Excellence in major healthcare IT development

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Winner:

Innovative use of technology delivers improved patient choice and access - InferMed and NHS Direct

NHS Direct's web and digital health services have been rebuilt and enhanced to create a new platform for its website and online assessments, providing additional services for the 50m NHS patients in England who have access to them through the internet.

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Scottish Care Information Diabetes Collaboration (SCI-DC) - NHS Tayside

The SCI-DC network interfaces with 1,050 GP surgeries across Scotland, 40 hospital diabetes clinics, the national diabetic retinopathy screening system, the master patient index and laboratory systems. It contributes to the research activities of a number of universities, supports more than 5,000 users, and gives patients direct access to their own records.

Finalists

NHS National Immunoglobulin demand management programme - Medical Data Solutions and Services (MDSAS)

The project involves the collaboration of all the agencies involved in the delivery of immunoglobulin therapy. In trusts, systems are used by clinicians delivering immunoglobulin, while commissioners and other stakeholders use the online reporting functionality to monitor and actively commission the service nationally.