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Spine2 built on Riak database

9 October 2013 10:00 AM

The replacement for the NHS data Spine is being built around a distributed, open source database called Riak from US company Basho.

Levin warns on NHS open source approach

9 October 2013 12:00 AM

The former chief technology officer of the US Department of Veterans Affairs has warned that NHS England’s bid to bring open source to the health service will fail without a central authority to drive it.

3ML pathfinder programme under review

8 October 2013 4:11 PM

NHS England is reviewing the struggling pathfinder programme that was supposed to deliver 100,000 telehealth users by the end of this year.

DH finalises CSC deal

8 October 2013 12:00 AM

CSC and the Department of Health have signed a revised contract for the North, Midlands and East that the DH says will save the NHS another £22m.

Tameside live with Lorenzo

7 October 2013 12:52 PM

Tameside Hospital NHS Foundation Trust went live with its Lorenzo electronic patient record system from CSC today.

RIS problems cost thousands

7 October 2013 12:00 AM

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust is spending an additional £44,000 a month in staff costs to compensate for problems caused by its new radiology information system from GE Healthcare.