BT e-Health Insider Awards: the winners

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust emerged as the overall winner of the BT e-Health Insider awards at the Millennium Mayfair Hotel last night.

The new award from the judges, made from among the winners of the six categories, was made at the end of an evening that recognised the efforts of outstanding teams and individuals in UK healthcare information technology.

The Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year award, voted for by more than 1,000 readers of E-Health Insider, went to Sue Rushbrook, head of systems and network services at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

This year’s awards attracted a record number of categories and entrants. In the end, there were eight categories in total, with awards for:

• Best use of wireless healthcare, sponsored by Cisco
  Winner: Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust for the entry: Wireless revolutionises patient care in multiple ways.
• Excellence in Healthcare Information Management, sponsored by IMS Health
  Winner: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust for the entry: Quality and Outcomes Research Unit – improving care delivery using data analysis.
• Healthcare ICT product innovation, sponsored by Quicksilva
  Winner: Sign Translate Ltd for the entry: Sign Translate Hospital – providing translation online for sign language users and foreign language speakers.
• Best use of IM&T to promote patient safety, sponsored by NHS Connecting for Health
  Winner: NHS National Services Scotland for the entry: The Emergency Care Summary – a summary of patient information available 24/7.
• Best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement in healthcare, sponsored by Fujitsu
  Winner: NHS Choices for the entry: New media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
• Healthcare IM&T team of the year, sponsored by NHS Connecting for Health
  Winner: NHS Pathways for the entry: An emergency care solution by the NHS, for the NHS.
• Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year, sponsored by Microsoft
  Winner: Sue Rushbrook, Head of Systems and Network Services, York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Overall Winner, sponsored by McKesson
  Winner: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Jon Hoeksma, editor of E-Health Insider said: “Congratulations to all the finalists, who all reached a very high standard. The awards attracted almost twice as many entries this year as last year, and the competition increased correspondingly.

“The winners are all worthy of their titles and represent teams and organisations that are doing outstanding work in this sector.”

Sir Jonathan Michael, chief executive, LSP Programme, BT Health, commented: “Through the course of the competition, we have seen examples of innovation, excellence and exemplary working practices.

“Together, these entries demonstrate a shared vision and commitment to improve the delivery of healthcare, which we can all celebrate and learn from.”

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More information about the finalists and their projects is published in the comment and analysis section, along with further reports from the awards evening.