Public and private sector IT professionals came together for the industry’s flagship awards ceremony, with the healthcare sector leading the list of winners.
By IT PRO Staff, 5 Dec 2008 at 13:32
An innovative software application that helps hospitals plan and provide care for cancer patients needing chemotherapy headed an impressive list of award winners at the 2008 BCS IT Industry Awards.
The awards ceremony, which took place last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London’s Park Lane, saw 23 awards handed out in three categories: Individual Excellence, Organisational Excellence and Project Excellence.
“The BCS IT Industry awards are regarded as the hallmark of excellence, best practice and professionalism in the industry,” said David Clarke, chief executive of the BCS.
Concentra claimed two awards for its pioneering C-Port software application. Produced for the NHS, C-Port applies advanced modelling and simulation techniques to tackle the problem of chemotherapy capacity planning, which has never been done before.
The application can forecast how each individual patient will experience care, how long they wait, who they see, and when. It creates in simulated form real life events that influence treatment such as equipment breakdowns, phone calls, meetings and absenteeism.
The judging panel - which included IT PRO Editor Chris Green - praised C-Port for its innovation, its contribution to the healthcare industry and for the benefit it delivered for patients and their families by improving the efficiency of care.
Other high-profile winners included Garlik for its DataPatrol identity theft prevention technology and CSC’s Emergency Care Solution for NHS Ambulance Services, which enables paramedics, using a rugged touch screen tablet, to access a summary of the patient's notes to help them determine the best course of treatment and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
Full details of the winning projects, companies and individuals can be found here.
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