In their 18th year, the Health Innovation Awards acknowledge “forward-thinking” healthcare organizations and their technology solution partners using Microsoft technology to improve healthcare.
The awards are divided into five categories, and this year the Innovation in Patient Engagement category had two winners.
Here are the 2015 Microsoft Health Innovation Award winners.
Innovation in Analytics
STE Consultants and ABPathfinder
ABPathfinder developed a cloud-based software tool that collects, graphs and analyzes data in real time. The tool aggregates behavioral data of individuals. STE Consultants’ therapy practice uses ABPathfinder’s software to help individuals with autism gain communication and social skills.
Innovation in Patient Engagement
Children’s Specialized Hospital (Mountainside, N.J.) and BluePrint Healthcare IT
BluePrint Healthcare IT developed a team-based care coordination and communication tool called Care Navigator that the hospital is using as part of its medical home model in attempts to improve efficient and effective communication between the hospital and family caregivers.
Community Healthcare System (Munster, Ind.) and Hitachi Consulting
Hitachi developed a new wellness program using gamification software and real-time data to encourage Community Healthcare System employees to adopt healthier behaviors.
Innovation in Operations and Workflow
Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City)
The health system is using a solution built on Microsoft Lync technology to enhance communication with patients and care teams.
Innovation in Productivity and Mobility
Cardiovascular Center of Marin General Hospital (Greenbrae, Calif.) and Allscripts
Marin General Hospital’s cardiovascular center uses Allscripts Wand for Windows, a mobile EHR application designed to increase physician productivity and mobility.
Open Innovation
Hospital La Pedrera (Denia, Spain) and NeuroAtHome
NeuroAtHome’s platform uses sensors, touchscreen interfaces and gamification techniques to provide exercises for physical and cognitive rehabilitation therapy sessions with patients.
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