Oracle Corporation, an enterprise software giant, has announced the close of the deal to acquire Cerner for $28.3 billion. Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Larry Ellison is set to outline Oracle’s strategy for the acquisition at an online event taking place today. In a recent announcement on 31 May, Cerner noted […]
Tag: EPR
Frimley Health starts EPR go live
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) are in the process of launching their new electronic patient record (EPR) system this week, with the EPR set to officially go live on 11 June. Epic EPR will replace over 200 paper and computer systems currently in place at the trust. FHFT say […]
Video: David Kwo on EPR strategies for ICSs
Our final HTN Now session was led by David Kwo, EPR Programme Director for Bath, Swindon and Wiltshire ICS, and Advisor on Electronic Patient Record (EPR) programmes at Torbay and South Devon, Royal Devon and Exeter, and Northern Ireland. David joined us to discuss EPR strategies for integrated care systems […]
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals starts go-live to digitise patient records
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has started its go-live of CCube Solutions’ electronic document and records management system (EDRMS), as part of a significant investment in delivering digitally-enabled care. The project is part of a major change programme within the trust that will see 7500 clinical staff trained to […]
Irish private hospital network selects EHR
Mater Private Network, a private hospital business in Ireland, has signed a deal with MEDITECH to implement its electronic health record (EHR). The system will be introduced to replace a paper-based process and a number of systems used across its specialties and locations, the company said. As part of the […]
The Christie selects software engineering partner
The Christie NHS FT has partnered with Aire Logic to utilise the company’s software engineering, dev-ops and architecture expertise services, as part of a £1.6m deal. The partnership will support the trust to modernise its in-house electronic health record (EHR), taking an approach to ‘separate the data layer’, that aligns […]
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT accredited as GDE
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS FT has announced the formal accreditation from NHS England as a Global Digital Exemplar, and confirmation its achieved HIMSS EMRAM level 5. The trust embarked on the programme in 2017, when selected as one of seven mental health trusts to receive funding to become a Global Digital […]
Sajid Javid sets out vision for the NHS underpinned by digital
Health and Social Care Secretary Sajid Javid delivered a speech (8 March 2022) at the Royal College of Physicians, London, setting our his vision for the NHS. The speech set out priorities for health reform, including underlying principles, as well as the role of digital, and themes including the right to choose, […]
Harris to acquire Allscripts’ hospital and large physician practice assets
Harris Computer Corporation has completed an agreement to acquire Allscripts’ electronic heath record business segment, which includes Allscripts’ Sunrise, Paragon, TouchWorks, Opal and dbMotion tools. In a £528 million ($700 million) deal, the purchase price consideration consists of a fixed price of £505 million ($670 million) to be paid at closing, […]
Two London trusts to share EPR
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, two trusts which are part of a recently formed hospital group, have announced plans to share their electronic patient record (EPR) system.The trusts have signed contracts with Cerner to provide a shared electronic patient […]
