Driving Efficiency through Technology Award

HSJ Awards 2024 - Driving Efficiency through Technology Award
Driving Efficiency through Technology Award
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As the NHS transitions from analogue to digital, technology is playing a crucial role in improving operational efficiency and patient care. By moving away from paper-based systems, the NHS is streamlining workflows, improving access to patient information, and reducing administrative burdens.

This award recognises NHS organisations that have successfully used technology to drive efficiency in healthcare delivery. For example, a community healthcare worker who can complete forms on an iPad rather than paper is likely to be more efficient, a doctor using speech recognition software to write letters can be more productive; and a nurse who only visits patients when monitoring shows it is necessary can allocate resources in the most effective way.

Judges will be looking for projects that demonstrate how using technology has improved productivity, enhanced service delivery, and contributed to better patient outcomes. They will assess the impact of these initiatives on operational efficiency and value for money, with a focus on how technology has improved both patient and staff experiences.

Eligibility

This award, which is open to healthcare organisations across the public and third sectors, will recognise the ways technology is helping to make the delivery of healthcare more efficient. Solution providers helping the NHS and health sector organisations are invited to enter the HSJ Partnership Awards, which celebrate collaboration with the private sector.

Ambition

  • What was the context in which services were delivered where technology could have made efficiency improvements?
  • Why was technology the most appropriate solution?
  • What goals were set in the implementation and operation of the technology or digital product?
  • How were stakeholders considered and impact assessed?
  • Describe any partnership or collaborative working either with a supplier or other entity.

Outcome

  • Judges are looking for convincing evidence that the use of technology has increased efficiency leading to improved service delivery and better care.
  • Provide evidence that the use of technology has also led to improved experience and improved outcomes. This must have a quantitative aspect but can include qualitative feedback as well.
  • Describe the financial impacts and include value for money assessment.

Spread

  • How has technology been applied beyond departmental, organisational, and local boundaries, or how has the technology implementation impacted other teams and organisations?
  • What efforts have been made to share results?
  • Discuss the scope for further replication or scaling of this initiative in other settings

Value

  • Provide quantitative evidence that the use of technology has led to improved efficiency, and so improved value for money.
  • How has the solution impacted patient and staff experience?
  • Share any other value generated, including unintended benefits, of the project

Involvement

  • Describe and provide testimonial evidence of the working relationship between the technology partner (if relevant) and the NHS organisation that enabled a genuinely co-produced product or service
  • Explain how patients, service users or the community were involved in the planning, development and implementation
  • Share how all relevant staff were engaged in the design and implementation of the project, product or service

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