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4 December 2003

Competition Appeal puts brakes on iSOFT/Torex merger

The immediate future of the proposed iSOFT-Torex merger was thrown into question today when the Competition Appeals Tribunal ruled that
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20 November 2003

E-Health Insider – the first 100 issues

As the E-Health Insider newsletter celebrates the 100th edition, we take the opportunity to look back over highlights of two years
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20 November 2003

IBA to ask for review of OFT decision on iSoft Torex deal

Australian-based healthcare information systems supplier IBA announced this week that it intends to apply to the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal for a review
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12 November 2003

ID cards on the way for healthcare entitlement

The government published plans published this week making clear that it wants to introduce identity cards which will be used
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11 November 2003

Gershon says NHS national programme is inherently ‘risky’

Peter Gershon, chief executive of the Treasury’s Office of Government Commerce (OGC) has described the National Programme for IT (NPfIT)
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7 November 2003

OFT approves iSOFT-Torex merger

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has today, 7 November, approved the merger between the two leading UK health software application and
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4 November 2003

Misys Healthcare Systems extends UK operations

Clinical software firm, Misys Healthcare Systems has announced today the opening of its UK headquarters office in Sussex and the
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13 October 2003

Nhs.uk to provide information for Patient Choice

Patients will be encouraged to use the NHS online service, nhs.uk, to gather information about NHS hospitals when they are
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18 September 2003

Wirral Connects to Online Bed Vacancy Service

Wirral residents and care homes are set to benefit from a new online service designed to simplify the process of
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15 September 2003

EDS ‘De-selected’ from E-Booking Contract

The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) has confirmed that EDS has been deselected from procurement competition for a national electronic
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