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HC2008 - the lighter side of Healthcare Computing event in Harrogate

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| 22/04/2008

...review of NHS informatics, revealed to the HC2008 conference in Harrogate that, as IT buyer for South East Thames Regional Health Authority in 1989, he bought a KPMG “casemix” system for Eastbourne Hospital. "This year," said Swindells... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/04/hc2008-the-lighter-side-of-hea.html

Highlights of National Audit Office NPfIT report

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| 16/05/2008

...to the contract' but need to be highly flexible to meet NHS requirements [comment: the centrally-driven Wessex Regional Health Authority Regional Information Systems Plan failed in 1992 after local trusts decided not to support it] (par... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/05/highlights-of-national-audit-o.html

NHS plan has failed to win over users, says NAO boss

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| 21/03/2006

...replied, "All the things that you say... are there [in the report]." Bacon had compared the NPfIT to Wessex Regional Health Authority's Regional Information Systems Plan, which led to an IT-related disaster in the early 1990s. At Wessex... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2006/03/21/214868/nhs-plan-has-failed-to-win-over-users-says-nao-boss.htm

Another leading figure in NHS IT and the NPfIT quits

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| 10/04/2008

...when she was Secretary of State for Health. He joined the NHS as a Graduate Supplies Trainee in the North Western Regional Health Authority in 1987. His roles since have included: -Chief Executive of the Royal Surrey County Hospital, a district... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/04/another-leading-figure-in-nhs-1.html

IBM and open government

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| 03/02/2009

...controversy altogether. In the 1990s there was criticism by auditors of secrecy over dealings at the then Wessex Regional Health Authority. The authority did many things wrong. Among them was the purchase of an IBM (3090) mainframe without... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2009/02/ibm-southwestone.html

Comment on National Audit Office report on the NPfIT

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| 16/05/2008

...be imposed on a devolved NHS - a lesson that should have been learned from failure of the centrally-driven Wessex Regional Health "RISP" programme in the 1990s. It's unfortunate for the NHS and taxpayers that the National Programme for... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2008/05/comment-on-national-audit-offi.html

Another ministerial spokesperson for the NHS IT programme moves on

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| 02/07/2007

...success. In the early 1990s, despite deep-rooted weaknesses, public money continued to be spent on Wessex Regional Health Authority’s Regional Information Systems Plan although most of the NHS trusts did not want it. The scheme was eventually... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/07/another-ministerial-spokespeop-1.html

NHS IT loses a most valuable asset - comment on the announced departure of Richard Granger

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| 25/06/2007

...large extent sealed. By then a key lesson from the failures of three separate IT-related programmes - Wessex Regional Health Authority's Regional Information Systems Plan (National Audit Office report in 1992), the Read Codes version... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/06/nhs-it-loses-a-most-valuable-a-1.html

Opinion: NAO report reveals NPfIT's benefits and flaws

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| 16/05/2008

...be imposed on a devolved NHS - a lesson that should have been learned from failure of the centrally driven Wessex Regional Health "RISP" programme in the 1990s. It's unfortunate for the NHS and taxpayers that the National Programme for... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2008/05/16/230702/opinion-nao-report-reveals-npfits-benefits-and-flaws.htm

Memorable quotes - Dr Phil Candy, a Director at NHS Connecting for Health

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| 22/03/2007

...These failures have occured in part because NHS trusts did not want the centrally-promoted systems - at Wessex Regional Health Authority for example. "You can have the best technology, the most advanced functionality possible, but if... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/tony_collins/2007/03/memorable-quotes---dr-phil-candy-a-director-at-nhs-connecting-for-health.html

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INX Announces Deployment of Unified Communications and Wireless Solution for United Regional Health

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| 17/11/2009

...Wireless Solution for United Regional Health Care System INX, Inc...wireless solution for United Regional Health Care System in North Texas. United Regional Health Care System ("United Regional... http://www.zibb.com/article/5673976/INX+Announces+Deployment+of+Unified+Communications+and+Wireless+Solution+for+United+Regional+Health+Care+System

CSC TO PROVIDE MANAGED HOSTING SERVICES TO SALEM HOSPITAL REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES