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05.01.2012
The Donkey Sanctuary chooses Advanced's systems to improve performance and deliver real time reporting . International animal welfare charity, the Donkey Sanctuary, which provides sanctuary for 14,500 donkeys in 29 countries, is implementing a suite of integrated financial management (OpenAccounts), business intelligence, budgeting & forecasting, supply chain management, document management and payroll systems from Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced).

04.01.2012
Advanced Business Solutions is finalist in prestigious Pay & Benefits Awards 2012 . Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced), a market leading business applications and services provider, is a finalist in the Software Provider of the Year category of the inaugural Pay & Benefits Awards 2012.

06.12.2011
IT systems integration and business intelligence are greatest barriers to growth amongst upper mid-sized UK organisations. IT systems integration and business intelligence are the biggest barriers to growth for upper mid-sized UK organisations, according to a survey by Sourceforconsulting.com (Source) in partnership with Advanced Business Solutions (Advanced). Source surveyed senior IT, finance and human resources professionals from nearly 100 upper mid-sized organisations.

30.11.2011
Advanced Business Solutions advises local authorities on overcoming barriers to shared services. The government is increasingly urging local authorities to go down the shared services route to cut costs in finance, human resources (HR) and IT. With budget cutbacks imminent, there has never been a more crucial time to consider shared services.

Advanced Health & Care News

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.

Advanced 365 News

30.01.2012
Advanced 365 is finalist for Most Innovative IT System in Housing Innovation Awards 2012 . Market leading managed services provider, Advanced 365 (Advanced), in partnership with Notting Hill Housing Trust (NHHT), has been shortlisted for the Most Innovative IT System Award at the Housing Innovation Awards 2012. The winner will be announced during an awards ceremony at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London on 1 March 2012.

13.12.2011
Advanced 365 provides ten top tips for companies considering migrating to a hybrid cloud computing model. First came the cloud, then came the public and private cloud models and now we have the hybrid cloud. But how does a business decide whether to move its IT to a hybrid cloud computing model? The decision is unlikely to be straightforward and requires expert advice and consultation.

12.12.2011
Advanced 365 is one of the first UK services companies to earn top Microsoft Certified Master qualification. Advanced 365 (Advanced), which designs, deploys, operates and improves IT services from the desktop to the data centre, is one of the first UK IT companies to have earned a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) SharePoint 2010 qualification.

03.11.2011
Advanced 365 goes wild for The Prince's Trust. Seven members of staff from London-based IT services company, Advanced 365, braved the elements to take part in a three day coast to coast challenge, raising more than £5,000 for The Prince's Trust.

02.11.2011
Advanced 365 wins £1.1 million five-year IT managed service contract with Carewatch. 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.

22.09.2011
ExtraCare signs 1.4 million managed service contract with Advanced 365. 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.

12.09.2011
Notting Hill Housing Trust contracts Advanced 365 to deliver £7.43 million IT outsourcing service. Notting Hill Housing Trust (NHHT) has contracted Advanced 365 to deliver a private cloud managed IT service for four years with the option of extending it for a further two years. This outsourced IT service contract at £ 7.43m, will be key to supporting NHHT’s growth plans and flexible working environment.

28.06.2011
Advanced 365 shortlisted in Microsoft Partner Programme Awards 2011. Leading cloud computing and managed services provider, Advanced 365, is a finalist in Microsoft’s Partner Programme Awards 2011 in the ‘Server Platform Partner of the Year’ category. Advanced 365 has been shortlisted for this award in recognition of its outstanding achievements and technical expertise in developing its private cloud managed services, which are built on Microsoft’s server technology. The award winners will be announced at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (10-14 July 2011, Los Angeles, USA).

24.06.2011
Advanced 365 to demonstrate how private equity firms can benefit from Cloud computing and managed services at PESS 2011. Advanced 365, a leading managed services and Cloud computing provider, will demonstrate how private equity firms can use Cloud computing and outsourced managed services to their best advantage when it presents a masterclass at the Private Equity Software and Services Showcase (PESS) 2011

20.06.2011
Minimising the risks of Cloud computing. Cloud computing is accelerating into mainstream business life. According to a recent report released by market research firm Forrester Research, the global cloud computing market is expected to grow from $40.7 billion to $240 billion by 2020.

26.05.2011
Advanced 365 signs strategic managed services partnership with COINS. Managed services provider, Advanced 365, today announces that it has signed a strategic partnership with leading construction industry software and service provider specialist, COINS. Under the terms of the agreement, Advanced 365 will become COINS’ managed services partner for the delivery of COINS On-Demand a new cloud based service offering for the construction sector.

12.05.2011
Cloud computing offers a secure route to using personal IT devices at work say Advanced 365. Cloud computing applications can provide employees with a secure and effective means to use their personal IT devices at work without compromising their organisation’s security levels according to Advanced 365, a leading managed services and Cloud computing provider.

12.04.2011
Advanced 365 advises SMEs not to depend on proposed EU cloud computing standardisation. Advanced 365, a leading managed services and cloud computing provider, has warned SMEs not to put their cloud computing considerations on hold until a uniform approach to cloud computing technology has been finalised by the European Union (EU).

29.03.2011
Cazenove Capital Management goes live on IT managed service from Advanced 365. Independent investment business, Cazenove Capital Management, has gone live with an IT managed service from Advanced 365.

24.02.2011
Advanced 365 urges SMEs to embrace cloud computing. Managed services provider, Advanced 365, is urging SME organisations to embrace cloud computing applications following recent research which reveals that SMEs remain sceptical about the cloud and its potential benefits. A survey of 1300 UK SMEs by online marketplace PeoplePerHour.com highlights that nearly three-quarters (74 per cent) do not currently use cloud computing models and that 43 per cent of those surveyed are unsure as to what cloud computing is.

10.02.2011
Removing the mist surrounding Cloud Computing. Advanced 365 highlights the key factors that organisations must consider before moving across to a cloud computing model.

10.01.2011
Advanced Computer Software to advise public sector organisations on how to reduce costs and increase efficiency through cloud computing. Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced), a leading provider of software and IT services to public, private and third sector organisations, is showcasing its portfolio of accounting, human resource (HR), business intelligence, cloud computing and managed services offerings at Government ICT 2011.

01.11.2010
BSG is now Advanced 365. Managed services specialist, Business Systems Group (BSG) Ltd, is now branded Advanced 365 Ltd.

31.08.2010
NMC signs £5.2 million contract with Business Systems Group. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), the nursing and midwifery regulator for over 660,000 registered nurses and midwives in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Islands, has signed a five year contract worth up to £5.2 million with Business Systems Group (BSG), an Advanced Computer Software plc company.

24.06.2010
Advanced Computer Software Group Announces New Group Structure to Enhance Cross-selling and Support Growth Strategy. Advanced Computer Software Plc (Advanced), a leading provider of software and IT services to the health, care and commercial sectors, today announces its new group structure to improve efficiencies and maximise cross selling, supporting its growth strategy.

08.03.2010
SharePoint Evolution Conference 2010. Business Systems Group Limited (BSG) is pleased to announce that our Principal SharePoint Architect, Nathaniel Suda, will be headlining the SharePoint 2010 Evolution Conference, held at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre from Monday 19th – Wednesday 21st April.

08.03.2010
SharePoint 2010 release date announced. As announced on Friday the official release date for Microsoft SharePoint 2010, along with the other Office 2010 applications, is 12th May 2010. See the announcement email sent to BSG customers.

01.06.2009
BSG announced as the Sun Microsystems open source training delivery centre for the UK. Business Systems Group Limited (BSG) has been announced as the Sun Microsystems, Inc Open Source Training Delivery Centre for the UK. The new status means that BSG will be hosting and delivering a wide range of Open Source courses from the Sun Learning Services catalogue

14.04.2009
BSG secures £1.3m IT outsource contract. Business Systems Group Ltd. (BSG) has today been retained by top UK construction and regeneration group Morgan Sindall plc, to deliver an IT outsource contract worth circa £1.3 million for another three years.

07.02.2009
Vin Murria appointed Non Executive Chairman. Business Systems Group Holding plc, which designs, deploys and operates a range of information technology products, solutions and managed services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Vin Murria as Non Executive Chairman with immediate effect.

09.09.2008
Enrich Reward Ltd Outsource IT Services to Business Systems Group in a Five Year Deal. Business Systems Group Limited (BSG) have been awarded a 5 year technology outsourcing contract by Enrich Reward Limited (formerly Gissings Advisory Services Limited) a leading UK reward consultancy, specialists in Wellness, Healthcare, Sickness and Flexible Benefits.

10.08.2008
High Speed 1 Outsource IT Services to BSG in Three Year Deal. Business Systems Group Ltd. (BSG) has today been awarded a major IT outsource contract by High Speed 1 (HS1), who are responsible for the management of the high speed rail link between St Pancras International and the UK entrance of the Channel Tunnel.

20.02.2008
Vail Williams LLP Outsource IT Services to BSG in Five Year £2m Deal. Business Systems Group Ltd. (BSG) has today been appointed by leading real estate advisor Vail Williams LLP to implement a major IT outsource contract worth £2 million over the next 5 years.

12.11.2007
Mark Proctor confirmed as presenting at the next UK JBoss User Group. JBoss development and training house Business Systems Group Ltd. (BSG) today announced that leading JBoss developer Mark Proctor will be delivering the keynote presentation at next UK JBoss User Group (JBug) on Thursday 13th December 2007

13.06.2007
BSG Counted Among Top Finalists for the 2007 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Exchange Migration and Deployment. Today, Business Systems Group Ltd (BSG) announced it has been selected as a finalist for Microsoft Corp.’s Partner of the Year Award in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions, Exchange Migration and Deployment. Winners for the 2007 Microsoft Partner Program Awards, which recognise top Microsoft Partners delivering market-leading, Microsoft-based solutions, will be announced July 11 in Denver, Colorado at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference.

12.07.2006
BSG comes second in IBM Business Partner Regatta. BSG recently participated in the IBM Business Partner Regatta, an annual event that takes place in the Solent, involving 55 crews from various IBM Business Partners and ISV's. Racing is over Monday and Tuesday with the lowest aggregate score over three two and a half hour races taking the prize.

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