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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has asked the government to synchronise the start time of the contracts for all Lorenzo sites in the North, Midlands and East.

Burton plans Meditech v6.0

Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust plans to go live with Meditech v6.0 this financial year.

North Bristol pilots bedside computing

North Bristol NHS Trust is replacing paper observation charts on patient beds with tablet computers in a pilot starting next month.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

The NHS has run up £31.5m in legal costs as a result of Fujitsu’s departure from NPfIT in 2008, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee heard during an investigation into the programme's local service provider deals.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

Radiologists 'face battery hen future'

Outsourcing powered by technology will be the death of radiology as we know it in this country, a debate at UKRC concluded.

E-referrals to be open source

Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

The NHS has run up £31.5m in legal costs as a result of Fujitsu’s departure from NPfIT in 2008, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee heard during an investigation into the programme's local service provider deals.

NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.

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98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

Surgeons to be 'named and shamed'

Doctors who opt out of disclosing their performance data should be “named and shamed”, the health secretary has said.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

The NHS has run up £31.5m in legal costs as a result of Fujitsu’s departure from NPfIT in 2008, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee heard during an investigation into the programme's local service provider deals.

Salford Royal live with Allscripts

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Allscripts electronic patient record last weekend, three months ahead of schedule.

NHS runs up £31.5m Fujitsu dispute bill

The NHS has run up £31.5m in legal costs as a result of Fujitsu’s departure from NPfIT in 2008, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee heard during an investigation into the programme's local service provider deals.

98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

NHS Number to be mandated from 2014

Trusts will be contractually obligated to use the NHS number as their primary patient identifier from April 2014.

E-referrals to be open source

Two suppliers have been shortlisted to develop an open source ‘NHS e-referrals service’ that will be officially launched next month.

98 per cent of NPfIT benefits unrealised

Ninety-eight per cent of the estimated benefits of several high-profile National Programme for IT programmes are yet to be realised, according to the National Audit Office.

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