Our achievements

Posted on 3 Feb 2023

We are delighted that our Community Stroke team has been shortlisted in the national Smarter Working Live awards, in the Digital Transformation category alongside Isla (a visual technology solution). After recently also being shortlisted in the national HTN Now Awards in the Connecting Health category.

We were shortlisted for both awards for how we use a visual technology solution called ‘Isla’ to share patient data between the Trust and our local hospitals, to support the continuation of care in stroke rehabilitation. The use of Isla has supported the sharing of relevant information to a patient’s stroke rehabilitation journey. This has included videos and images shared from ward to community to support timely and effective discharge home.

Keeley Sheldon, Executive Director of Community Services said:

“I am thrilled to see our partnership with Isla recognised at a national level in both these awards. It has proven to be a really important tool to enable us to share information across the health care community, to ensure stroke patients are provided with the best possible care in their recovery. Well done to all involved, wishing them the best of luck for the next stage of the Smarter Working Live awards.”

Stroke rehabilitation is a complex patient pathway involving several multi-disciplinary teams, so it is integral to have a secure and reliable mechanism for capturing and sharing data between organisations. The ability to review videos provides rich patient context and gives patients the opportunity to contribute directly to their care record.

Frankie Cook, Service Transformation Lead said

“Our work with Isla has made a significant impact in how community services deliver patient care in partnership with acute care. The application of Isla across stroke care has provided us with an opportunity to think differently in how we interact with our acute partners and how we can collectively work together to ensure that the patient journey from the hospital bed to home is seamless. As a community provider Notts Healthcare are proud to be recognised through the HTN and Smarter Working Live awards, as it is testimony to our collaboration with Isla and the wider healthcare community to make a real difference to patient care.”

Winners of the Smarter Working Live awards will be announced on 23 March 2023.

Winners of the HTN awards were announced on 18 January. More here: HTN Now Awards 2023 Finalists! - htn