List of the winners and the judges' comments (cont'd)
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Best use of IT in secondary and tertiary care awards
First place
Green Park Healthcare Trust
Theatre management system
As an elective surgical facility it is important that the Trust’s
operating theatres are managed efficiently, effectively and economically
for the benefit of patients, clinical and medical personnel and
management. The main objectives of this project was to create an
integrated electronic theatre management system with functionality to
enable: surgical site surveillance and reporting; tracking and
traceability of surgical equipment; maintenance and control of implant
stock; bone grafting and harvesting of donated bone data collection;
direct input to the national joint implant register; full theatre
scheduling (including all resources eg staff, surgeons, anaesthetists,
theatres and equipment); and audit and reporting facilities. The system
was developed inhouse with close collaboration between IT, clinical and
medical personnel.
Due to the real-time and comprehensive nature of the data capture
staff can monitor exactly what is happening with a patient at any stage.
A patient’s progress can also be viewed by staff who can then keep
anxious relatives informed of the patient’s status. Surgeons can now
complete the theatre note in real time using cleverly designed proformas
that minimise typing. The theatre system scheduling facility enables
various parties to view at a glance if there are free sessions or
sessions without anaesthetic or surgeon cover. This means that wasted
slots are identified and reallocated and that clinical staff involved at
all stages of the patients’ care can accurately anticipate and allocate
appropriate resources.
Judges’ comments:
“This project is a prime example of understanding the users’
requirements; this understanding enabled the IT Business Unit to give
its users access to real-time progress of what is happening within the
theatre and provide up-to-date patient information. It showed admirable
joint working between IT and clinicians.”
Second place
Royal Infimary of Edinburgh
BabyLink — improving communication between clinicians and parents
with babies in intensive care
The development of BabyLink was about using the Worldwide Web to improve
communication between clinical staff and parents and their families. It
enabled the feasibility of information to be presented in a way that
could be understood by the user; allowed clinicians and parents secure
access about a specific baby; enabled parents to post questions back to
the relevant clinician involved in their infant’s care; and could be
updated automatically as new clinical data are added to the electronic
patient record.
Judges’ comments:
The judging panel sang the praises of this project as an excellent
example of providing specific parent-tailored baby information that uses
web-based technology in a truly unique way.
Third place
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
e-PAQ enhancing communication and assessment in pelvic floor medicine
The aim of this work was to evaluate the electronic pelvic floor
assessment questionnaire (e-PAQ) as a clinical tool and its potential to
enhance and focus the clinical consultation. The structured,
standardised format aims to provide the clinician with an accurate
measure of the two most important elements of pelvic floor disorders:
the patient’s symptoms and their associated anxiety.
Judges’ comments:
“The judges were impressed with this intuitive and interactive
patient-focused system that enabled clinicians assess and discuss
sensitive and bothersome topics in an informed way with their patients.”
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