Healthcare IT Award
sponsored by Ubisys
The wider use of computer technology in the NHS is evident throughout the world, with many countries citing NHS projects as examples of good practice. This award will recognise an organisation that is responsible for implementing a ground breaking IT project that demonstrates clear cost benefits to the wider NHS.
2011 Winner
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire - Clinical Results System
Trusts must conduct a venous thromboembolism risk assessment on all patients admitted to hospital. University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust created a tool based on its electronic patient record, known as the Clinical Results Report System, to increase the number of VTE Risk Assessments conducted, and to promote and improve patient safety. The project was one of only a handful from the public sector to receive a UK IT Industry Award run by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, and Computing.
Commended
Barts and The London NHS Trust - PACS
In 2006, Barts and The London NHS Trust (BLT) introduced digital imaging with the launch of the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS). In 2008, voice recognition was added, allowing radiologists to create their reports directly. In April 2010, this same PACS system was installed in cardiology. This slashed time wasted by staff searching for films and made financial savings in storage and transport. Doctors can also review angiograms with the patients in clinic and during ward rounds.
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust - Clinical Information Portal
Ipswich Hospitals NHS Trust has delivered a highly flexible Clinical Information Portal that has significant support and engagement right across the Trust from clinical staff through to GPs and across nursing and administration staff. It has revolutionised the way the Trust uses information to improve patient care and outcomes. The project’s primary aim, ‘to free up the flow of vital information amongst different points of care’ is already exceeding expectations and inspiring other Trusts to follow a similar path.
University College Hospitals London - Mobile Communications network
Over 18 months the entire fixed line infrastructure at UCLH was replaced with a private local mobile phone network, so that if a crisis like 7/7 occurred again, UCLH would not lose its mobile communications capabilities. This is the first private mobile network in the NHS and carries a full BlackBerry-based integration of voice and data. The project involved all medical directors of UCLH and was implemented using Prince2 and ITIL standards, with continual auditing by the trust’s information governance team.
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2010 Winner
St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals - shift to electronic patient recordsSt Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust has completed its project to deliver health records electronically and has stopped using paper records in operational practice. Following a 22 month roll out, all 27 hospital departments have now gone live with over 500 clinicians and 130 medical secretaries now trained to use its document management system. Access will be extended to GPs via a voice and data network which interconnects 340 sites in Merseyside.
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Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust - Electronic Patient Discharge System
Southampton’s eDischarge system was devised and designed by medical staff along with principal pharmacist Mark Pepperrell and eRecords projects analyst Nilesh Patel. The eDischarge system supports UK and WHO coding, meets the Royal Academy of Medical Colleges standard for discharge summary content, and can deliver summaries to GP systems using the NHS Kettering format.
Herefordshire Hospitals NHS Trust - EDT distribution
NHS Herefordshire deployed EDT Server to handle the transmission of electronic documents and reports from multiple hospital systems to GP practices. The Trust has also developed an in-house Electronic Discharge Summary system (EDS) to capture relevant discharge information from the appropriate clinical, pharmacy and ward staff. The electronic documents created are sent to the GP Practice using EDT Server, removing postage and printing costs associated with paper documents.
Sheffield PCT/Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - mobile technology for wound assessment
The first tele-wound care project of its kind has gone live across a number of care homes in Bradford and Sheffield. The project involves 16 residential care homes equipped with HTC mobile phones used to photograph wounds suffered by residents. The aim is to test the hypothesis that an augmented referral process (image of wound and wound assessment form) will increase patient outcomes whilst reducing the general costs of treatment.
Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust - Stroke data portal
The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has developed its own software to enable staff to record patient data for stroke patients from multiple disciplines. The software, which was developed in conjunction with Health Enterprise East, allows staff to record patient data via a single user interface and then quickly generate electronic discharge summaries.
