IMS MAXIMS
IMS MAXIMS is a supplier of electronic health record software with offices in Milton Keynes and Dublin.
It supplied a specialised electronic patient record system to Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust for the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville hospital in 2011. The same specialised spinal software is used at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.[1]
In 2015 the company released an open source version of its software, which acute trusts can use and alter the code to tailor the system to their needs.[2] The company is seen as a pioneer in the use of open-source software in the NHS.[3][4]
The company has established a community interest company to support the open-source software it has developed. Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is part of the CIC.[5]
References
- ^ "New patient record system for Stoke Mandeville". Health Service Journal. 1 June 2011. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Major general practice software suppliers agree to share patient data". Health Service Journal. 13 March 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Open source and the NHS: Two huge disorganised entities without central control". The register. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "Open source in the NHS: With choice comes responsibility". Computer Weekly. August 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
- ^ "How open source can bring NHS IT back to the future". Information Age. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.