Announcement of HITEA 2005 winners
Good Hope Hospital NHS Trust’s project Re-design of a
vascular surgical outpatient service using discrete event simulation
wins the Best use of IT in the Health Service and Best innovative use of
technology awards
21 March 2005. “The judges were simply bowled over by this project and its potential
outcome for UK’s NHS and patients.”
Consultant vascular surgeon Mr Simon Dodds, who also has a degree in
computer science, developed the software and led this ambitious project
to re-design the vascular surgery outpatient service at Good Hope
Hospital.
Its objectives were to reduce long waiting times and meet
increasing demand. A new Workflow Model Discrete Event Simulation (WFM-DES)
software tool was used in the design of a new combined vascular clinic
and vascular laboratory in the new treatment centre.
It allowed the capacity of the new clinic (due to open in Spring
2005) to be predicted using existing staff resources and to inform the
architectural design of the new facility.
In this way the hospital has been able to develop a robust business
case for offering an expanded range of one-stop vascular outpatient
services to the local healthcare community.
See the
complete list of the winners, their photographs and the judges' comments
>>
Winners by category:
See the
contact details of the key project managers of the award winners
Photographs of winners
Photographs are available free of charge from the official
photographers:
Lamplight Photographic Services
8 Cleveland Grove, WAKEFIELD WF2 8LD
Contact: Mr Steve Anstey
Tel/fax: +44 (0)1924 379573
Mobile: +44 (0)7774 151130
Email: lamplight@wakefield.net
List of finalists
- Access Glasgow partnership — public access kiosk project;
See synopsis of project
- BabyLink — improving communication between clinicians and parents
with babies in intensive care. See
synopsis of project.
- Borders joint ability equipment service project;
- Electronic single assessment process (eSAP);
- e–PAQ enhancing communication and assessment in pelvic floor
medicine;
- Implementing an electronic patient record system for allied health
professionals working in the community;
- RDOC initiative: mouth cancer website and online support group.
See synopsis of project.
- Re-design of a vascular surgical outpatient service using discrete
event simulation. See
synopsis of project.
- Smart support at home project — the impact of telecare technology
on primary and community care systems in West Lothian;
- Software solution for intermediate care and community
rehabilitation services duty point;
- Streamlining the referral process in health and socialcare; and
- Theatre management system. See
synopsis of project .
Comments from the sponsors
BT Health
BT Health has been closely involved in the evolution of modern day NHS
IT and has been a key supplier to the NHS since the early 1990s. As a
national application and local service provider, BT is extending the
excellent working relationship that it has forged with the NHS whilst
continuing to deliver the key national services that are underpinning
the modernisation of the NHS.
BT brings many years of clinical and ICT experience to the NHS. This
experience is focused on assisting primary care organisations to address
the challenge of building managed clinical networks to achieve effective
chronic disease management and improved patient outcomes.
BT’s sponsorship of the Healthcare IT Effectiveness Awards reflects our
continued commitment to developing innovative ICT solutions tailored to
the needs of the NHS. These solutions will enable the NHS to improve the
national infrastructure, provide a higher quality of patient care and
increase operational efficiency.
ntl
ntl's business division is a leading provider of communications services
with a 40 year heritage of working with the public sector. It offers a
range of effective voice and data solutions to help healthcare
organisations maximise efficiency, reduce operating costs and provide
higher quality patient care.
ntl's knowledge and experience in the health sector has enabled over 121
NHS trusts to maximise the benefits of communications technology,
delivering innovative solutions which are supported 24hrs x 7 days by
ntl’s network and service management centres.
"We are delighted to support the Healthcare IT Effectiveness Awards,
reflecting our continued involvement in the healthcare sector. We are
committed to providing competitive, high-quality voice and data
solutions for the National Programme for IT," said Lucy Brown, Director
of Sector Marketing at ntl's business division.
Oracle
“Oracle is extremely pleased to support innovation in healthcare.
These awards demonstrate how IT can effectively enable the clinical
process and improve patient management”, said Jeremy Nettle, European
Director for Healthcare, Oracle.
Oracle Corporation is the world’s largest enterprise software company.
Our software helps companies manage their data and improve their
businesses’ operations. We are the principal supplier of finance, HR and
purchasing systems to the NHS. Oracle’s analysis and reporting
systems encompass both business and clinical activities, enabling NHS
management to take a balanced view of the organisation’s performance.
The NHS recently announced that patient
records and electronic bookings will be consolidated on a single
database infrastructure, provided by Oracle, as part of the National
Programme for IT. This is an important step in improving the NHS’s
access to accurate, timely and relevant patient information.
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