Healthcare informatics firm IDX Systems and Fujitsu Services said they have cancelled their collaboration on a contract to provide the U.K's National Health Service (NHS) with a clinical information system across its southern and London clusters.
Burlington, VT-based IDX and its prime contractor, British Telecom (BT), teamed up with Fujitsu in January 2004 to win the deal. IDX was to deliver the core clinical application for patient-care delivery across the region, while Fujitsu was to provide local service for the southern region.
Fujitsu Services' decision to withdraw from the "common solution" and to align itself with another provider for the southern cluster is disappointing, IDX's Chief Executive Officer James H. Crook, Jr., said in a statement, adding that he believes IDX Carecast will be a successful solution for the London cluster as it is implemented in the NHS trusts over the next 12 months. IDX will continue to collaborate with BT in the rollout of its Carecast system.
The termination agreement is contingent on Fujitsu's and NHS' producing a memorandum of understanding about alternative solutions for NHS's Southern Cluster. IDX said it will continue to provide clinical software for the London cluster of the NHS system.
IDX has also reiterated its 2005 guidance of $610 million to $630 million in revenue. The company expects its 2006 revenues to be $670 million to $690 million, down from the previous forecast of $700 million to $720 million, the company said.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 2, 2005
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