ACS accepts £725m private equity bid
Advanced Computer Software Group has accepted a cash bid from technology-focused private equity firm Vista that values it £725m.
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Tavistock and Portman to use CareNotes
Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year contract with Advanced Health and Care to roll out its CareNotes electronic patient record from February next year.
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ACS buys Strand Technology for CareNotes
Advanced Computer Software Group has bought Strand Technology for £2m in cash in a move that accelerates the shake-up of the mental health supplier market.
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Derbyshire scraps Lorenzo plans
Derbyshire Mental Health Services NHS Trust has abandoned plans to implement Lorenzo, following problems with its development. E-Health Insider understands the trust wants to see problems with the development of the iSoft ‘strategic’ electronic patient record system resolved before implementing it. Earlier this year, NHS East Midlands published an IM&T update saying that Derbyshire Mental […]
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Tavistock and Portman extend CareNotes use
Staff at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust are extending the use of their CareNotes patient care record system to make use of its clinical functionality. CareNotes CRS is an electronic health care record solution designed by Strand technology that aids mental health trust in caring for clients from initial contact to discharge. Tavistock […]
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Sheffield children’s trust takes Strand for mental health
Sheffield Children’s Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the UK’s largest providers of child and adolescent mental health services has signed an agreement for a new electronic care record system provided by Strand Technology. The trust has awarded a contract to Strand Technology for its CareNotes electronic record system, which should help modernise the way staff […]
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Strand acquires Prism Risk Management
Warrington, Cheshire, based mental health clinical software company Strand Technology has announced that it has acquired Prism Risk Management, a provider of risk management systems to the NHS. The acquisition was completed earlier this month for an undisclosed sum. The deal should enable Strand to offer customers mental health care records systems with integrated […]
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Electronic mental health record system goes live in Wirral
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust has just implemented an electronic patient record system from local company Strand Technology. The CareNotes system also features instant messaging between users, automatic generation of e-mails, faxes and text messages to clients, other staff members and patients themselves, and a web-based interface. This would allow, for instance, notification of […]
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