We have been providing services to the healthcare sector for over ten years. This has included major systems development as well heritage systems modernisation.

The National Breast Screening Service (NBSS) project comprised the replacement of the most popular Breast Screening administration application, including the migration of existing data and installation at 71 sites. Since completion, the remaining 20 sites using three other Breast Screening applications have also been replaced and implemented. Full support to over 1,000 users is provided and a continuous enhancement program is being followed. This major system re-development project was completed on budget and ahead of time.

The NBSS includes screening population selection, data entry by clinical and administrative users (including bar coding), routine reporting (including correspondence production), exception alerts, reliable communication with other computer systems (e.g. using DTS), facilities for (independent) quality assurance of the programme, support for clinical trials and other features that will be relevant to the screening programme now or in the future. We are closely involved with our users and are familiar with the NHS culture.

Since completion of the initial development we have continued to add new functionality to the system. An example of this is the ‘Clinical Module’ which assists clinicians by giving them access to all the screening information in one place. We are now working on integrating the system with PACS.

We have also developed a comprehensive patient administration system for the Priory Hospitals Group. This system is fully integrated to their accounting system.