Cerner until 2010

Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has decided to delay its implementation of Cerner Millennium until 2010.
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