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RSS isoft in newsiSoft's Oz takeover gets shareholder thumbs-up
News NHS software supplier iSoft's shareholders have "overwhelmingly" approved IBA Health's £166m takeover offer. The deal offers iSoft shareholders 69p cash for each share, representing a 23 per cent premium on iSoft's closing mid-market share price on... [08 Oct 2007]
GPs to get greater tech choice
News The successful suppliers are: CSC Computer Sciences, Egton Medical Information Systems, Healthy Software, In Practice Systems, iSoft, Microtest, Seetec Business Technology Centre and Waveform Solutions. [31 Jul 2007]
Surprise bidder makes a play for iSoft
News In an abrupt about-turn, medical software company iSoft has advised its shareholders against a takeover offer from the Australian group IBA - instead recommending a bid from German company CompuGroup. [23 Jul 2007]
Top 10 Richard Granger quotes
News When asked by MPs at a Public Accounts Committee meeting in 2006 if some suppliers, such as Accenture and iSoft were "showing the strain" of the financial burden of the NHS IT contracts. NHS IT director general Richard Granger announced he is to... [18 Jun 2007]
Richard Granger's NHS IT legacy
News Then there has been the whole iSoft saga. The company's Lorenzo clinical record software is a core part of the NHS IT programme but iSoft has been hit by protracted financial troubles that have only just led to it being rescued by a £140m takeover... [18 Jun 2007]
iSoft bought by Oz healthcare company
News iSoft, the troubled software supplier at the heart of the NHS' National Programme for IT (NPfIT), has agreed the terms of its sale. Australian healthcare company IBA is understood to be paying in the region of £140m for iSoft. [17 May 2007]
iSoft the target of takeover talks?
News Shares in iSoft, the troubled UK software developer which is playing a key role in the NHS' massive IT upgrade programme, rose almost 10 per cent on Friday amid speculation over its future. An Australian health information company called IBA Health... [19 Feb 2007]
Troubled iSoft posts £14.6m loss
News The future of the troubled NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) software provider iSoft remains in doubt after the struggling UK software vendor announced it had recorded a loss for the last six months.iSoft made a loss of £14.6m between May and... [12 Dec 2006]
NHS chief orders IT overhaul
News The IT programme has suffered several setbacks and delays, including the withdrawal of local service partner Accenture and software supplier iSoft's financial struggles. The £12.4bn NHS IT programme is to undergo a major review as it prepares for... [28 Nov 2006]
iSoft set to sell?
News One of the NHS IT upgrade programme's key software suppliers, iSoft, has been linked with a sale as its debts and troubles mount. A spokesman for iSoft told silicon.com: "The company needs to refinance its operations and, as widely reported, has... [18 Oct 2006]
Accenture pulls out of £12.4bn NHS IT project
News Accenture has blamed some of those delays on one of its main software suppliers, iSoft, over the delivery of key clinical records software called Lorenzo. A leaked document last month revealed there is "no believable plan" from iSoft for the... [28 Sep 2006]
Watchdog to reprobe NHS IT
News This summer, healthcare software company iSoft's rollout for the clinical records software at the heart of the programme was criticised, a review finding there is "no believable plan" for its development - as the company's financial solidity was... [05 Sep 2006]
iSoft reveals massive loss
News iSoft, the company at the heart of the NHS IT upgrade, said on Friday it had recorded a pre-tax loss of £343.8m in the last year, in its long-awaited full-year financial results.iSoft, which is being investigated by the Financial Services... [25 Aug 2006]
iSoft crisis deepens as FSA launches probe
News The growing crisis at troubled UK software company iSoft deepened on Thursday morning after the company revealed it is being investigated by the UK's financial regulator. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) launched its investigation after... [24 Aug 2006]
"No believable plan" for key NHS IT 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... [21 Aug 2006]
