WINNER: Blueworks OIMS UK and NHS Gloucestershire ICB, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS FT, Gloucestershire Local Optical Committee: Community Ophthalmic Link between Gloucestershire Hospitals and Community Optometrists

The Community Ophthalmic Link project in Gloucestershire was collaboratively developed between the Local Optical Committee, trust clinicians, ICB commissioners and Blueworks UK to share images and data from secondary to primary eye care. Community optometrists have complete secure access to the hospital eye record. All 66 optometric practices in the region and 251 optometrists/dispensing opticians registered, showing how fundamentally essential this project was. Annually: 11,393 HES patient record searches were conducted and 1,392 HES referrals were avoided. Plus a 16 per cent drop in new patient waiting list was recorded, along with £226,896 in savings annually. It could have a potentially profound national impact, preventing more than 120,000 referrals annually and more than £20m annual savings in England, say organisers.

Highly commended

Skin Analytics & Chelsea and Westminster Hospital FT: Demonstrating The Clinical Value Of AI-Powered Teledermatology: Enabling Transition From Pilot To Sustainable Standard Practice

Finalists

Apadmi & NHS Blood And Transplant: TransplantPath

Roche Diagnostics, Manchester University NHS FT And University Of Manchester: Leveraging A Strategic Partnership To Deliver Innovation In HCC Surveillance For Patient Benefit (The REVISE-HCC Team).

Definition Health And South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre: Patient-Centric Hip And Knee Replacement Recovery Through Remote Monitoring: Prioritising Patient Safety, Individualised Care, And Digital Innovation

Intersystems & North Tees And Hartlepool FT: TrakCare - Improves Efficiency Of Nurse Admissions Process

LutraHealth: Digitising The Cataract Referral Pathway

The PSC & Velindre University Trust: Using Value-Based Healthcare Analytics To Improve Cancer Care Outcomes And Efficiency

Spectrum Community Health CIC & County Durham And Darlington FT: Partnering For Better Health: Virtual Ward And Improved Care At HMP Frankland

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Winners of HSJ Partnership and inaugural Independent Healthcare Providers Awards revealed