IntegraMTS

Calendar of Events

For historical interest (and just to remind ourselves how old we all are), here is a brief history of Integra & E-Quip. This product evolved from our experiences in hospital design and asset-management, so some of the key events in those fields have been included.

Highlights

  • 1989 - The creation of Activity DataBase
    Dr Peter Bishop, working on a sabbatical from his post as Head of Mechanical Engineering at Cambridgeshire College of Arts & Technology, writes a version of Activity DataBase for the IBM PC as a research project for NHS Estates. Since those early days ADB has evolved as the computer industry has matured, through MS-DOS & SUN UNIX to 16- and now 32-bit Windows versions. Things have moved on since 8" floppy disks on CPM!
  • 1991 - Integra is formed
    Dr Peter Bishop, Peter Spencer & Graham Stanbury establish the Integra partnership in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Integra's first project is an interactive vector graphics system for ADB
  • 1998 - UK Release of Optim EMS
    Integra work with Hewlett Packard to bring a medical device asset-management system to the UK marketplace. HP later becomes Agilent Technologies, and then Philips Medical Systems. Optim EMS becomes the market-leading high-end asset-management system in use in UK hospitals.
  • 2006 - Work Starts on CodeMaster
    Recognising the need for an application to integrate the design, equipping & asset-management processes, and to move equipping away from spreadsheets, Integra start work on E-Quip. The original working-title for the software is CodeMaster
  • September 2006 - CodeMaster Version 1.0.0 Released
    Right from the first version, CodeMaster puts the BOQ at the heart of the equipping process.
  • 2007 - MTS Gain Exclusive UK rights to CodeMaster
    MTS recognise the need for a reliable way to manage the equipping process, and sign an agreement giving them exclusive rights to CodeMaster
  • 2008 - CodeMaster Re-Branded as E-Quip
    With the release of version 1.14.0, CodeMaster is now known as E-Quip - The product is continually benefitting from its use in major hospital equipping projects.
  • 2/2/2009 E-Quip 1.16.0 Released
    The latest version of E-Quip is available on the downloads page.

Related resources

  • 21 October 2008 IPEM Conference "Working Like Clockwork".
  • 15 October 2008 12th Annual Philips Medical Systems Biomedical & Clinical Engineering Conference