Office

Archive

No cuts, but low growth in budget

Chancellor Alastair Darling has told the Commons that the government does not plan to “cut” its way out of recession
Read More

Treasury targets £2.3 billion annual IT savings

The Treasury’s Operational Efficiency Programme has recommended £7.2 billion of annual efficiency savings could be achieved on government IT and
Read More

Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: go live

Sarah Bruce catches up with Benenden Hospital’s deployment of an Oasis electronic patient record system.
Read More

Database mooted for healthcare professionals

The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the
Read More

NHS Camden rapped by ICO

The Information Commissioner’s Office has taken enforcement action against NHS Camden for breaching the Data Protection Act. The ICO has
Read More

CfH terminates Fujitsu helpdesk contract

NHS Connecting for Health has terminated the service desk contract it had with Fujitsu because of performance problems. The First
Read More

Planning for pandemic flu

Clinical Solutions is helping to lay the foundations for coping with an outbreak of pandemic flu. Sarah Bruce reports.
Read More

Cerner director is Obama’s health czar

US president Barack Obama has announced a former director of Cerner Corporation as director of the White House Office for
Read More

BridgeForward targets primary care

BridgeForward Software has launched a version of its ClearSpan integration server for GPs and primary care. Physician Integrator has been
Read More

BCS and ICO join Coroners protest

The British Computer Society and the Information Commissioner’s Office have joined the growing swell of concern about the data sharing
Read More