An innovative software application that helps hospitals plan and provide care for cancer patients needing chemotherapy headed an impressive list of award winners at the 2008 BCS IT Industry Awards.
The awards ceremony, which took place last night at the Grosvenor House Hotel on London's Park Lane, saw 23 awards handed out in three categories: Individual Excellence, Organisational Excellence and Project Excellence.
"The BCS IT Industry awards are regarded as the hallmark of excellence, best practice and professionalism in the industry," said David Clarke, chief executive of the BCS.
Concentra claimed two awards for its pioneering C-Port software application. Produced for the NHS, C-Port applies advanced modelling and simulation techniques to tackle the problem of chemotherapy capacity planning, which has never been done before.
The application can forecast how each individual patient will experience care, how long they wait, who they see, and when. It creates in simulated form real life events that influence treatment such as equipment breakdowns, phone calls, meetings and absenteeism.
The judging panel - which included IT PRO Editor Chris Green - praised C-Port for its innovation, its contribution to the healthcare industry and for the benefit it delivered for patients and their families by improving the efficiency of care.
Other high-profile winners included Garlik for its DataPatrol identity theft prevention technology and CSC's Emergency Care Solution for NHS Ambulance Services, which enables paramedics, using a rugged touch screen tablet, to access a summary of the patient's notes to help them determine the best course of treatment and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
Full details of the winning projects, companies and individuals can be found here.
Project Excellence Awards winners
Environment Project
SPIRE by Fivium
Web-based Technology
DataPatrol by Garlik
Business-to-Business Project
C-PORT by Concentra
Mobile Technology Project
Emergency Care Solution for NHS Ambulance Services by CSC
Research & Development Project
The Simul Weather SDK by Simul Software
Information Security & Data Management Project
Policy Based Encryption Service by MessageLabs
Social Contribution Project
C-PORT by Concentra
Flagship for Innovation
DataPatrol by Garlik
Organisational Excellence Awards winners
Public Sector
Fife Council
Commercial & Financial Sector
Norwich & Peterborough Building Society
IT Consultancy of the Year
Xantus Consulting
Green Organisation
gm2 Logistics
Large Technology Supplier
Neural Technologies
SME Supplier
Portal Technology Systems Limited
GCS Women
Goldman Sachs International
Individual Excellence Awards winners
IT Trainer of the Year
David Brown from U Can Do IT
Business Analyst of the Year
Leigh Taylor from Skandia
Service Manager of the Year
Claire Adams from NHS Connecting for Health
Systems Developer of the Year
Simon Adams from Parallel
Consultant of the Year
Nandakumar Balasubramaniyan from Portal Technology Systems
Project Manager of the Year
Tina Sands from National Grid
Young IT Practitioner
Sarah Christie from Procter & Gamble
IT Leader of the Year
Richard Earland from National Policing Improvement Agency
