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[31.01.2012] Advanced Computer Software Group announces 'One stop shop' for mobile working solutions in community care
Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced), a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, announces that it now supplies mobile devices inclusive of airtime as part of its iConnect and iNurse mobile working solutions - providing a complete 'one stop shop' for mobile working in the community care sector.
[12.01.2012] Fylde Coast Medical Service launches NHS 111 with Adastra
Fylde Coast Medical Service (FCMS) is one of the first out-of-hours primary care providers in England to pilot the Department of Health's new initiative, NHS 111, using Advanced Health & Care's (Advanced's) Adastra system.
[06.12.2011] Advanced Health & Care is first to launch Electronic Call Monitoring on NFC-enabled Samsung mobile phones
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), a leading UK supplier of IT management systems for the health and care sector, today announces the launch of Electronic Call Monitoring (ECM) using near field communications (NFC) enabled Samsung mobile phones.
[01.12.2011] Derbyshire Health United launches NHS 111 with Adastra
Derbyshire Health United (DHU) is one of the first out-of-hours primary care providers in England to pilot the Department of Health's new initiative, NHS 111, using Advanced Health & Care's (Advanced) Adastra technology.
[07.11.2011] Northridge Healthcare Ltd delivers efficient and quality care to service users thanks to CareSys
Northridge Healthcare Ltd, an independent business providing short break services for adults with multiple and complex health needs, has gone live with Advanced Heath & Care's fully integrated software solution for care providers, CareSys. This solution is enabling the delivery of efficient and quality patient care.
[04.11.2011] Advanced Health & Care showcases innovative software solutions at E-Health Insider Live 2011
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), a leading provider of IT management systems for the health and social care sectors, is exhibiting on stand E47 at E-Health Insider (EHI) Live 2011 at the NEC, Birmingham on November 7th and 8th. EHI Live is a two day conference and exhibition for the health IT community, which focuses on the latest developments in healthcare IT.
[02.11.2011] Advanced 365 wins £1.1 million five-year IT managed service contract with Carewatch
Advanced 365 to manage cloud Staffplan rostering software. Carewatch, one of the UK's leading providers of home care, has selected Advanced 365 as its IT outsourcing provider. Advanced 365 will be hosting Carewatch's IT infrastructure in a private cloud environment. The contract is £
1.1 million over a five year period and the go live is expected by the end of 2011.
[29.09.2011] Advanced Computer Software Group showcases mobile patient management and business intelligence solutions at Healthcare Technology Expo
Advanced Computer Software Group, a leading supplier of IT solutions to the health, care and business sectors, has two of its divisions - Advanced Health & Care (AHC) and Advanced Business Solutions (ABS) - exhibiting on stand 1 at the Healthcare Efficiency Through Technology Expo
[22.09.2011] ExtraCare signs £1.4 million managed service contract with Advanced
The ExtraCare Charitable Trust, a leading provider of housing and flexible home care services for older people, has signed a five year managed service contract worth £1.4 million with Advanced 365, an Advanced Computer Software Group company (Advanced).
[19.09.2011] Real Life Options partners with Advanced Computer Software Group to embark on largest IT project in its history
Real Life Options (RLO), a specialist not-for-profit provider of support services for people with learning disabilities, complex support needs and autism across England and Scotland, is establishing a strategic partnership with Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced) to undertake the largest IT project in its history.
[14.09.2011] Cloud based Adastra is selected by Ayrshire Doctors On Call
Ayrshire Doctors On Call (ADOC) has migrated to a cloud-based implementation of the Adastra clinical patient management software system from Advanced Health & Care (AHC), an Advanced Computer Software Group company. Adastra is being used by ADOC to provide out of hours medical care for NHS Ayrshire and Arran's 380,000 population.
[13.09.2011] Crosscare achieves accreditation for GP Systems of Choice
Advanced Health & Care today announces rollout approval for the Patient Demographics Service, Choose and Book and electronic prescribing (EPS) modules of its Crosscare GP system, making it fully accredited for NHS Connecting for Health's GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC) scheme.
[08.09.2011] Medical charity to roll-out credit card sized USB devices to hold travellers' medical records
InterHealth, a specialist medical charity that provides health services to major international agencies involved in humanitarian relief and poverty reduction across the world, is rolling-out Crosscard, a pioneering personal electronic medical records card from Advanced Health & Care (AHC).
[18.08.2011] Advanced Health & Care is selected to deliver NHS Pathways training on behalf of the Department of Health
Advanced Health & Care (AHC) has been selected to deliver NHS Pathways training on behalf of the Department of Health (DH). AHC is one of four training providers that will be licensed to deliver NHS Pathways training to urgent and emergency care service providers. AHC will be able to deliver NHS Pathways training following the successful completion of an NHS Pathways accreditation course during September 2011.
[04.08.2011] Advanced Health & Care is finalist in EHI Awards 2011 for second year running
Adastra End of Life Care Register, delivered by Advanced Health & Care (AHC) is one of five products that has been shortlisted in the Healthcare IT product innovation category at the E-Health Insider Awards 2011.
[15.07.2011] Partnership with Vodafone UK to supply its iNurse product as part of mHealth professional range
Advanced Computer Software Group plc, a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, has entered into a partnership agreement with Vodafone UK to supply its iNurse product as part of Vodafone UK's mHealth Professional range of mobile solutions.
[29.06.2011] The rebirth of NFC technology
The history of Near Field Communications (NFC) technology can be traced back almost three decades to the early experiments in radio frequency identification (RFID) in the early 1980s. However, it is only thanks to recent developments in technology and mobile devices that NFC has started to have an impact on the way business works.
[01.06.2011] Advanced Health & Care conference provides vital platform for discussing solutions to health and social care challenges
Advanced Health & Care's conference, 'The Health & Social Care Information Revolution' (25 - 26 May 2011 at The Cotswold Water Park Hotel, Cirencester), proved a stimulating forum for 300 delegates from the UK's leading 'out of hospital' care providers, who together deliver urgent & unscheduled care, hospice, residential, homecare, community care and social care.
[23.05.2011] Advanced Health & Care sees increased demand for NFC enabled care solutions
Advanced Health & Care (AH&C), a leading supplier of IT management systems for health and social care services, is seeing a surge in demand for its revolutionary mobile workforce solution which leverages the latest Near Field Communication (NFC) technology in mobile phones.
[05.05.2011] Intelligent systems from Advanced Health & Care cut costs (pdf)
It is widely known that the NHS needs to find up to £20bn of efficiency savings by 2014 just to stand still but how many people fully understand why these savings are so important? We have an ageing population and providing for the future care needs of our people represents an immense challenge. The UK population is predicted to rise to 71.6m by 2033, an increase of 17 per cent over the next 20 years, while the number of people aged 85 will reach 3.3m. The solution is to drive efficiency in all areas of the NHS, maximising use of financial and human resources, and moving the delivery of care out of hospital into the community and nearer to the home.
[20.04.2011] Mobiwire and AHC leverage NFC to improve healthcare (pdf)
Utilising MobiWire's NFC enabled COSY phone, Advanced Health & Care developed iConnect, an innovative application that enables real-time communication and information transfer between care workers and office staff.
[16.03.2011] Plain Healthcare appoint Advanced Health & Care as reseller of Odyssey CareAssess
Plain Healthcare is pleased to announce the signing of a reseller contract with the Advanced Health & Care division ('AH&C') of Advanced Computer Software Group plc ('ACS'), for the sale of its Odyssey CareAssess product in the UK care home market.
[05.11.2010] Motorola launch the ES400 Windows Mobile Community Task Worker Solution (pdf)
Motorola and Advanced Health & Care are empowering community healthcare professionals with iNurse, the integrated mobile nursing platform powered by Adastra from Advanced Health & Care.
[01.10.2010] Acquisition of CareSys
Advanced Computer Software Group plc, a leading provider of software and IT services for patient care, accounting and business management, has acquired Surrey based CareSys Software Ltd for £2.6m in cash.
[17.08.2010] Mobile nursing 'app' for BlackBerry promises major NHS efficiencies
iNurse, the mobile healthcare system that frees up nurses and community teams to spend more time on patient care, is now being made available to thousands more staff on BlackBerry, one of the most widely-used mobile devices in the NHS.
[21.07.2010] Adastra helps North Staffs Urgent Care successfully implement the Summary Care Record for Stoke-on-Trent GPs
North Staffs Urgent Care Ltd (NSUC) has gone live with access to the Summary Care Record (SCR), facilitated by an upgrade to their Adastra Out-of-Hours Patient Management System. NSUC, a user of the Adastra system since 1994, provides Out-of-Hours care and advice to a patient population of 483,000 in North Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent and receives in excess of 105,000 calls annually.
[07.06.2010] Advanced provides IT solution for Pfizer's Health Check Service
Advanced Computer Software plc (Advanced) today announces it has signed a fve year contract with Pfzer to supply a hosted SAAS software solution supporting Pfizer's Vascular Health Check Service to primary care organisations delivering vascular screening services through settings such as community pharmacies.
[06.06.2010] The integrated care journey - can we do more with less?
Almost 400 health and social care professionals took time out over two days to attend the Adastra National Conference in May 2010, and tackle the prevailing 'more for less agenda' head on.
[02.03.2010] Acquisition of Cerrus strengthens community health & social care offerings
Advanced Computer Software plc, a leading provider of software and IT services to the healthcare and commercial sectors, has acquired Surrey-based Cerrus Ltd for £0.37m in cash.
[09.02.2010] A strenuous good cause
The Burnley v Chelsea premiership match on 30th January was marked by presentation of the £19,000 proceeds of a charity cycle marathon from Bordeaux to Burnley by 20 of the Club's keenest supporters last April. The end-of-season ride is an annual event and has now raised over £150,000 for the Club's youth scheme and for local and national charities.
[09.02.2010] StaffPlan congratulates HealthInvestor finalists
StaffPlan congratulates three customers - Carewatch Group, RV Care and Support - for being nominated for the HealthInvestor Domiciliary Care Provider of the Year award.
[05.02.2010] Adastra service desk goes 24/7
As part of Adastra's continuing programme of investment in their products and services, Service Desk Technicians are now available to take support calls directly, at any time of day and night without the need for a night time answering service.
[18.11.2009] HSL acquired by Advanced Computer Software
Healthy Software has been acquired by Advanced Computer Software plc, a leading provider of software and IT services to the Primary Care sector.
[15.11.2009] StaffPlan and Saga Independent Living work together to provide better care
Advanced Computer Software plc Group (ACS) today announced that Saga Independent Living will implement StaffPlan Roster and StaffPlan Monitor to replace two existing systems and modernise their management of care worker deployment and monitoring.
[26.10.2009] Adastra is the preferred choice with London GP-led health centres
Leading IT Supplier of Unscheduled and Urgent Care Solutions, Adastra Software Ltd, is pleased to announce that a further four first-wave GP Led Health Centres in London - The Barkentine, Gracefeld Gardens, Lister Health Centre and Cator Medical Centre - have all chosen Adastra's patient management system for unplanned care to run alongside GP surgery system EMIS.
[19.08.2009] Adastra congratulates cutting edge thinkers at CAREDOC
Adastra Software Ltd congratulates customer of 10 years, CAREDOC, on receiving top accolade from the prestigious ICT Excellence Awards programme - 'IT Project of the year (SME) Award'
[29.07.2009] Care UK chooses Adastra for NHS Rotherham's brand new equitable access centre
Leading IT supplier of unplanned and urgent care solutions, Adastra Software Ltd, strengthens its market position in Equitable Access Centres as it announces a new Care UK site in Rotherham.
[15.07.2009] ACS strengthens iNurse and end of life rapid roll out
Advanced Computer Software, leading IT provider of unscheduled and urgent care solutions has acquired StaffPlan Ltd, a London based domiciliary and homecare software provider.
[14.07.2009] StaffPlan becomes part of Advanced Computer Software plc
We are delighted to announce that StaffPlan has concluded a transaction that will set it at the heart of a newly emerging group of companies coming together to become the leading force for IT in the health and social care sector.
[04.07.2009] Family tree function added to Crosscare
A pictorial family tree, or Genogram, function has been added to Crosscare, primarily to help hospice customers for whom the immediate family and support network of a patient is of signifcant importance when providing care.
[22.06.2009] One click access to summary care record made easy
Having worked closely with NHS Connecting For Health to achieve spine compliance, the leading unscheduled care IT provider, Adastra, is delighted to report that their integrated solution is a big success with early adopter teams at BARDOC (Bury & Rochdale Doctors on Call) and NHS Bolton.
