Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi visited 6PM Offices where he met with senior management to launch the Group’s new branding – ‘Set the Pace’. The Prime Minister accompanied by 6PM’s CEO Ivan Bartolo then toured the offices and was introduced to all members of staff.
The company’s new tagline ‘Set the Pace’ mirrors the essence of the rebranding initiative and the company’s vision of the 6PM brand ethos − innovation, strength, winning spirit and integrity.
During his visit, the Prime Minister was also given a demonstration of two of 6PMs CareSolutions; StrokePad and CareSolutions™ Climate-HIV. CareSolutions is 6PM’s suite of award winning health solutions developed together with the UK National Health Service (NHS).
StrokePad is one of the latest additions to 6pm’s CareSolutions suite of health products. This product is designed specifically for stroke patients; creating a highly comprehensive, real time digital clinical report encompassing the entire management pathway from admission to discharge.
StrokePad is a tablet-based product that is very easy to use. It was developed to enable the care process of a stroke patient to be recorded quickly and accurately from start to finish. It follows the ‘real-life’ clinical processes undertaken by highly experienced clinical staff while recording each step of the patient journey. The Solution automates reporting, allowing clinicians to focus on patient care and to decide on the best course of treatment.
CareSolutions™ Climate-HIV is a specialised electronic care record (ECR) system for HIV medicine and is shaped after the clinician’s work stream. The system makes it easier and safer to prescribe document patient encounters; write clinic letters, and code diagnoses and simplifies the process for extracting data for audit, service planning, commissioning and research. The first versions of Climate-HIV were designed by Dr Achim Schwenk, a physician with 25 years’ experience in HIV medicine, of North Middlesex University Hospital in London, where Climate-HIV has been in use since 2005. The continued development of Climate-HIV is a joint venture between North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and 6pm PLC. This project is supervised by a steering group of HIV consultants, pharmacists, NHS commissioners, epidemiologists (HPA), researchers (UK-CHIC), British HIV Association and patient representatives.
Speaking to members of staff following the visit, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi congratulated the 6pm Group for its progress and growth, which today includes a workforce of 150 employees. “Notwithstanding the immense global economic challenges we are facing, Malta has a large number of small and medium sized enterprises that are developing successfully and registering growth,” Dr Gonzi said He also commented on 6pm’s creativity and innovation, saying that by recognising the potential of Malta’s human resources, 6pm has kept its place at the forefront of technological development.
Mr Bartolo said, “The 6pm Group has grown into a leading ICT provider on the Maltese Islands. Our new strategy is all about implementing and living the word ‘globalisation’. Applied common sense coupled with technology is what we are striving for. I recommend to all our shareholders and potential investors to keep a close eye on what we are doing and where we are going as we are busy living and not dying.”