No Well another successful HIMSS Annual Conference just ended and it was record breaking in every sense of the word. The Career Services Center and Career Services Institute audiences were phenomenal and the presentations were full of career pearls of wisdom to take back and use in our career efforts...
The HIMSS Annual Conference 2013 (AC13) will be held in New Orleans from March 3 to March 7, 2013 and the HIMSS community is gearing up for some exciting career supporting efforts. read more Read More...
Foundation trust trials Lorenzo electronic patient record system ahead of launch planned for the summer Humber NHS foundation trust has said that testing of the Lorenzo electronic patient record (EPR) system is under way ahead of a full launch planned for this summer. "Humber has created new processes...
US-based firm reveals in filing that it expects contract with Department of Health to be extended until June 2017 Technology company CSC has said that it anticipates its contract with the Department of Health (DoH) to deliver electronic patient records will be extended by one year until June 2017, and...
Department agrees with most of the committee's recommendations, but says the National Programme for IT has 'successfully delivered' a number of applications HM Treasury has agreed in full with the majority of the public accounts committee's (PAC) key criticisms and conclusions on the...
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BT's spending with CfH drops to £331.5m in 2010-11, but it remains the largest supplier to the NHS IT unit NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) paid prime National Programme for IT (NPfIT) contractor BT £331.5m in 2010-11, compared with £469.9m in 2009-10 – but spending with its peer CSC fell much faster...
Profiles of the largest suppliers to the IT agency for the NHS in England. Part one: 1-10 News: NHS Connecting for Health slashes spending with CSC Full data on the top 100 suppliers to NHS Connecting for Health and the Department of Health, as well as commentary on this year's figures, is available...
National Programme for IT supplier refunds most of an advance received from the government in April Computer Services Corporation (CSC) has returned £170m to NHS Connecting for Health , reports The Register. The NHS made a £200m payment to CSC on 1 April this year, intended to cover the projected costs...
The government's apparent ending of the NHS IT programme leaves NHS CfH and its BT and CSC contracts unaffected, writes SA Mathieson The National Programme for IT (NPfIT) seems destined to survive several political deaths, including the one announced today. The Daily Mail, reporting the scrapping...
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While the HITECH incentives are intended to move the country toward comprehensive use of EHRs, many HIT proponents have been banking on patient demand for access to their records as the real key to pushing providers forward. The problem, however, is that if the use of Personal Health Records (PHRs) is...
A US technology firm's annual report shows that the government has made an advance payment for the National Programme for IT The Department of Health has paid £200m to National Programme for IT (NPfIT) supplier CSC, dated 1 April, as part of an advance payment arrangement. According to CSC's...