The Alert Group of Companies develops, distributes and implements healthcare software to create paper-free clinical environments.
The company’s Alert Paper Free Hospital IT system is a touch screen technology that produces comprehensive, integrated medical records while providing management tools for the complete control of hospital operations.
The key markets for business’s Birmingham-based British arm, Alert Life Sciences Computing UK, are the Healthcare & IT sectors, with its biggest customer being the National Health Service. Alert recently signed a contract with Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Launched ten years ago with just ten people, the business has grown to now employ more than 800 people worldwide, with a turnover that has doubled every year over the decade to now stand at £24 million.
The Portuguese-owned business’s next big step is to be successful in the upcoming procurement process which the National Health Service is running for all of its hospitals and healthcare centres in the South of England.