Healthcare IT Award

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.

2019 Winner

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - Digital Nursing Team
The Digital Nursing team was enlisted in 2017 and is now employed on a full‐time basis within the Trust’s ICT team to help pave the way in NUH ambitions to become a ‘paperless hospital’. The team have helped to introduce a whole new generation of digital tools to NUH, starting with the development of digital nursing and midwifery assessments. Working closely with numerous colleagues within ICT, the team developed 17 individual electronic assessments which are completed through ‘Nervecentre’ software, and made readily available to clinical staff.

Commended

Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Command Centre
Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - eRostering System
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust - Patient Comments algorithm
London Ambulance Service - Summary Care Records application (SCRa) pilot

2016 Winner

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Plymouth University, Royal Cornwall Hospitals and SUDEP Action

There are more than 600,000 people with epilepsy in the UK, and approximately 42 per cent of epilepsy deaths are preventable. EpSMon, collaboratively developed between the trust, Plymouth University, Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust, SUDEP Action and UCL Institute of Neurology, is an evidenced based free app for smartphones and tablets. It works by providing a seizure safety checklist to support people with epilepsy, allowing patients to monitor their risk for free to keep themselves safer. It has already demonstrated improved communication, safety and reduced mortality within patients.

Commended
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - Teleswallowing
University Hospitals Southampton NHS Foundation Trust - My Medical Record
West Green GP Surgery - Reducing antibiotic prescribing
South West London Pathology - Diagnostic Services
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board - Electronic Growth Chart

2015 Winner

Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
The winning hospital's electronic medical records system has revolutionised the way referral paperwork and medical notes are indexed, routed and shared among clinicians and clerical staff. This has boosted efficiency, reduced costs, and ultimately, enhanced patient care.



2015 Commended

Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
NHS Northern, Eastern and Western Devon CCG
Leicester City CCG