A part Department of Health owned joint venture, aiming to save the NHS £1 billion in efficiencies by 2020, has launched a new procurement framework designed to save the NHS, local government and the wider public sector millions of pounds on everything from security to catering. The NHS will have the opportunity to save millions of pounds on important but traditionally costly IT prescribing systems that help healthcare professionals to choose the correct and most cost effective medicines for patients, following the launch of a new procurement framework from NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS). 
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has awarded Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) with Stage 6 of the international Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an international organisation dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access, through the best use of IT.