System C

System C: Innovation Delivery

At System C, we are passionate about empowering university groups by developing software that enhances their research capabilities and helps bring their innovative ideas to market. We take a collaborative approach. Our software engineers will work closely with you to understand your scientific needs and build the right software for you. From the early idea stage to productising your research prototype or scaling up into a production environment, we’re here to support you every step of the way. Our Innovation Delivery team has been helping researchers develop software for the Oxford innovation ecosystem for 35 years. Now, we are eager to serve you.

Our Services

Mobile desktop and web

Our mobile, desktop, and web software development prioritises usability and reliability, ensuring seamless cross platform compatibility, while effectively conveying your complex scientific concepts. By working closely with you, we gain a deep understanding of your requirements and develop the perfect software solution for your needs.

Medical devices

We manage the entire lifecycle of medical device software, from design and development to testing and deployment, ensuring compliance with essential regulatory standards. This includes adhering to ISO 13485 for quality management systems and IEC 62304 for software development best practices. Our approach ensures adherence to FDA, EMA and MHRA guidelines across various classes of medical devices.

Hardware integration

Our hardware integration services connect your physical devices with sophisticated software systems to enhance functionality and performance. We provide end-to-end solutions, from initial design to final deployment, ensuring smooth and efficient operation.

AI, algorithms and models

We can help you advance your custom AI, algorithms, or models, transforming your research into commercial applications. Our team has extensive experience collaborating with leading academic institutions on their cutting-edge innovations.

Cloud processing

We specialise in migrating complex research software to the cloud. Building upon your prototype, we deliver a commercial-quality application that is robust, scalable, secure, and easy to maintain. Using security-by-design principles and enterprise-level cloud firewalls, we ensure your IP remains protected.

Data services and visualisation

We offer comprehensive data services, including collection, analysis, and visualisation. Alongside our expertise with off-the-shelf tools like Power BI, we excel in creating custom UIs that present your complex datasets in intuitive and user-friendly ways.

Why System C?

Expert Innovation Delivery team

Our highly skilled team of software engineers and project managers come from diverse backgrounds in science, technology, medicine, robotics, engineering, mathematics, physics, and more. Our technical expertise includes:

• Languages
  • C# / Java / C / C++ • Python / R / MATLAB / FORTRAN • JavaScript
• Web frameworks
  • ASP.NET / React / Angular / Blazor
• Databases
  • SQL Server / MySQL / PostgreSQL
• Other technologies
  • Azure / AWS • Power BI / Tableau • Docker • Windows / Linux

Research focus

We work alongside domain experts to understand the complexities of the fundamental research. Our team have degree- and PhD-level STEM backgrounds, which means we speak your language.

University collaboration

We have decades of experience working alongside university researchers from several universities including Oxford, Cambridge, and King’s College London.

Working with us

• We work as true consultants – giving you honest advice throughout your product journey.
• As professional software engineers, we deliver quality software by default, including security and accessibility by design – with careful thought into every solution.
• By applying rigorous quality testing, we advance your research software to meet professional standards.
• Our experienced project managers keep your project on track, while our agile processes allow us to scale our team to meet your changing needs.
• And most importantly, your IP stays with you.

Case studies

AI: AiSentia

We supported AiSentia, a spinout from Oxford University, to develop a medical device quality prototype and website that enables doctors to digitally add contrast to CT images. Our team transformed research-quality code written by a medical student to improve performance and enable it to run at scale on the cloud.

Data visualisation: Poseidon

This collaboration with the School of Geography and the Environment at Oxford University resulted in an extended user interface that empowers decision-makers to explore spatial fishing patterns and visualise fish biomass to model sustainable fishing approaches.

Hardware integration: OpticFlock

We worked with the Department of Biology at Oxford University to transform their research into a commercial product. This software monitors entire chicken flocks and determines in real-time the health of the flock. Farmers are given early warning indicators of flock health remotely via phone or computer. Edge compute software development and systems integration with remote hardware using Raspberry Pi computers with onboard cameras, fitted directly into chicken warehouses.

Mobile and desktop apps: WaveGo Mobile

We developed the Android and iOS app WaveGo Mobile for Wave Illumination, a self-contained spinout from a large spectroscopy company. Our team transformed a prototype into a market ready app (including an administration portal) that displays the complex properties of light to its users in an intuitive manner on small screen sizes and integrates with an off-the-shelf spectrometer.

Medical devices: QCovid® Risk Calculator

Working with Oxford University and NHS Digital, we transformed academic code into a user-friendly tool that estimates the risk of hospitalisation or death from COVID-19. By optimising the algorithm and creating a user-friendly website, the software analysed patient medical records in England, adding 1.4 million people to the shielding list.

Cloud processing: Microbira

The Microbira web application, classified as a form of medical device, where we transformed research scripts that combined artificial intelligence with Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy into a multi-user, scalable and market-ready software tool for microorganism identification.

System C wider company

System C Healthcare is a British provider of health systems for the NHS and Social Care Adult, Children and Education sectors. With almost 40 years of experience working in partnership with customers, our range of digital platforms and tools provide a complete view of the patient across all care settings, helping integrate services and improve treatment. 

We are a market-leading, integrated Electronic Patient Record (EPR) supplier with over 350,000 users. With a functionally rich NHS-focused Patient Administration System (PAS) at its heart, CareFlow is designed to fully interoperate with strategic departmental and niche clinical solutions while providing EPR capabilities to the NHS. 

Our mission is to deliver ‘technology with the power to connect and transform health and care for all’. 

CareFlow EPR is the fastest-selling EPR in England, with the second largest deployed base. 30 NHS Trusts are using or currently deploying our EPR (ranging from smaller specialist hospitals with a few hundred beds to large teaching hospitals with 20,000+ users). We have a proven track record in implementation, with many deployments completed in 12 months or less. We also believe we are the only EPR supplier to have completed three successful remote EPR deployments within the COVID-19 pandemic period. 

We are: 

• The number two supplier in Acute Electronic Patient Records with 30 NHS Trusts deployed, or currently deploying, CareFlow. 

• The number one supplier in mobile decision support systems, with deployments at over 38 Trusts and 750 wards, performing over 6 million assessments a month with our electronic observations mobile application. 

• The number one supplier in Social Care, with 60% of local authorities with Social Service responsibilities using our Liquidlogic software (deployed for both Adults and Children’s Social Services). 

• The number one supplier of Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) systems across the UK, with a 23% market share for inpatient EPMA and 21% for outpatient prescribing. The solution is deployed in a wide range of specialities from the Emergency Department (ED) through to Community, including high intensity environments such as Intensive Care Units (ICU). In England, we have recorded:  

• 70 million prescriptions (including changes to prescriptions) – around 44 million a year. 

• 332 million administrations (includes non-administrations) – around 217 million a year. 

• The number one hospital Pharmacy system supplier across the UK, including supply of the national Wales Pharmacy system, and the leading supplier of Pharmacy Stock Control solutions, with a 56% market share in England. 

• £4.6 billion of the NHS’s annual £7 billion hospital drug spend goes through CareFlow Pharmacy. 

• The number one supplier in Child Health (covering 6.4 million children), which is 55% of 0-19 year olds.

• 99.9% of all neonatal sites use our BadgerNet solution, with 45% of all pregnancies managed through the system, and 200,000 women using our maternity Personal Health Record (PHR) in the last year alone. 

Dedicated to supporting care in the UK and enabling our partners to achieve their digital strategies, our product range and associated services embed real improvements in patient care, supported by a clinically safe transition to a new healthcare delivery platform. We understand the need to bridge the gap between delivering efficient, safe, high-quality healthcare, and the funding uncertainties of the NHS. Our ongoing investment in creative ideas and groundbreaking technology solutions are helping to keep our customers at the forefront of the digital healthcare market.  

Additionally, System C is highly committed to delivering social value in partnership with our customers. We are acutely aware of the relationship between economic prosperity and health outcomes, with an understanding of the importance of ‘levelling up’ and the requirements in driving this agenda. To deliver change, we appreciate the need to combine deep experience of healthcare with the expertise and innovation of the voluntary sector, academia, and industry, including health technology partners such as System C.