Advanced Computer Software

Advanced Computer Software is a company based in Slough which provides Information Technology services to the NHS and many other organisations.

It was listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2008 with a value of £32 million and was bought by Vista Equity Partners in 2014 for £725 million. Vindoka Murria founded the business and was the chief executive.[1] She was awarded an OBE for services to the UK digital economy and advancing women in the software sector in the 2018 New Year Honours.[2]

In 2016 it was the third largest software provider to the UK market. It rebranded itself as Advanced and opened a new headquarters in Birmingham. It employs 2,000 people and has a customer base of more than 20,000 organisations.[3]

Docman

In July 2018 it acquired Docman, the leading electronic document management and information sharing platform from PCTI Solutions.[4] Docman maintains one billion records and documents for more than 40,000,000 patients in the UK, including the whole of Scotland.[5] A problem with version 7 of the Docman platform in September 2018 meant letters received through NHSmail, automatically scanned to be added to patient records, were not uploaded. About 6,000 GP practices using the electronic document transfer function were affected.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Advanced Computer Software agrees to £725m takeover by Vista". Telegraph. 25 November 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "Softcat director and TechUK president included on New Year Honours list". Channel web. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Advanced Computer Software Group rebrands as Advanced, implements new marketing strategy". The Drum. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Advanced acquires Docman". Health Tech Newspaper. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ↑ "CLINICAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPER BOUGHT BY ADVANCED". Insider Media. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "GPs unable to fully access digital patient records after faulty update to IT platform". IT Pro. 12 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
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