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NHS chief promises delivery of Lorenzo
News Granger told a Parliamentary Health Select Committee hearing on the programme on Thursday that problems at iSoft, the company developing the Lorenzo system for the National Programme for IT (NPfIT), will not prevent its delivery.
[June 15, 2007, 15:24]
Let's not take this out of perspective
Talkback Lorenzo is a new generation of PAS software. You posted a report back in mid-2006 that the development process for Lorenzo was running 2 years behind schedule. The existing PAS software, which has been sucessfully deployed to countless trusts and...
[December 20, 2008, 2:53]
iSoft board recommends surprise bid
News During a tumultuous year for the company, whose Lorenzo software is integral to the ongoing IT overhaul of the NHS, the share price has gone as low as 32p. The late delivery of Lorenzo has been widely identified as a thorn in the side of the...
[July 20, 2007, 15:00]
Takeover speculation boosts iSoft
News Earlier in the week, it was reported that talks between iSoft and US group McKesson had faltered over problems with iSoft's Lorenzo clinical health software.iSoft's shares started the week at 51.75p, and had slipped to 45p by Thursday evening.
[February 16, 2007, 15:29]
iSoft sale terms agreed
News When Torex and iSoft mooted a merger in 2003, IBA complained to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), but the OFT subsequently gave the merger the green light.iSoft currently also has a presence in the Australian market.iSoft's Lorenzo software is at...
[May 16, 2007, 18:28]
Accenture pulls out of core NHS IT services
News The delay in the delivery of Lorenzo, the software package at the heart of the troubles, has already cost iSoft dearly, both financially and in terms of executive resignations. It has been claimed that the company "oversold" delivery targets for...
[January 11, 2007, 10:12]
iSoft was central to Accenture's NHS pull-out
News In terms of getting [iSoft's Lorenzo package] to market with the highest quality and fastest time, that's most easily done with one set of masters," said Hains. Delays in completing work on Lorenzo are seen by some as the cause of Accenture's...
[September 28, 2006, 16:30]
iSoft says yes to IBA takeover bid
News Besides facing rising interest payments on its £93m debt, it was reported that iSoft had been struggling to fulfil its contract to supply the Lorenzo system as part of the NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
[October 5, 2007, 8:23]
iSoft in takeover talks
News However, there is growing concern over its ability to deliver its Lorenzo package. Lorenzo is meant to underpin the NHS' electronic clinical records system. In August, a leaked report revealed that Accenture and CSC — lead contractors in the NHS...
[October 17, 2006, 15:45]
iSoft limps on after posting loss
News In September, Accenture — which had subcontracted iSoft to supply its Lorenzo clinical records software — pulled out of the NHS Connecting For Health project altogether. A leaked Accenture internal report had already warned that there was 'no...
[December 11, 2006, 13:03]
iSoft admits to huge losses
News Earlier this month, a leaked report revealed that there was "no believable plan" for iSoft's Lorenzo software. And it confirms that it will make the Lorenzo product available through 2008, which is in line with NHS CfH's expectation," the statement...
[August 25, 2006, 14:10]
Isle of Man snubs iSoft
News Despite being iSoft's most important product for the NHS, its Lorenzo patient management software package has yet to appear. Delays in the rollout of Lorenzo are believed to have been central to Accenture's expensive withdrawal from NPfIT — work...
[March 23, 2007, 12:19]
NHS IT project told to improve or risk break-up
News Technical problems and delays have affected the two software systems that will be used to run the CRS — Cerner and Lorenzo. By the end of 2008, iSoft's Lorenzo care-records software had not gone live throughout a single acute hospital trust and...
[January 28, 2009, 16:39]
MP admits core NHS IT system has just 24 users
News Bradshaw said that the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Trust is making "limited clinical usage in a single ward, with 10 system users", of the Lorenzo patient-administration system. In a written parliamentary answer on Tuesday, Bradshaw added...
[December 18, 2008, 6:30]
Rollout of NHS e-record software faces more delays
News According to a paper released online by the North West Strategic Health Authority, NHS Connecting for Health and local service provider CSC are preparing a new schedule, extending to 2016, for installation of the Lorenzo software within health...
[May 22, 2008, 9:27]
Review raises doubts over plans for key NHS software
News The review of troubled healthcare software company iSoft's development roadmap for the Lorenzo clinical records software was compiled by NHS IT lead contractors Accenture and CSC.iSoft is currently developing an interim version of the product for...
[August 22, 2006, 16:30]
iSoft acquisition saga nears conclusion
News The long-running saga surrounding the future of medical software firm iSoft could be nearing its end, after a prospective buyer for the British-headquartered company refused to increase its bid.iSoft's much-delayed clinical software, Lorenzo, is a...
[August 29, 2007, 13:32]
Microsoft selects first UK strategic partner
News Financial details of the deal are not being disclosed but under its terms Microsoft will package iSoft's Lorenzo suite of products for sale to third-party service companies and give the UK company more help with the .Net development of the...
[April 5, 2004, 16:25]
Buyers line up for iSoft?
Blog The Times is reporting that three different companies are keen to buy iSoft, which has a vital role to play in the multi-billion NHS IT contract.iSoft's share price plunged over the last year, as doubts emerged over its ability to deliver its...
[January 23, 2007, 16:19]
Google takes action to build IPv6 momentum
News The range of other Google properties similarly available expanded to include Google Maps last week, said Lorenzo Colitti, a Google network engineer who spoke on Wednesday at an Internet Society panel discussion at an Internet Engineering Task...
[March 27, 2009, 16:42]
