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McKesson UK to be sold before New Year

5 September 2013 12:00 AM

McKesson’s sale of McKesson UK, including the business it acquired with System C and Liquidlogic, is due to be finalised by the end of the year.

National PACS Programme broke even

4 September 2013 2:59 PM

The programme to deliver picture and archiving communications systems to hospitals in England has saved almost as much money as it cost, with benefits coming from faster turn-around times and the near-elimination of film and chemicals.

Coventry closes the loop

4 September 2013 12:10 AM

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust has achieved a full closed-loop audit of results acknowledgment.

Hunt announces £1 billion for health IT

4 September 2013 12:00 AM

Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has announced another £240m for the technology fund, in a move that will see the government and NHS organisations invest £1 billion in IT over the next three years.

Bolton captures stroke data

4 September 2013 12:00 AM

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust hopes to save clinicians’ time doing paperwork by deploying a stroke data collection system from Digital Spark.

3millionlives industry group axed

3 September 2013 11:43 AM

NHS England has axed the 3millionlives industry group as it “redefines” its vision for the campaign to have 3m patients using telehealth and telecare by 2017.

Brighton does bed management

3 September 2013 12:00 AM

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust’s electronic bed management system has reduced the time taken to log patient transfers and discharges from three days to around eight minutes.