Establishment of partnership for inclusion of RIS – RADIOLOGY INFORMATION SYSTEM and PACS in ALERT®’s products.
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2020
Development of ALERT’s nonclinical hospital hospitality product, ALERT® WELCOMING, initiated.
Development of ALERT® VIDEOCONFERENCING in integration with all ALERT® products.
Launch at ALERT-ONLINE.COM of online tools to analyze COVID-19 information: COVID-19 data dashboard, governance and control measures per country, key resource estimates (UCI beds and ventilators), pandemic diary and brief reports per country.
Completed development of ALERT’s software product for HOME HEALTH CARE digitalization in integration with medical devices.
First go live of ALERT’s solution for Mental Health hospitals.
2019
Development of ALERT’s software product for digitalization of Mental Health Hospitals completed.
Launch of ALERT® eLIBRARY.
ALERT® upgrade in Algarve, Portugal.
Latest Environmental Statement published.
ALERT had a successful external audit.
ALERT was a successful participant at the Interoperability Showcase held at HIMSS Saudi Arabia in collaboration with GE Digital Saudi Arabia (Saudi American General Electric Company).
ALERT presented publically its research work on Archaeopteryx for the first time. This occurred at PalGes, on the occasion of the 90th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Paleontology, in Munich, Germany.
Between the Summer of 2018 and April 2019, ALERT installed its PAPER FREE HOSPITAL software solution in 16 more hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
2018
NOM-024-SSA2-2012 certification in Mexico.
Launch of ALERT’s Research website at alert-online.com/research.
The rediscovery of Archaeopteryx, which could be the greatest fossil rediscovery of all time, was published in book format: Volumes I and II were put on sale at AMAZON and ALERT-ONLINE.COM.
A complete 318-bed hospital (emergency, ambulatory, inpatient and operating room) was installed with ALERT’s PAPER FREE HOSPITAL solution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in just 3 months.
2017
Establishment of partnership for inclusion of LIS – LABORATORY INFORMATION SYSTEM in ALERT®’s products.
ALERT celebrated a non-exclusive technology transfer agreement for Southeast Asia.
An external audit to ALERT’s Integrated Management System was successful.
EMAS certification renewed.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at IFF, Brazil.
ALERT® INPATIENT went live at Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in Mexico.
2016
Deployment of ALERT® CONFIGURATION TOOL.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at Red de Salud UC CHRISTUS, Chile.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at BSUH NHS Trust, UK.
2015
ALERT signed an exclusive technology transfer agreement for Taiwan.
ALERT® MEDICATION went live at the American Hospital of Paris in France.
ALERT® INPATIENT went live in Kuwait.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at Cancer Hospital I of INCA, Brazil.
ALERT® attained LAP certification in France.
ALERT® EHR received Dossier Médical Personnel homologation, France.
ALERT® EHR v2.6.4 became 2014 Edition Certified in the USA.
ALERT® EHR received ONC-ACB Certification by Drummond Group, USA.
2014
ALERT® software received SBIS-CFM Certification, in Brazil.
ALERT® went live in the Middle East.
ALERT® INPATIENT went live at the Urology Clinic of Cancer Hospital I in Brazil.
ALERT® INPATIENT went live at Cancer Hospital III of INCA in Brazil.
ALERT® INPATIENT went live at Head and Neck Services of INCA in Brazil.
ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL became fully implemented at INCA's Cancer Hospital II in Brazil.
ALERT® SCHEDULER went live at Clinique du Pré in France.
ALERT® went live at Clínica Girassol in Luanda, Angola.
2013
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at the Institute of Ophthalmology and Visual Science at San Jose Tec de Monterrey Hospital, Mexico.
Successful ALERT® upgrade at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, in Arizona, USA.
ALERT® ORIS went live at National Cancer Institute in Brazil.
ALERT® was chosen by two hospitals in Kuwait.
ALERT® chosen by the Health Institute of the State of Mexico, in Mexico.
A multi-year Market Licensing Agreement was signed for the USA.
ALERT Partners Program was launched.
2012
ALERT® went live at the American Hospital of Paris.
ALERT signed a contract for exclusive distribution in Kuwait.
ALERT signed a contract for a new electronic patient record system with Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, NHS, England.
ALERT launched ALERT® Home Visit.
Paper on ALERT® implementation benefits published in the “International Journal of Information Management”.
ALERT was the only company present in all scenarios at the interoperability showcase at HIMSS 2012 in the USA.
ALERT® EDIS and ALERT® INPATIENT went live at the National Cancer Institute in Brazil.
ALERT® went live at Pontificia Catholic University of Chile Hospital.
ALERT® went live at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fatima, in Portugal, for the triage of thousands of pilgrims.
ALERT® AMBULATORY (ALERT® OUTPATIENT and ALERT® PRIVATE PRACTICE) receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification in the USA.
ALERT® eLEARNING went live at Tuba City Regional Health Care Corporation, in Arizona, USA.
ALERT® went live at La Tour Hospital, in Geneva, Switzerland.
ALERT® PRIVATE PRACTICE is live at customers such as Nestle Portugal and the Navy Division of the Ministry of National Defense.
ALERT® went live at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, in London, England.
ALERT® EDIS receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification in the USA.
2011
ALERT® INPATIENT receives ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 Certification.
National Cancer Institute of Brazil chooses ALERT to computerize its hospitals.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at San Jose Tec de Monterrey Hospital, in Mexico.
ALERT signed a contract for exclusive distribution in Guatemala.
ALERT established a partnership with UC Irvine, USA.
ALERT opened a subsidiary in Mexico.
ALERT signed a contract for distribution in Mexico.
ALERT was successful in the 2nd epSOS Projectathon.
ALERT launches v1.1.0 of ALERT® STUDENT for Mobile iOS.
The Center for Healthcare Sciences of Anáhuac University in Mexico chose ALERT®.
ALERT launched ALERT® eLEARNING.
ALERT® software has already been adopted in 11 countries (Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland, USA, Malaysia, Mexico and Chile).
ALERT was successfully certified in the NOM-024-SSA2-2010 Standard in Mexico.
2010
American Hospital of Paris chose ALERT®.
ALERT® STUDENT in Brazil.
ALERT launches MyALERT® version for families.
ALERT® software has already been adopted in 10 countries (Portugal, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Switzerland, USA, Malaysia, Mexico and Chile).
La Tour Réseau de Soins SA in Switzerland chose ALERT®.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile chose ALERT®.
San José Tec de Monterrey Hospital in Mexico chose ALERT®.
ALERT distinguished with Oracle ISV Partner of the Year 2010 award.
ALERT signs a contract with the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil.
ALERT® CARE selected by six cities in Brazil
Bupa Cromwell Hospital in Central London chose ALERT®
The Regional Health Administation of the Algarve (RHA Algarve) and the Espírito Santo Hospital in Évora (ESHE), Portugal, achieved second and third places in the e-Health category of the Hospital of the Future in Public Services Award.
ALERT launched ALERT® STUDENT, an innovating tool for the teaching and learning of Medicine.
Gold Medal of Professional Merit by Vila Nova de Gaia City Council
ALERT releases its ALERT® PLANNING SYSTEM for healthcare
UKTI considered ALERT the international company investing in the UK that has the greatest potential for expansion and growth.
ALERT Life Sciences Computing obtains Dutch ID healthcare certification
ALERT® RHIO selected to computerize the whole Guarda district in Portugal.
ALERT® now has 17 integration statements after adding another 4 in the following domains: Radiology (XDS.b-I); IT-Infrastructure (PIX, PDQ, XDS.b Registry, XDS.b Repository); Patient Care and Coordination (Exchange of Personal Health Record; Sharing of Medical Summary); Laboratory (Sharing Laboratory Reports).
2009
ALERT Group of Companies reported 42,6 million Euros (59,4 million USD) in sales in 2009.
ALERT® TRIAGE in the Madrid Community
ALERT won public tender to computerize ULSS6 in Vicenza, Italy
ALERT signs SIDRA FAST TRACK contract with the North Metropolitan Health Service in Chile.
Rotary of Viana do Castelo (Portugal) distinguished ALERT'S President, Jorge Guimarães.
VISION is Powered by ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL at Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The Portuguese Design Center distinguished ALERT with the Sena da Silva Award.
ALERT incorporates an affiliate in France.
ALERT signed its first contract in Mexico, with Hospital Universitario Dr. José Eleuterio González.
ALERT signs contract with Tuba City, USA.
ALERT® EDIS, v2.5 is a pre-market, conditionally CCHIT Certified® 08 Emergency Department EHR.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at NAS Contorno Healthcare Center, Unimed-BH, Brasil.
MyALERT® was released in Brazil.
ALERT® EDIS went live at Clemente de Faria University Hospital, Brazil.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live at the Medical Specialties Center of the Santa Casa Group, Brazil.
ALERT received award from UK Trade and Investment.
ALERT® STUDENT at Porto Medical School.
4 new integration statements for ALERT®.
MyALERT® was launched.
ALERT® EDIS went live in Penang, Malaysia.
Beneficiência Portuguesa Hospital in São Paulo, Brazil, adopted ALERT®.
ALERT® EDIS went live in the USA.
Chilean Health Ministry chose ALERT as Health Information Systems provider.
2008
ALERT Group of Companies reported 36,4 million Euros (49 million USD) in sales in 2008.
Sunway Medical Centre chose ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL.
ALERT was considered the best portuguese SME in Services in 2008 by Exame magazine.
The Norte Alentejo Local Healthcare Unit (south of Portugal) chose ALERT® to help them become the first paper free region in the country.
UNIMED-BH, Brazil, acquires ALERT®.
ALERT inaugurates head office in Brazil.
ALERT was recognized with an Innovation and Technology Award from the Ministry of Economy, Portugal.
ALERT® PRIVATE PRACTICE adopted in the US.
ALERT was featured in Financial Times.
ALERT® OUTPATIENT went live for the first time in Italy (Ospedale Riabilitativo di Alta Specializzazione de Motta di Livenza).
ALERT launched ALERT® PRIVATE PRACTICE - ALERT's product for private practices-, on an ASP (Application Service Provider) model, with no need for client's investment in a local data center.
ALERT became ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certified.
ALERT® EDIS went live for the first time in Brazil (Hospital João XXIII).
Santa Casa Group, Brazil, acquires ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL.
ALERT Group of Companies opens subsidiary in the U.K.
ALERT Life Sciences Computing featured in Inside Healthcare August 2008 issue.
ALERT received Oracle Internationalization Award for the second consecutive year.
ALERT signed co-development agreement with the Porto Medical School, Portugal.
ALERT has been appointed ASCC framework supplier by NHS Connecting for Health.
President of the Portuguese Republic inaugurated ALERT's new Head Office.
Jorge Guimarães received Medal of Honor from the Portuguese Business Association (AEP).
Jorge Guimarães, founder and chairman of ALERT Life Sciences Computing, S.A., was awarded the 2007 Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year prize.
ALERT® TRIAGE in all Asturian Community Public Hospitals (Spain).
ALERT signed contract with the Penang Adventist Hospital in Malaysia.
ALERT signed contract in Alaska with the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC).
2007
ALERT reached a 23.16 million Euros (USD 34.1 million) turnover in 2007.
The Minas Gerais Secretary of State for Health in Brazil signed a contract with ALERT.
In December, the ALERT Group of Companies reinforced its position in the South-American market through the creation of ALERT Serviços de Licenciamento de Sistemas de Informática para a Saúde Ldta., a company based in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
Based in Singapore, ALERT settled in Asia through the creation of ALERT Life Sciences Computing Asia.
ALERT bought the majority of Orcinus BV's share capital and 100% of myPartner Healthcare Solutions.
633 Hospitals and 7936 Primary Care Centers have chosen ALERT® software solutions.
ALERT® is distributed in 30 countries: Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Colombia, Croatia, Egypt, France, Holland, Indonesia, Italy, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Luxembourg, mainland Portugal and Madeira Island, Malaysia, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States of America.
IAPMEI (Institute for the support of SMEs and Investment) awarded the SME Leadership Category to ALERT.
ALERT was considered one of the top 21 Portuguese companies for the XXI century by Expresso (the most prestigious Portuguese weekly newspaper).
ALERT was awarded the highest distinction for Innovation by COTEC, a Business Association for Innovation who promotes the competitiveness of companies established in Portugal.
For the 3rd year in a row, ALERT was nominated to integrate the COTEC Portugal Network of Innovative SMEs.
Baixo Alentejo Hospital Complex received the 2007 Innovation Award by Hospital of the Future for its implementation of ALERT® REFERRAL.
ALERT® has over 36,000 registered users.
ALERT® REFERRAL adopted by an entire country (Portugal).
After succeeding at the North American Connectathon, in Chicago, ALERT® qualified for the Distributed Interoperability Showcase (RHIO scenario) and the New Directions (HITSP) Showcase that were held at HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) national exhibition (New Orleans, February 25 to March 1), of which ALERT® is a Platinum Corporate Member.
ALERT® EDIS and ALERT® INPATIENT adopted for the first time in Italy.
ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL adopted for the first time in the USA.
ALERT® achieved its 3rd IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) Statement by demonstrating that it was able to integrate in a secure setting similar to a regional Health Information Organization (RHIO) environment.
2006
Adoption of ALERT® EDIS surpassed 50% of Emergency Departments in a single country (Portugal).
Chaves Hospital (the first hospital to implement ALERT®), received the Innovation Ward by Hospital of the Future for its implementation of ALERT® PAPER FREE HOSPITAL.
ALERT was nominated for the 2006 IST Prize (European Information Society Technologies Prize), an award sponsored by the European Commission aimed at highlighting the best of innovation in Information Communication Technology.
ALERT® certified 20 engineers on HL7 in a single certification round.
ALERT® achieved 2 IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) Statements: ALERT® integrated with other software vendors in the Radiology Scheduled Workflow and was able to place laboratory orders and view laboratory results.
2005
Head office moved to a bigger office in Porto, which one year later grew into an entire 900 m2 floor.
6 more hospitals adopt ALERT® ER.
First ALERT® CARE (ALERT® for Primary Care centres) contract.
First ALERT® PAPER-FREE HOSPITAL (ALERT® for a complete hospital) contract signed with Chaves Hospital (Portugal).
2004
3 more hospitals adopt ALERT® ER.
ALERT initiates the development of ALERT® 2.0, a web-based product, contrary to ALERT® 1.0, which was client-server based.
ALERT® ER goes live at Santo António Hospital (with a 600 episode per day ER) in Porto, Portugal.
2003
ALERT® ER first go live in Chaves Hospital (Portugal) in May 2003.
2001
Head office moved from the 1-bedroom apartment to a small office, in Porto.
To raise funds to develop its clinical software ALERT Manchester (ALERT triage module) and ALERT® ER (the first ALERT product for emergency rooms), ALERT submitted an application for funding and was later funded by Agência de Inovação (ADI; Innovation Agency, Portugal).
2000
ALERT's first website (mni.pt) was launched (July 2000).
1999
ALERT was founded by M. Jorge Guimaraes, M.D., Ph.D., in a one-bedroom apartment in Porto.

