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Healthcare IT

Healthcare providers vie for FutureGov Award

By Robin Hicks | 13 September 2010

In the lineup of contenders for the FutureGov Awards’ Healthcare Organisation of the Year - a new category this year - entries from India, Australia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the Philippines are in the running. One judge noted that he was looking for “originality” in how technology is used to improve healthcare.

The entries, of which 40 per cent are from Singapore and 25 per cent are from India, are varied in their approach and scope, ranging from a series of health reforms at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation in India to a robotic medication dispensing system at Singapore’s KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

Other interesting entries include a clinical knowledge management application in Hong Kong and the efforts of a health ICT visioning, testing and trialing hub, the Australian Centre for Health Innovation.

So what are the judges looking for in a winner? Jansen Ek is Vice President & General Manager, APAC, for Intermec, the category’s sponsor. “I think the most important thing to look for is an organisation that is doing something original to bring demonstrable benefits to patients by using technology.”

“We will also look at the healthcare organisation in terms of its ability to plan and execute a ground-breaking idea,” said Ek.

On the major trends emerging in healthcare IT now, Ek noted that mobility is the “overwhelming” trend in the sector. He added that in the future, technology would play a key role in driving up accuracy in drug administration.

“Having a comprehensive solution allows healthcare providers to bring their accuracy levels up significantly as it removes the error-prone, paper-based, side of the administration process.”

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