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18/03/05

Innovation in UK Healthcare Championed
e-Health Innovation Awards Short List Announced

The shortlist of finalists for the first E-Health Innovation Awards has been announced, and the prospective winners represent best practice examples of how IT can be used innovatively to deliver efficient and effective treatment for the patient.

Organised by Intellect and E-Health Insider, the awards highlight the application and use of innovative ICT solutions in the UK healthcare sector and reward the partnership approach of the public and private sector in delivering benefits to the patient.

This year's awards have received entries from a wide selection of healthcare technology projects. The Judging Panel met last week to judge the entries and selected a short list of winners for each of the five awards.

Announcement of the winners and presentation of awards will take place at the E-Health Innovation Awards Gala Dinner in London on 21st April 2005.

Nick Kalisperas, Intellect's Director of Public Sector said:
"The short listed entries all demonstrated the right combination of innovation, application of technology, partnership and practical benefits in terms of improvement and service to the patient. They are each an exemplary example of a project which has challenged the traditional methods of thinking, and has shown real courage in the innovative adoption and promotion of e-technology".
The short listed entries are:

Best use of e-health to deliver integrated care – sponsored by Centrom

• Overcoming Bulimia - University of Leeds Media Innovations Ltd
• Haematology Teleclinic - Sherwood Forest Hospitals
• Implementing an electronic patient record system for allied health professionals working in the community - Ethical Technology Ltd, Charnwood and NW Leicestershire PCT and Leicestershire Health Informatics Service

Best use of e-health to improve efficiency – sponsored by Xerox

• Patientline bedside access solution for electronic records - Patientline and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
• Electronic prescriptions management service - Pharmacy2U and EMIS
• Increasing efficiency in radiology through PACS and speech recognition - North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Trust

Best use of mobile technology – sponsored by Cisco

• 'Blackberry Transplant' - Addenbrookes NHS Trust
• SMS text messaging in primary care - Sheffield University Health Service
• Early treatment of acute myocardial infarction - Formic Ltd and Essex Ambulance Service NHS Trust

Most innovative e-health project – Sponsored by Intersystems

• EMIS Access - EMIS
• Historian, automated psychiatric history taking on the internet - North East London Mental Health Trust
• CQuins - National Cancer Action Team and Mayden Health

Best use of e-health to empower patients – Sponsored by iSoft

• GePmail - GePmail Ltd
• t+ for diabetes monitoring - e-San Ltd
• Patient UK - EMIS

The awards were judged by: (chair) Dr Glyn Hayes, retired GP and chair of the British Computer Society Health Informatics Forum; Gary Fereday, policy manager, NHS Confederation; Sharon Levy, informatics adviser, Royal College of Nursing; Kaye McIntosh, consumer journalist; Dr Penny O’Hara, clinical director, BT Global Health Business and Linda Davidson, director, E-Health Insider.

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