TekPlus - NHS clinical applications

iSoft, after winning the three of the five NHS LSP contracts becomes the major clinical application provider in England. It is also expecting to win more similar deals globally. Therefore it comes as no surprise that the company has announced it is to invest about £53.89 million in its Indian application development operations over the next three years. It plans to make its India operations in Chennai the main software manufacturing centre. iSoft also plans to increase its workforce in India from 300 to 800. The investment in staff at Chennai will partly be used to resource the delivery of products for the NHS. Investment plans are already in place for the Indian expansion. It is believed that this will deliver increased capacity, strengthen delivery infrastructure and the deployment of technology. iSOFT’s R&D recently expanded its Indian operations into a purpose-built 30,000 square foot facility in Chennai.

TekPlus Comment:

TekPlus believes that the expansion of the Indian operations will provide iSoft with a major competitive advantage. It will have access to leading edge technology resources at a much cheaper price. However it is important to realise that on the other hand the company will lose a substantial amount of experience of the NHS systems should it have recruited in the UK. iSoft is not the only Healthcare-IT vendor to venture into India and it will definitely not be the last one. If they can get their integration strategy right and deliver on time then this strategy will have paid off.

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NHS clinical applications - Made in India !!!