£20m on open source in ‘tech fund 2’

NHS England has a £20m target for open source systems in the second round of its technology fund, although the
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PACS exits take longer than expected

Too many trusts exiting their national PACS/RIS systems contracts are leaving “time-critical tasks” to the end of their exit plans,
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Homerton procures VNA from BridgeHead

Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has procured a vendor neutral archive from BridgeHead Software as it prepares to replace
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IMS Maxims releases source code for EPR

IMS Maxims has released the open source code for its electronic patient record system on its website and plans set
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Oxford Health plans October EPR go-live

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust says its new community and mental health electronic patient record system will be rolled out
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Imperial concerned with reliance on XP

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is moving to a single IT pharmacy system “as soon as possible” after its reliance
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Somerset Cancer Register works on EPR

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust will use its funding from the first round of NHS England’s technology fund to
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Ambulance IT system pilot delayed

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust has delayed the pilot of its new electronic patient reporting system until July,
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Emis gives pharmacists GP record access

Emis has launched new software to enable more than 2,500 community pharmacies to view patients’ electronic GP records, following a
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