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Sun awarded ‘tactical’ NHS desktop contract

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has concluded an evaluation project with Sun Microsystems over the potential use of Sun’s
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Market for health IT most favourable for big business

The European market for health information systems is likely to expand rapidly, but a number of difficulties stand in the
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EMIS hits back at ‘speculation and misrepresentation’

Leading UK primary care IT supplier EMIS has issued new guidance to practices using its systems stating the firm’s long-term
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Agfa set to replace GE on PACS in North East and Eastern

Three months after health minister John Hutton announced the award of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) contracts for the
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EDS given £9m compensation for NHSmail contract

EDS is to recieve £9m in compensation from the Department of Health for the cancellation of its 10-year contract to
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Six new companies brought under NPfIT banner

The National Programme for IT have announced six new “enterprise-wide" agreements between suppliers of software and hardware infrastructure and services,
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National Programme sets strategy for non-LSP suppliers

The majority of current NHS clinical systems in England will be replaced in the next four years, according to new
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Gartner awarded market intelligence contract

The National Programme for IT has awarded a one-year £154,000 contract to IT analysts Gartner to provide it with market
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First QMAS system fully approved in NPfIT pilot

The National Programme for IT have rubber-stamped the first clinical software system for use with the new Quality Management and
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Why Brunel would back NPfIT

Alright you anoraks, what do you know about engineering? I don't mean plugging in the odd bit of extra RAM.
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