Call for new urgent care phone number

The Ambulance Service Network (ASN) has called for a new national telephone number for urgent non-life threatening calls, which would
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Lorenzo slipped ‘months ago’ say reports

A confidential report on the development of iSoft’s Lorenzo system has revealed delivery deadlines actually slipped several months ago, according
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Thieves break hospital security to take laptops

Six laptop computers, containing the data of around 20,000 patients have been stolen from a London hospital by thieves who broke
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NHS Direct chooses partners for local care

NHS Direct has selected Pfizer Health Solutions and Humana Europe as its key partners in extending telephone-based care management services
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Sonic Healthcare acquires GLP Medical Group

German laboratory information system developer, GLP Medical Group, has been acquired by Australian diagnostics software specialist, Sonic Healthcare, in a
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EHI’s news roundup 13.06.08

E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 13 June 2008 features new initiatives, supplier news, awards and newly
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Portsmouth deploys electronic document management

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust has fully deployed an electronic document management system, using barcodes to store information on the location
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CfH overlooks the present at Smart Healthcare

NHS Connecting for Health’s presence at this week’s Smart Healthcare expo left many attendees disappointed. Chief operating officer, Gordon Hextall,
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Negotiations over £143m Fujitsu advance continue

Questions about advance payments made to Fujitsu by NHS Connecting for Health are still to be resolved, as discussions on
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Jarrold sets out deployment plans for London

Kevin Jarrold, NHS London’s chief information officer and the London Programme for IT’s regional implementation director, has pledged to have
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