Who are we?
Abies Limited is one of the longest established names in healthcare computing. Founded by Tim Benson in 1980, Abies has three main business lines: courses, consultancy and conferences.
Tim Benson CV
Tim Benson founded Abies Informatics Ltd, and led the development one of the first successful GP computer systems and the Read Codes. He convened the European health care messaging standards committee for several years, which developed interoperability standards now used in much of Europe. He has written three books on health informatics and is an honorary senior research fellow at UCL’s Centre for Health Informatics and Multiprofessional Education (CHIME). He is one of the founders of Routine Health Outcomes Ltd.
Abies offers courses for suppliers and healthcare providers. Abies has trained more than 1000 people in HL7 Version 3 and SNOMED CT.
Conferences
Abies organised annual conferences for HL7 UK and Implementing SNOMED CT for several years.
Consultancy
Abies consultancy customers include NHS Connecting for Health (CfH), the Turkish National Health Information System, the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and the Cabinet Office.
