WINNER: London North West University Healthcare Trust and Infinity Health: ePortering: Saving over 10,000 hours per year

More than 100,000 requests for porters to move patients are generated each year in the trust’s emergency department. Traditionally, staff had to handwrite requests at a fixed location and nearly two out of five requests were later cancelled.

The use of Infinity Health’s technology means staff don’t need to leave their posts to request a patient is moved, porters have additional information such as who requested the transfer, and urgent moves – such as for diagnostic tests – can be prioritised.

Cancellations have reduced by 80 per cent with a saving of six minutes on each request – 10,000 hours a year, equivalent to five full time posts.

Read a detailed case study on this project on HSJ Solutions.

Finalists

  • Chase Farm Hospital, Royal Free London Foundation Trust – Making the invisible patient visible – 21st century nursing care in the NHS’ first paperless hospital   
  • Doctorlink – the Digital Front Door to Healthcare
  • Health and Social Care Northern Ireland – The Diabetes Care Pathway
  • Imperial College Health Partners, Patient Safety Measurement Unit and Hampshire Hospitals FT – The Suspicion of Sepsis (SOS) Insights Dashboard – Evaluating Sepsis Improvement Programmes 
  • Locum’s Nest – The Nest
  • Patchwork and Aintree University Hospital FT – Technology-enabled transformation of the temporary staffing service
  • Portsmouth Hospitals Trust – Bedview: Digital Technology Solution
  • Royal Free London FT – STU – The Recruitment Robot
  • University Hospital Southampton FT – Sample 360

 

 

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2019 HSJ Awards winners revealed