Meet winners!
The Irish medical field gathered 20 November 2019 at the Ballsbridge Hotel, Dublin.
Huge congratulations to all those who were a Winner or Commended on the night!
This was an incredibly competitive year and you should be very proud of your achievement.
An Duais Mhór
Sponsored by Genomics Medicine Ireland
Winner
Qpercom Ltd and National University of Ireland Galway — Enhance Admission, Selection Interviews and Clinical Assessment to Improve Healthcare Management, are we Equipped for it?
Best Use of IT — Other
Winner
National Treatment Purchase Fund — Patient Access Management System (PAMS)
Commendations
- Caredoc — Caredoc Communications Project
- iMedical.ie - online resource solution for Medical Practices in Ireland, combining quality information, practical advice and essential tools for promoting and monitoring best practice, excellent standards and compliance
Best Use of IT – Hospital
Winner
Clinical Innovation Unit at the Rotunda Hospital — Use of Artificial Intelligence for Interpretation of Bacterial Vaginosis Molecular Results in Maternity Patients
Commendation
Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — The introduction of a fully automated RFID Stock Management System in a Children's Hospital
Best Use of Social Media
Winner
Asthma Society of Ireland — Inaugural Asthma Awareness Week 2019 — Digital
Commendation
Pfizer Ireland — Emotion Space
Educational Meeting of the Year
Winner
World Institute of Pain World Congress 2018 (WIP Dublin 2018)
Commendation
The Spark Innovation Programme; Health Service Executive (HSE) — The Spark Summit
Educational Project of the Year
Winner
4Front Pharmacy Online
Commendation
ICGP Interaction — A Means to Bring the Training Curriculum Alive!
Excellence in Healthcare Management
Winner
Qpercom Ltd and National University of Ireland Galway — Enhance Admission, Selection Interviews and Clinical Assessment to Improve Healthcare Management, are we Equipped for it?
Commendations
- Northgate Public Services — Family Friendly Hearing Screening
- Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services — Russellheim
GP of the Year
Sponsored by Medisec Ireland
Winner
Dr Mairead Cassidy - Carlton Clinic
Hospital Project of the Year
Sponsored by Vhi Healthcare
Winner
National Maternity Hospital — Placenta Accreta Spectrum Service
Commendations
- Royal College of Physicians of Ireland — An Approach to Caring and Coping
- Saolta Health Care Group — N-Exit: Separation of Neonatal and Paediatric Clinical Care and On-Call
- St Vincent's Private Hospital — Tattooless Radiotherapy
Innovative GP Project of the Year
Winner
Dr Angelo Grazioli & OOHCPD.com
NCHD Project of the Year
Winner
St Vincent's University Hospital — Pre-Hospital Grand Rounds
Commendations
- St James's Hospital / Cork University Hospital — Traumadoc
- RCSI National Basic Surgical Training Programme (BST), Department of Postgraduate Surgery. Emergency — Safe Simulation Bootcamp for Novice Surgical Trainees
Nursing & Midwifery Project of the Year
Winner
Resilience: Advanced Community Care — Caring for Those Who Care: Bringing Schwartz Rounds to Resilience
Commendations
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — Safe Nursing Transportation of Non-Critical Infants and Children who Require Treatment and Investigations Abroad
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — The Introduction of a Nursing Handover Bundle to Improve the Quality of Communication on a Neo-Natal/Infant Ward
Outpatient Initiative of the Year
Sponsored by Mater Private
Winner
Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — ACT BEST: Active Clinical Triaging Before Evaluation Expedites Treatment: A Triage Outpatient Referral Clinic in a Children's Hospital
Commendations
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — A Nurse-Led Discharge Pathway for a Paediatric Burns and Plastics Clinic
- Children's Health Ireland at Tallaght — Establishment of the Down Syndrome Health Surveillance Clinic
Patient Education Project of the Year - Non-Pharmaceutical
Winner
Asthma Society of Ireland (supported by Dyson and GSK) — Hayfever Campaign
Commendations
- St Vincent's Adolescent Mental Health Services — Discharge Workbook
- Irish Cancer Society — Understanding Chemotherapy: A Group Education Session for Patients, Families or Friends Prior to Commencing Chemotherapy Facilitated by an Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centre Cancer Nurse
Patient Education Project of the Year – Pharmaceutical
Winner
The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin and Roche Products (Ireland) Ltd. — Switch On To Immunotherapy — Immunotherapy Patient Education Programme
Commendations
- MSD — The Right Click? Exploring Levels of Trust in Online Healthcare Information
- Arthritis Ireland supported by UCB — Pregnancy and Arthritis
Patient Lifestyle Education Project of the Year
Sponsored by Vhi Healthcare
Winner
Kilimanjaro Achievers — Physical Challenge for the Physically Challenged
Commendations
- Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland — Debunking the Myths: The Science Behind Women's Health
- Irish Cancer Society — We Can Quit
Patient Organisation Project of the Year
Sponsored by Benecol
Winner
Asthma Society of Ireland (supported by GSK and in association with Salutem Insights) — Easing the Economic Burden of Asthma
Commendations
- Irish Heart Foundation — Young Stroke Support Group
- Irish Lung Fibrosis Association (ILFA) — ILFA's World Café Event on Palliative Care and Planning for the Future
Pharmaceutical Social Commitment Project of the Year
Winner
Asthma Society of Ireland (supported by GSK and Boots Ireland) — Inaugural Asthma Awareness Week
Commendation
MSD and Jigsaw — MSD Neighbour of Choice Programme, Collaborating with Jigsaw to Support the Development of Jigsawonline.ie, a New Online Mental Health Resource for Young People, Parents and Educators
Practice Manager of the Year
Winner
Samina Rafique - Youghal clinic
Practice Nurse of the Year
Winner
Mrs Heather Walsh — Irish Defence Forces Commendation
Commendation
Dr Theresa Lowry-Lehnen — Carlow Institute of Technology
Public Health Initiative of the Year
Winner
Croí & Galway County Local Community Development Committee — The Healthy Island Roadshow — Addressing Health Inequalities Through Empowering and Building Healthier Communities
Commendation
Irish Cancer Society — Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign
Research Paper of the Year
Winner
National Institute for Prevention and Cardiovascular Health — A Systematic Review of Low Dose Aspirin in the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
Commendations
- Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin — Tracehostromy Speaking Valve Modification in Children: A Standardized Approach Leads to Widespread Use
- Irish Prison Services — Seek and Treat, HepCare Europe
Student Project of the Year
Winner
Croí — Severe Obesity as a Barrier to International Travel: A Qualitative Analysis
Commendations
- St James's Hospital Inclusion Health Team — Addressing Complex Societal Challenges in Health Education — A Physiotherapy-Led Initiative Embedding Inclusion Health in an Undergraduate Curriculum
- Academy of Clinical Science and Laboratory Medicine — Antibiotic Resistance Reversal in Multi-Drug Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: Exploring the soxS-Dependent Regulon
Sustainable Healthcare Project of the Year
Winner
Co-Operation And Working Together (CAWT) Cross Border Partnership in collaboration with the National Ambulance Service, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service & Scottish Ambulance Service — CAWT Community Paramedic Project
Commendations
- Mobile Medical Diagnostics — Mobile Medical Diagnostics for Nursing Homes
- Challenge — Introduction of Sustainable, Comprehensive and Competitive Indemnity Insurance for Consultant Doctors and Hospitals backed by Challenge Broking and Medico-legal Support Teams