Revenues climb at EMIS
EMIS group today said it has seen one its busiest ever periods after reporting a rise in revenues and continued growth.
In its results for the six months ended June 30 2013, the Leeds-based group’s revenue from continuing operations increased by 11% to £47.1m (2012 H1: £42.3m) and adjusted operating profit was marginally higher at £11.6m (2012 H1: £11.5m).
Chris Spencer, chief executive of EMIS, which supplies software and other services to GPs, pharmacies and the healthcare sector, said: “So far 2013 has been one of the busiest periods ever for EMIS group. We expect this to continue as the accelerated roll-out to GPs of EMIS Web, our transformational healthcare system, is maintained. We will also be redoubling our efforts to join up GPs, other clinicians and pharmacists engaged in healthcare in the community and extending our reach into ophthalmology-related solutions and beyond that into specialist and acute care.
“EMIS continues to trade in line with the board’s expectations, with continuing strong revenue visibility and improved profit performance in the second half principally resulting from the growth in the EMIS Web GP estate.”
EMIS said the ongoing roll-out of EMIS Web to GPs and its cross functionality with its other products and initiatives provides the group with substantial medium and long term growth opportunities.
It said: “Maintaining the accelerated roll-out of EMIS Web GP through the remainder of 2013 remains the primary objective for both the sales and deployment resources.
“The board expects to continue to complement its investment in organic growth initiatives with selective acquisitions where these provide a platform position in adjacent market sectors
“Overall, the group continues to take significant steps towards its strategic vision of cross-organisational healthcare systems extending from primary and community into specialist care and beyond.”
