Meet Our 2022 Winners
Congratulations to all our 2022 winners, highly commended and finalists and a big thank you for everything that you are doing for the Irish healthcare sector!
An Duais Mhór
sponsored by:
Winner
Dermview Dermatology
Dermview's advanced technology and services helps to rapidly reduce RCSI hospital waiting lists in dermatology by over 30% in just seven months.
Best Use of Information Technology
Winner
Clanwilliam Health
Socrates
Highly Commended
GuideDoc & Pharmacy Department, Saint Vincent’s University Hospital
Simplifying access to the Medicines Guide at the point of care
Community Healthcare Worker of the Year
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Winner
A GP (Adamstown Medical Centre, Wexford)
All GP Administrative Staff nationally 'The Front Line of a Front Line'
Educational Meeting of the Year
Winner
Irish General Practice Nurses Educational Association
IGPNEA Dermatology Course
Highly Commended
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
First European Society Human Genetics (ESHG) Course/Workshop on ‘Precision Medicine: A Focus on Clinical Utility
Equality Initiative of the Year
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Winner
Translate Ireland and the HSE Social Inclusion Office
My Health, My Language
Excellence in Healthcare Management
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Winner
Peter McVerry Trust
Peter McVerry Trust - Response to COVID-19
Highly Commended
NEC Software Solutions
Reshaping Diabetic Eye Screening Programmes post-COVID-19
Healthiest Company of the Year
Winner
North west Hospice
Hospital Project of the Year
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Winner
Children's Health Ireland
Making Intrathecal Chemotherapy Injections Safer
Highly Commended
HSE Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth
Early Administration of buccal colostrum to preterm babies in NICU – An MDT project
St Columcille's Hospital
Delayed Transfer Of Care (DTOC) Patient Improvement Lead
St James's Hospital
Using modern teledermatology, partnered with Dermview Dermatology to improve patient pathways to clear large waiting lists rapidly in the hospital Dermatology Department
Innovation in Healthcare and Medicine
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Winner
Children's Health Ireland
Ward-Based Pharmacy Technicians Assisting Nurses in Medication Management
Pain Relief Ireland
The "Biowave Clinic": Redefining the management of chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Highly Commended
Clontarf Hospital
Establishing a virtual home assessment process – 'Innovation at the virtual front door'
NEC Software Solutions
Innovation to the National Screening Service Pathway
Innovation in Primary Care
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Winner
HeartCare at Home
Dr Donal Bailey
International Prize of the Year
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Winner
The HRB-Irish Critical Care-Clinical Trials Network (HRB-ICC-CTN), at the University College Dublin Clinical Research Centre, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin
Working together globally to defeat COVID-19: The HRB-ICC-CTN Pandemic Preparedness Program
Mental Health Initiative of the Year
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Winner
Health Service Executive
The PARC Project
NCHD Project of the Year
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Winner
Dr Ciara Carroll and Dr Carol Norton, National Doctors Training and Planning
E-Portfolio for Non-Training Scheme Doctors
Highly Commended
Irish Emergency Medicine Trainees Association
TheCase. Report
Nursing Project of the Year
Winner
Clontarf Hospital
Preventing Leaks Continence Promotion
Highly Commended
Hamilton Park Care Facility
Reducing Hospital Transfer Thru the Use of First Line Intravenous Antibiotics in Hamilton Park Care Facility
Outpatient Initiative of the Year
Winner
Dermview Dermatology
Dermview's advanced technology and services help to rapidly reduce RCSI hospital waiting lists in dermatology by over 30% in just seven months
Highly Commended
Children's Health Ireland
Gastroenterology Active Triage (GAT) Clinic
Outstanding Contribution
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Winner
Dr Larry Bacon
Patient Education Project of the Year
Non-Pharmaceutical
Winner
Galway University Hospitals
Long Covid Patient Education Group
Patient Education Project of the Year
Pharmaceutical
Winner
United Drug
United Drug Pharmacy Webinar Series
Patient Organisation Project of the Year
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Winner
Irish Lung Fibrosis Association
ILFA’s online exercise programme for pulmonary fibrosis patients during Covid-19 and beyond
Highly Commended
Sjögrens Research Ireland – a collaboration between Sjögrens Ireland (patient advocacy group) and the Ocular Immunology Research Group (OIRG) at RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences.
Inaugural Sjögrens Research Ireland Podcast and Knowledge Exchange Event in Partnership with RCSI
Public Health Initiative of the Year
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Winner
HSE National Health Intelligence Unit
Information and mapping solutions for pandemic response
Highly Commended
HSE Department of Public Health East, Vaccination Subgroup Team, Dublin South, Kildare & West Wicklow (DSKWW) – CHO7; HSE Health and Wellbeing, COVID Management Team, DSKWW-CHO7; HSE Social Inclusion DSKWW – CHO7; Safetynet Primary Care, Dublin 7
Reaching out to vulnerable migrant workers with COVID-19 vaccine
Novartis Ireland, the Irish Heart Foundation and Smart D8
Heart of Our City
Research Paper of the Year
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Winner
Children's Health Ireland
An Estimate of the Cumulative Paediatric Prevalence of Rare Diseases in Ireland and Comment on the Literature
Highly Commended
HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork
Core components of frailty screening in the emergency department: An international Delphi consensus study
Response to Covid-19 by a Hospital, Patient Group, Doctor or Institution
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Winner
Ireland East Hospital Group, Procurement Team
Response to Covid-19 by IEHG Procurement Team
Highly Commended
Clontarf Hospital
The implementation of a responsive COVID Rehabilitation Pathway at the outset of the Coronavirus Pandemic March 2020
United Drug
Ireland's Covid-19 Vaccination Programme
Student Project of the Year
Winner
Alexander Fives
SmoothScan
An Duais Mhór
sponsored by:
Winner
Dermview Dermatology
Dermview's advanced technology and services helps to rapidly reduce RCSI hospital waiting lists in dermatology by over 30% in just seven months.
NCHD Project of the Year
sponsored by:
Winner
Dr Ciara Carroll and Dr Carol Norton, National Doctors Training and Planning
E-Portfolio for Non-Training Scheme Doctors
Highly Commended
Irish Emergency Medicine Trainees Association
TheCase. Report