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2 June 2008

Consultation begins on national GP data extraction

The Information Centre has announced it is beginning consultations with stakeholders for a new data extraction system that will record
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2 June 2008

Fujitsu exit may hinder trusts on 18-week waits

NHS trusts in the South of England may struggle to reach the national 18-week wait referral to treatment (RTT) target,
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2 June 2008

Barco win large Brazilian contract

Belgian medical imaging firm, Barco has won a significant contract to supply high-grade PACS display systems to the ‘Hospital das
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28 May 2008

Worthing says Cerner’s functionality ‘inferior’

Cerner Millennium care records system is still suffering from ‘inferior functionality’, leading to ‘significant level of discontent among clinicians’.
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28 May 2008

Airedale hospital to pilot RFID from Siemens

Airedale NHS Trust will be piloting new Radio Frequency Identification technology from Siemens Healthcare to track 100 intravenous pumps across
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20 May 2008

CSC and Fujitsu NHS contract resets continue

Negotiations to reset the local service provider contracts in the North, Midlands and East of England, plus the South of
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20 May 2008

NHS says Lorenzo won’t be complete until 2016

North West Strategic Health Authority says it does not expect full installation of the strategic Lorenzo electronic patient record software
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16 May 2008

No GP systems in Fujitsu’s NHS contract

Fujitsu, local service provider for the Southern Programme for IT, is not yet contracted to supply a GP system but
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16 May 2008

Institut Mutualiste Montsouris installs Picis

The Institut Mutualiste Montsouris in Paris has become the first European site to implement Picis perioperative software to improve efficiency,
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16 May 2008

NAO says care records service delayed until 2015

According to the National Audit Office NPfIT is unlikely to be completed before 2015.
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