Failed IT Projects (Part 2): UK Health Care

I recently came across an article that mentioned the biggest three IT project failures in history, in the opinion of tech site ZDNet.

The point is that even the largest, best organized companies and institutions can find insurmountable hurdles in a software project.

So, moving along, here's the next Big IT disaster project in this ongoing series...

Failed IT Projects #2:

The UK National Health Service national e-health project

The UK National Health Service (NHS) began a project some time ago to create nationwide e-health records and also upgrade their IT infrastructure.

Britain's Labor government says the program will end up costing more than $55 billion dollars. The problem is that the original budget was $29 billion. That's a $26 billion, or 90%, overrun.

As Information week says,

"The project, run by Accenture, Computer Sciences Corp., Fujitsu, and others, has been plagued by software problems and resistance from physicians. The vendors face big penalties if deadlines aren't met. In March (2006), Accenture took a $450 million earnings hit as a result."

There's more info at the Daily Mail.

Related articles:

• Failed IT Project #3: Airbus and incompatible design software
• Failed IT Project #2: The UK National Health Service national e-health project

Tags: UK NHS, IT projects, IT disasters

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