Saturday, September 24, 2011

British health service tilts billion dollar IT project

British health service tilts billion dollar IT project

Not only in Germany, large-scale IT projects are always faltered: the
British government now has the discontinuation of a program of the
National Health Service for the technical upgrading of health services
and to build a system of electronic medical records placed in the
already around 12.7 billion pounds (converted about 14.5 billion euros)
are to be flown. This report of the "Guardian". Accordingly, should the
British Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, together with other Cabinet
members and the head of the National Health Service ($ (LEhttp: / /
www.nhs.uk/:NSH), David Nicholson, won through to pull the emergency
brake was previously the project. suffered for years from delays,
technical difficulties, contractual disputes and rising costs.

The British Court had already fallen in May to not put more money into
the project for the healthcare network. It was too ambitious and the
basic technology had been changed constantly, the report called for the
Ministry of Health for explanation. The entire budget should be wasted
better spent on health care workers in hospitals, instead of throwing it
"big international IT companies" in the throat, the assessment of a
source is from the governing coalition of conservatives and liberals.

Lansley minister criticized parallel the "top-down approach" of the
former nor the Labour Government launched IT project. In future the NHS
covered facilities be given the opportunity to further develop their IT
systems without great parent program on their own. For purchase of new
equipment they should have access to national contracts. The amount that
must be paid by the public sector nor to phase out a major project to
contractors, is unknown. Some observers also see the announcement in the
last trial, the parties to move further concessions on the continuation
of the initiative.

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