Improving Out of Hospital Care through Digital 

Improving Out of Hospital Care through Digital
Improving Out of Hospital Care through Digital 
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Out of hospital care is about enabling people to receive safe, effective and timely support without needing to be in a hospital setting. It includes a broad range of services, from long term condition management and rehabilitation to preventative care and community-based support. Digital innovation is playing a central role in expanding these services, improving access and helping people stay healthier for longer.

This category focuses on initiatives that go beyond short-term hospital substitution. Judges will be looking for digital projects that have strengthened out of hospital care across communities, improved patient independence and choice, and supported staff to deliver more proactive, coordinated and efficient care.

Eligibility

  • All NHS organisations (including providers, partnerships, and systems), General Practice and primary care organisations.
  • Evidence must relate to a project, ongoing or completed within the 2 years up until the award entry deadline.

Ambition

  • ·Set out the need for the project or service and why improving out of hospital care was a priority for your organisation or system.
  • Describe the aims and how they support proactive, coordinated and community-based care.
  • Define the intended measures of success and the steps put in place to achieve them.

Outcome

  • Provide qualitative and quantitative evidence of improved access, independence, patient choice and health outcomes.
  • Show how the service has enabled earlier intervention, reduced reliance on hospital-based care, or improved long-term condition management.
  • Share any financial impacts of implementation, including evidence relating to value for money and/or efficiencies realised.

Value

  • Explain how the project has contributed to the long-term sustainability of out of hospital services.
  • Evidence improved experience for both patients and staff, and any gains in efficiency or capacity.
  • Highlight any additional benefits realised, such as addressing inequalities or enhancing community partnerships.

Involvement

  • Describe and provide testimonial evidence of the working relationship between the technology partner (if relevant) and the NHS organisation that enabled a genuinely co-produced the service.
  • Share how all relevant staff were engaged in the design and implementation of the project or service.
  • Explain how patients, service users or the community were involved in the design, planning and implementation of this project, product, or service. 

Spread

  • Describe and if possible, evidence how the learnings from the project or service development have been shared across and beyond your organisation or system.
  • Share evidence of adoption across multiple services, pathways or geographies.
  • Outline the potential and plans for scaling or replicating the approach.

To find out more

Partnership opportunities:  Sponsorship Sales Team
Awards entry enquiries: Delegate Sales Team
Judging and event management: Awards Support