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NPfIT Lorenzo - is the cost per user frightening?

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 29/10/2009

...handful, which means that the cost per user is not what one would expect. "Deploying a software system in an acute hospital with 3,000 to 4,000 workers, one might expect that the cost per user would be a few hundred pounds per user... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/10/richard-bacon-pqs-on-lorenzo.html

Divert some NPfIT money to mobile comms

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 02/10/2009

...reductions in, and hence savings from, planned budgetary spending elsewhere. This, he signalled, would come from the acute hospital sector. "Mr O'Brien stated that although, personally, he had thought the National Programme to be achievable... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/10/divert-some-npfit-money-to-mob.html

NHS CIO warns NPfIT suppliers

News
| www.computerweekly.com
| 28/04/2009

...look at alternative approaches". Specific deadlines have been set to get the Lorenzo system running across a big acute hospital by the end of November and working smoothly across it by next March. It's unclear whether the new deadlines... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/28/235814/nhs-cio-warns-npfit-suppliers.htm

Don't scrap the NPfIT?

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 30/09/2009

...reductions in, and hence savings from, planned budgetary spending elsewhere. This, he signalled, would come from the acute hospital sector. Mr O’Brien stated that although, personally, he had thought the National Programme to be achievable... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/09/billions-spent-on-the-npfit-do.html

NAO report: a journey from criticism to praise

News analysis
| www.computerweekly.com
| 29/08/2006

...implementation". The researchers had looked at the processes and outcomes of implementing an electronic care record in four acute hospital trusts. Another omission in the final report is an NAO criticism about the output-based specification for... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/08/29/218034/nao-report-a-journey-from-criticism-to-praise.htm

FT article on the NHS IT scheme - what has gone wrong

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 20/08/2009

...have been given deadlines of November 2009 and March 2010 respectively to achieve a smooth implementation in a big acute hospital. Failing that, the department of health says it will "look at alternative approaches". "Quite what plan B... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/08/ft-article-on-the-nhs-it-schem.html

Barts NPfIT go-live: “a roller-coaster ride”

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 15/04/2008

...was Head of IT at University College Hospital when it implemented IDX Carecast, the original American CfH choice of acute hospital system. “Kevin Jarrold was supported during the last few months by the highly regarded Phil Jones, now Director... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/04/barts-npfit-golive-a-rollercoa.html

Unite tries to save 700 Fujitsu NPfIT job cuts

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 20/06/2008

...bringing expertise in programme management, expertise in systems integration on a large scale, because typically an acute hospital have between 20 and 40 existing systems that all have to integrate with the new product - not a trivial task - and... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/06/unite-calls-for-government-dec.html

Barts delays urgent cancer visits after NPfIT go-live

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 27/06/2008

...system was fully tested and all parties agreed it was appropriate to go live in early April. Installing a system at an acute hospital is a highly complex matter requiring months of technical deployment activity and training for staff. "Intensive... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/06/barts-delays-urgent-cancer-vis.html

Five million patients benefit from Choose and Book - déjà vu?

Blogs
| www.computerweekly.com
| 07/11/2007

...will be.” Five years ago, on 20 May 2002, the then Health Minister John Hutton told Parliament: “All acute hospital trusts now have booking systems in place in at least two specialities/high volume procedures and more than five million... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/11/five-million-patients-benefit-1.html

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Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?

News
| www.silicon.com
| 23/06/2009

...performance" by supplier BT. It said there was no plan for the delivery of CRS to "meet the urgent needs of acute [hospital] trusts" and revealed the programme was 12 months behind schedule at the time the review was published. ... http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39444434,00.htm

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