App helping hospital care up for another national award
An innovative app that helps hospital staff to share vital information to support quality patient care has reached the final of a national award.
The Trust, along with Diligram, the developers of MyStaff App, have been shortlisted in the ‘Best Contribution to Improving the Efficiency of NHS services’ and ‘Best Technology Partnership of the Year’ categories in the HSJ Partnership Awards.
MyStaff App allows staff to access policies, procedures and care guidelines in one convenient place on mobile devices or PCs at the Trust, with more than 12,000 staff regularly using the AI-driven platform.
This makes it quicker for clinicians to search for this information to support their patients, with projections indicating that the app could release 55,000 hours’ worth of time over three years - time that can be spent instead on patient-facing care.
The app also allows staff to send information directly to patients using a QR code or by email.
Sarah Wellings, Document Control Manager at the Trust, said: “Being shortlisted in the award finals is a huge boost for both organisations’ dedicated and hard-working development teams. We hope our entry will inspire other healthcare providers to adopt similar technologies. This will ultimately enhance the quality of care for patients and support national plans over the next ten years to digitise the NHS.”
The winners will be announced at the final in London in March 2025.
The shortlisting is the second in as many months, after the teams behind MyStaff App reached the final of the Nursing Times Workforce Awards.