The People and Partnership Awards by HTN celebrate technology making a difference to patients, professionals, organisations and the health system.
Taking place 22nd January as part of HTN Digital Week, the innovative digital awards focus on how technology is supporting people.
Join us from 7PM on our website and social media channels to hear about the entries and find out who will be crowned the highly commended and winning entries.
We would like to say congratulations to the Finalists below!
Team Work and Collaboration
Difrent
Delivering the new NHS Jobs service – NHS Business Services Authority in partnership with Difrent
A mutually beneficial partnership, born out of drive and ambition to improve the service and experience of applicants trying to find a job in the NHS. The service won’t single-handedly solve the NHS’s recruitment crisis, but the work of the NHS Business Services Authority and Difrent will remove as many blockers as we can along the way.
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital Foundation Trust
Collaborative Working in Health Care : improving cancer patient experience and outcomes
Demonstrating a collaborative approach , between an acute Trust Hospital and FORCE (local cancer charity), to provide an informed and effective regional model of sustainable Health and WellBeing Information and Support to improve patient experience and outcomes
Leicestershire Partnership Trust
Pilot of AutoPlanner within continence service to increase productivity and reduce waiting lists
AutoPlanner has been piloted within the East North caseload since the start of July using PDSA cycles. Within the initial implementation, the aim is to reduce the waiting list by scheduling in home visits via AutoPlanner. The pilot has evidenced that AutoPlanner can be used in the continence service to reduce the waiting list; in the pilot hub the waiting list was reduced to 0 from its highest point during the pilot of 76 patients.
Excellence for Patients
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
eHospital – joined-up healthcare for our patients
Our ambition as a leading digital trust has been to use innovative technology to break down national barriers to health information sharing and provide joined-up healthcare for patients. Working collaboratively with our patients, clinicians and partners we are successfully sharing clinical records digitally and in real-time; benefitting our patients locally, nationally and internationally.
Health Navigator
Helping patients at risk of becoming high intensity users of emergency care
Combining powerful artificial intelligence with proactive health coaching, Health Navigator finds and helps high intensity users of urgent and emergency care. These are patients who are often vulnerable and under-served by the health system. Our technology finds them, and our registered health professionals empower them to take control of their health.
Healthcare Communications and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Improving access to care by going digital first with patient letters
United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust improve access to care with new digital patient appointment portal. Delivery is instant, straight to smartphones and patients can confirm/cancel/rebook with 1 tap on the response button. Patients can convert digital text to 99 languages and essential reading is attached and accessible at any time.
AccuRx
AccuRx Chain – Bringing patients and their healthcare teams together
AccuRx Chain has transformed patient communication in primary care. It has enabled 50,000 staff in 3,000 GP practices to message 6 million patients quickly and easily, saving each user 40 minutes per day, reducing calls to the practice and letters sent out, as well as improving patient experience.
Delivering for Front Line Staff
Graphnet Health
St Helens Shared Care Record: Health and social care records in one place for safer, better care
The St Helens Cares partnership involves multi-disciplinary teams providing a single-point-of-access for all social care and health referrals. Front-line staff use St Helens Shared Care Record to provide real-time, accurate and joined-up data which makes a real difference to patients’ experiences and improves service efficiency through time-savings and better decision-making.
Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Better lives, healthy futures – Family Health Services Website
The Better lives, health futures Family Health Services website has been developed with the dual focus of saving staff time and allowing families easy access, whenever they need it, to useful advice and the most up-to-date information on how to best care for their children.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust
Analytical Command Centre
The analytical command centre is an interactive, live dashboard that allows front-line staff to visualise patient flow, proactively manage pressures across the healthcare system and improve patient care and experience.
Improving Efficiencies for Back Office Teams
Clarity Informatics
Clarity TeamNet
Clarity TeamNet is a web-based information management platform built to prompt collaboration and support the exchange of information within primary care. Aiming to improve operational efficiency, save time and free resources, TeamNet provides GPs, CCGs, PCNs and GP providers with indispensable tools to deliver a resilient primary care service.
Patchwork
Implementation of an innovative technology solution to transform temporary staffing
To combat the challenges facing York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust an innovative solution was needed. Patchwork was introduced with the aim of streamlining all temporary staffing processes and allowing visibility of data. Post-implementation, YTH has had a significant increase in overall fill rates, reduction in administration time, and streamlined recruitment of bank staff to join the Trust.
Edge Health
Improving Efficiencies for Back Office Teams: Smart Theatre Scheduling with SpaceFinder
SpaceFinder is a smart theatre booking assistant. It uses AI to predict procedure length and generate optimal operating lists taking into account surgeon, patient and hospital factors. Part of the DigitalHealth.London Accelerator it has been highlighted by the CQC as ‘outstanding practice’ and saved trusts £3m last year.
Bright Idea and Innovation
Oryon
Showing the way to better health
Oryon’s secure online community expedites the healthcare journey for patients and clinicians alike. With our smooth, user experience-driven online platform, Oryon Imaging’s accessible and affordable diagnostic imaging, and Oryon Connect’s bespoke introductions service, we aim to show the way to better health for everyone.
MyMedic
MyMedic: Saving the NHS time and money through a more effective locum management system
MyMedic is a temporary staffing platform for healthcare professionals, it empowers clients and professionals to support the provision of services without the headaches, cost and administration associated with traditional agencies. MyMedic has already saved one client over £1million in fees, and reduced administration time by more than 1200 hours.
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Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust
Better lives, healthy futures – Family Health Services Website
The Better lives, health futures Family Health Services website has been developed with the dual focus of saving staff time and allowing families easy access, whenever they need it, to useful advice and the most up-to-date information on how to best care for their children.
Most Promising Solution
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, The University of Liverpool, Edge Hill University, Lancaster University and System C
Alder Hey first-of-type research to identify early warning signs of deterioration in children
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, together with The University of Liverpool, Edge Hill University, Lancaster University and healthcare IT company System C, is taking part in a first of its kind research study to develop an electronic early warning system for children in hospital with the aim of reducing critical care transfers.
AccuRx
AccuRx Chain – Bringing patients and their healthcare teams together
AccuRx Chain has transformed patient communication in primary care. It has enabled 50,000 staff in 3,000 GP practices to message 6 million patients quickly and easily, saving each user 40 minutes per day, reducing calls to the practice and letters sent out, as well as improving patient experience.
Alphalake Ai
Alphalake Ai Ward Bot Using Attended RPA
It takes NHS staff between 30 minutes and one hour to pull patient history and information from multiple systems. This delay can have a dramatic negative impact on patient outcomes. Our RPA Attended Ward bot fetches the data within 3 minutes when the doctor or nurse makes a request.
Beebo
Beebo – Giving service managers and clinicians more time to spend on service delivery and development
Using low-cost cloud technology, Beebo simplifies and automates team administration processes for HR, rota, incidents and many other tasks, freeing up managers and clinicians time for more productive tasks whilst supporting shared clinical services across organisations. Beebo saves money through reduced costs and reduced time spent on administrative processes.
Excellence in Implementation
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
eHospital – joined-up healthcare for our patients
Our ambition as a leading digital trust has been to use innovative technology to break down national barriers to health information sharing and provide joined-up healthcare for patients. Working collaboratively with our patients, clinicians and partners we are successfully sharing clinical records digitally and in real-time; benefitting our patients locally, nationally and internationally.
Patchwork
Centralisation of temporary staffing management through best-in-class implementation and tech partnership
To alleviate a number of ongoing issues pertaining to temporary staffing, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust partnered with the tech-enabled bank service, Patchwork. Patchwork co-created solutions with Aintree’s key stakeholders, tailored entirely to each department’s unique challenges. A centralised temporary staffing system was introduced, drawing on feedback from the Trust which was incorporated throughout the journey. This has resulted in a comprehensive solution to Aintree’s complex problems of temporary staffing management.
Liopa
Pilot of an AI-based communication aid for patients with tracheostomies who cannot speak, but can move their lips normally.
Liopa, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals and Queen’s University Belfast, have piloted a communications aid for tracheostomy patients, aimed at improving patient engagement and autonomy. The android application will leverage Liopa’s Lipreading technology and, when downloaded onto device and held in front of the patient, will track lip movement and identify phrases being mouthed
Awards
Join us live from 7PM on 22nd January when we will be live on our website and social media.
This will be the seventh digital awards evening we have delivered. We are really proud of our innovative approach and that we provide an awards programme open to everyone to share and learn from. On the awards evening we will cover the entries that made the shortlist and announce the winners and highly commended entries who will each receive a trophy. There will also be one overall winner; for the prize we will make a donation to your chosen charity on your behalf.
