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Concerns voiced over Ireland’s iSoft deal

The main Irish opposition party, Fine Gael, has raised concerns over the recent financial difficulties of iSoft and the £38m
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NAO planning to look again at NPfIT

The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed that it plans to carry out a second study of the late-running £12bn National
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BCS ‘has not changed mind’ about CfH review

The British Computer Society has denied changing its tack by backing the growing calls for a technical review of the
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Criticisms of NHS IT programme were cut from NAO report

Detailed criticisms of the management of the NHS IT modernisation programme, being overseen by Connecting for Health, were cut from
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BMA implements single sign-on system

The British Medical Association have implemented an enterprise-wide single sign-on (ESSO) system to simplify login procedures for staff working in
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Natural progression

Neil Cowles, CEO of Tolven Health, makes the case for widespread adoption of open source software in healthcare.
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Weston goes live with Cerner

Weston Area Health NHS Trust has become to the second NHS trust in the South of England to begin to
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Microsoft acquires health data aggregation package

 Microsoft have announced the acquisition of a healthcare data aggregation software package, Azyxxi, and an alliance with the US-based health
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Follow my lead

Michael Cross looks at how NPfIT is lead by wider government priorities and who the real driving force behind the
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Cayton to lead summary records taskforce

Patients’ ‘tsar’ and chair of the Care Records Development Board, Harry Cayton, will lead the taskforce set up to help
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