Background
ASC Computer Software Ltd ("ASC")was established in 1984 by a Pharmacist (Stephen Critchlow) and Doctor (Chris Jones) to meet the clinical computing needs of the healthcare market; they initially focussed on the needs of hospital pharmacy departments. The partnership evolved to the formation of a limited company in 1989. The first commercial sale was a clinical version of the ASC pharmacy software in DOS, to Burnley in 1992. In 1995, the windows version of the software was launched. ASC Australia was formed in 1996 and went live with its first hospital, The Royal Darwin, Northern Territory in the same year. The first New Zealand site was Taranaki, going live in 1997.

ASC's first commercial sale of an integrated network of the Ascribe pharmacy software was in DOS, to Burnley NHS trust in 1992. In 1996, a MS Windows™ compatible  version of the software was launched. The company continues to develop its products to provide additional functionality and meet the rising IT expectations of customers. Current software is available in web-based versions.

ASC Australia was formed in 1996, since then four state-wide contracts have been signed. The first customer for Ascribe in New Zealand was Taranaki Healthcare, which went live in 1997.

On 26 September, 2008, ASC acquired the WCI Healthcare division from WCI Consulting Ltd.

Products
ASC provides a range of IT solutions for primary & secondary healthcare providers; based on departmental Pharmacy solutions for hospital and retail pharmacies.