Healthcare ICT Product Innovation

The Healthcare ICT Product Innovation category of last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards was won by SignTranslate for SignTranslate Hospital. The runners up in the category, which was sponsored by Quicksilva, were C-PORT and Patient Partner from Voice Connect.

C-PORT (Chemotherapy Planning Oncology Resource Tool): Concentra, AT Kearney and the Pharmaceutical Oncology Initiative Partnership

C-PORT applies modeling techniques to tackling the problem of chemotherapy capacity planning. It uses advanced techniques in simulation to forecast how each patient will experience care, how long they wait, who they see, and when. It also creates, in simulated form, real life events that influence treatment such as equipment breakdowns, phone calls, meetings and absenteeism. The development of the tool involved teamwork between 12 pharmaceutical companies, 26 NHS Cancer Networks in England, the NHS Cancer Services Collaborative and the Cancer Action Team of the Department of Health and the IT sector, with the final team being supported by consultants AT Kearney and analytics and software development company, Concentra.

Patient Partner: Voice Connect Ltd

Patient Partner is a system that allows patients to book, cancel, check and change appointments using their telephone. The system is a PC-server based solution, which connects to a GP practice’s telephone system. It integrates with all major electronic appointment books, ensuring that the system operates in “real time.” Patient Partner is currently helping GP practices across the UK to extend reception opening hours; ease the pain of early morning congestion and promote and administer appointments for specific clinics.