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Big Brother alive and well at Heathcare Computing

E-Health Insider comment from Jon Hoeksma “I just had a call from the National Programme [for IT] on what I
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Granger promises to make PACS ‘deployable’

A promise to deliver at least 50% cuts in the pricing of Picture Archiving and Storage Systems (PACS) and make
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GP choice in IT systems debated

A senior officer from the National Programme for IT said he would have failed and the programme would have failed
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Uncertainty shrouds EMIS negotiations

Almost two months after GP software market leader EMIS first publicly stated that the company would not sign contracts with Local
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Agency due to lead NHS IT change management scrapped

The Government is to scrap the NHS Modernisation Agency (MA), the agency charged with delivering the change management programme that
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Statutory registration in prospect for health informatics

Statutory registration of healthcare informatics staff in four years is the target for a new voluntary regulator launched this week.
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Granger terminates EDS’s NHSmail contract

The National Programme for IT has terminated the £90 million NHSmail contract with Electronic Data Systems to provide email and
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Dawn of globalisation in health IT, Granger tells HIMSS

ORLANDO, Florida – The NHS National Programme for Information Technology is drawing interest on both sides of the Atlantic, a
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EHR roll-out underway across Wirral

NHS organisations on the Wirral have announced plans to push ahead with the roll-out of an ambitious health community-wide electronic
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US states push for e-health networks

Political leaders in Florida and Kentucky have announced similar plans to create state-wide e-health networks, to enable family physicians, hospitals,
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