HBI Awards 2018 Finalist

 

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Optimising nursing workload and staff allocation

ISMETT is an organ transplant centre developed in partnership between the Region of Sicily, the Civico and Cervello Hospitals in Palermo and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. In 2013 it developed a Nursing Care Score system, built into the electronic health record to optimise nursing workload and staff allocation. The system takes 53 nursing work tasks and assigns them a score. This is then used to determine the nurse to patient ratio and the nurse’s tasks related to each patient. The outcomes have had a positive impact on nurse job satisfaction and the frequency of adverse events.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Real time patient data monitoring for dialysis patients

In the majority of dialysis centres in India, patient data is recorded on paper and manually managed. To change this, NephroPlus, the largest dialysis network in India, has created a platform to monitor and maintain patient data digitally. In select centres, it has deployed real-time data which allows the clinical staff to monitor patient data remotely. This data has captured information on the Indian population which can be applied to further clinical research and awareness of nephrology. Its platform has allowed NephroPlus to generate automated recommendations and understand micro and macro trends which can influence its quality and decision making going forward.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Quality control methodology for dentistry in India

India's challenges in dental care include a lack of infrastructure, poor quality treatment and little or no follow-up care. To tackle these three areas, Clove, the largest dentistry network, has created a quality management methodology. To help improve treatment quality, Clove applies an anonymous peer review process for around 40% of the treatments in its clinics, this equates to 5,000 a month on average. For post-treatment care, its system divides the life cycle of each patient into stages which are tracked and monitored. Some outcomes from these processes include a 92% success rate in root canals, compared to an 84% world average and a dental filling success rate at 97%.
June 26, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Measuring fat and muscle more accurately with MRI scans

The medical community relies on the notoriously inaccurate Body Mass Index (BMI) measurement when it comes to measuring body fat. AMRA has developed a way of producing 3D-volumetric fat and muscle measurements using a single six-minute MRI scan which is far more accurate. This will enable doctors to better identify at risk patients such as those with high fat levels in the abdomen – visceral fat. Elderly patients with muscle loss and increased fat, a debilitating condition known as sarcopenia, can also be identified. AMRA has introduced a new paradigm where rapid, 6-minute whole body MRI scans are analysed to produce precise, three – dimensional volumetric fat and muscle measurements. This standardized, automated method eliminates reader variability and reduces processing costs. AMRA also researches the relationships between fat, muscle and the development of disease, with the aim to become the new global standard in body composition. AMRA’s aim is also to support the precise tracking of treatment effects, the identification of who should participate in clinical trials, and the understanding of those who are at risk of developing disease.
June 25, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: A low-band width teleradiology platform

Teleradiology Solutions, an Indian company which reads images remotely, has produced a platform that works on low-speed bandwidth, making it accessible in areas with poor digital infrastructure, particularly in rural areas of Africa and India. This works on a pay-per-click model making it more affordable and suited to small institutions as well as larger providers. It claims a 99% accuracy rate, 2% higher than the American College of Radiology standard of 97%. With coverage 365 days of the year, 24 hours per day, it is able to turn around emergency image reads in 15 minutes. It currently works in over 20 countries including the United States, Singapore, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Maldives and India.
June 25, 2018

HBI 2018 Awards: Doubling the number of patients a primary care doctor can see in a day

Patients are first asked to fill in an online decision tree of questions about their condition and then offered asynchronous chat with a doctor. These interactions are carefully crafted as conversations. Some 80pc of all patients who opt for the digital route do not need to go on and have a face-to face meeting with a doctor and the questionnaire also speeds up consultations. Doctrin's system is being rolled out across the primary care network owned by hospital group Capio which has some 750,000 patients in Sweden. Doctrin says that it ups the number of patients a doctor can see from 25 to 50.
June 25, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Tapping the refugee workforce

One of the largest elderly care operators in Scandinavia, Ambea faced huge labour shortages. It therefore decided to build an internship programme to reach some of the hundreds of thousands of new refugees to Sweden. In 2016 it offered 180 internships, with 20% leading to jobs or offers of continued education at Ambea. In 2017 a further 180 internships were offered with 25% leading to job offers. With female refugees often having the most difficulty seeking employment, Ambea offered two thirds of these internships to women.
June 25, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Franchised training to bridge staff shortages

India suffers from a dearth of skilled technicians and nurses for dialysis, making recruitment difficult and expensive. To counter this, NephroPlus created an in-house training academy for dialysis technicians. Eligible candidates are offered a guaranteed job, but students are also qualified to work as a dialysis technician outside of NephroPlus. To meet high demand, NephroPlus has franchised its training academy with seven currently operational and a further eight to open in 2018. With the ability to meet increased demand, it has also developed an optimal staff mix ratio to eradicate wasted spending.
June 25, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Job placement app and college for poor women

In an effort to help women from low socio-economic backgrounds gain meaningful employment, Salus founded Instituto Salus, a nursing and healthcare college situated in a poor area. To match trained staff with medical services sold by its service providers, Salus has created its own job placement app to help increase efficiency in service delivery.
June 25, 2018

FREE BLOG HBI Awards 2018: Using spare capacity to offer low-cost imaging

Virtual network of 38 diagnostic centres in Switzerland, set to increase to 45-50 by June 2018. Corpus has built a platform providing flat rate imaging to HMOs and doctors for a discount of between 10% and 45%. This is achieved by acting as a preferred provider organisation for its partners, and through building volume with local exclusivity offerings for its diagnostic centres, directing patients from HMOs to these centres.
June 25, 2018
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