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£575m SPfIT benefits yet to be realised

27 August 2013 12:00 AM

The Southern Programme for IT will cost nearly £1 billion by the end of the programme, but had reaped just £27m in benefits by March last year.

Cheshire and Merseyside implements RIS

27 August 2013 12:00 AM

A consortium of 11 trusts in Cheshire and Merseyside has implemented a radiology information system from HSS, on a five-year contract.

EPR exemplars nominated

23 August 2013 12:00 AM

Four acute trusts have been suggested as ‘EPR exemplars’ by EHI readers.

South acute group issues £60m tender

22 August 2013 10:00 AM

The first group of acute trusts in the South Local Clinical Systems programme has gone out to tender for a clinical information system worth up to £60m.

NPfIT to cost £10 billion

22 August 2013 12:00 AM

The final cost of the National Programme for IT in the NHS is expected to be more than £10 billion.

Coventry and Warwickshire invest in VNA

22 August 2013 12:00 AM

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has signed a five-year contract with Visbion for a vendor neutral archive, which will store images and scanned patient notes.

Cambridge goes for Epic big bang

21 August 2013 11:22 AM

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is taking a ‘big bang’ approach to its Epic electronic patient record implementation, on a scale rarely seen in the NHS.