About
“We create innovative healthcare software.”
We aim to be special
Our founder, Adam Towler, was working as a dermatologist in the NHS when he became frustrated with the way patient records were handled within hospital trusts. The systems did not support his work, and were not really fit for purpose. This problem sparked the initial idea for Epro.
We’re not just another software development company. We aim to produce the very best software for hospital trusts, to make a real difference to staff and ultimately patient experiences. This is no small task: our long-term goal is for clinical staff to see Epro as being one of the reasons they choose to work at a trust.
Our strategy
Epro’s success is down to our belief that medical software needs to be world class: designed to meet user needs and simplify administration work within hospitals. We believe that by designing the best systems for staff we can make a significant difference to the general experience people have when they use a hospital trust.
This means our software has to be built to the best standards. We have a lot of pride in the quality of our code, and the skills our team has.
Meet the Bluewire team
Dr. Adam Towler – Founder & Director
Adam formed Bluewire Technologies after experiencing first hand, the severe lack of flexible, intuitive, clinical software for managing patients and medicine and recording information during their stay in hospital. He provides Bluewire with a unique understanding of clinician audiences and technical limitations.
Will Holley – Technical Director
Will joined Bluewire back in 2004 after graduating from the University of Bristol Computer Science MEng. He is passionate about understanding new technologies which helps to keep us up-to-date. He ensures we use the best possible technology and is a real driver for our company culture. He is currently travelling the world on a sabbatical, and will return in Spring 2012.
Vacancy – Senior Developer
We are looking to recruit a full time, permanent senior developer to join us and mentor our team. If you are interested in this position, please take a look at our careers page.
Alex Davidson – Developer
Alex has an expansive knowledge of all things related to development and technology. He manages all our servers and virtual machines with a keen eye for detail and a lot of passion for doing things in the best possible way. Alex has been with Bluewire for over five years, and is an expert working with HL7.
Chris King – Developer
Chris originally joined Bluewire as a tester while he was completing his MSc in Computer Science at the University of Bristol. Outside of work Chris is a keen photographer and Team Fortress 2 player.
Douglas Livingstone – Developer
Douglas studied physics at the University of Bath, but found development was much more interesting. He originally joined us as a tester and has been working with us ever since. Douglas works on all our front end development projects, helping to ensure clinicians get the best user experience from Epro.
Ruari Mears – Developer
Ruari is one of the most recent additions to our team. He is keen that his knowledge of coding is put to good use, and working on clinical software felt like a good fit for him. He has an BSc in Computing from the University of the West of England, and he is probably most famous for appearing in several episodes of Doctor Who. He likes motorbikes and chilli’s.
Matthew Dunsdon – Developer
Matthew has an MEng in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, and joined us following his graduation. Outside of work Matthew enjoys power kiting, and machine learning.
Kit Barnes – Developer
Kit studied Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Bristol and graduated in 2010 with an MSci. He loves travelling and recently returned from a gap year traveling around the far east.
Adam Harwood – Intern
Adam is studying computer science at Bristol University, and works with us as a tester during term time. He is spending the summer working as a full-time intern, working on a project managing HL7 data. In his spare time, Adam is a keen member of the Bristol Computer Games Society (COGS).
Jake Sanders – Tester
Jake is studying Computer Science at the University of Bristol. He started working with us in the summer of 2011 and we look forward to working with him throughout his degree. Jake is also an active member of COGS.
Culture
We are passionate about building the best software we can. We have high expectations of our team members, and they in turn have high standards. We are dedicated to improving our working environment and culture, and are always looking for new things to try that will interest our team.
It’s not all about work though, we all get on really well so we often go to the pub after work or out for a meal together. We also try to schedule things to do outside of work, like paintball and bowling.
Partners
SRC
SRC are one of the UK’s leading providers of digital dictation services. They are specialists in the healthcare sector and work with over 40 hospital trusts. We partner with SRC to offer a combined product that offers hospital trusts the opportunity to manage both their digital dictation needs using the leading software Winscribe, with patient records through Epro.
HL7
Health Level 7 is the global authority on healthcare information technology standards. We use HL7 to communicate information between different parts of our software and our client’s data.
XML Solutions
XML Solutions provide enterprise and solution architecture for clients in the healthcare industry. They offer training, assessments, resourcing and product selection support.