WINNER

Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust

Transforming Syncope Management Pathways and Electronic Health Record Integration

Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust has transformed syncope care by fully integrating Zio cardiac monitoring into its Epic electronic patient record. This digital-first pathway enables patients to be discharged sooner, monitored continuously at home, and diagnosed within days rather than months. The approach reduces unnecessary admissions and invasive procedures, improves diagnostic accuracy, and generates significant cost and efficiency gains. Patients benefit from faster answers and greater reassurance, while clinicians report streamlined workflows and enhanced confidence in care. Scalable and standards-based, this model sets a blueprint for safer, smarter, digitally enabled pathways across the NHS.

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Highly commended

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: A bespoke digital referral, triage, tracking and dashboard system for a brand new IV Access Service in North Wales

Finalists

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre FT & University of Liverpool: Establishing Electronic Patient Recorded Outcome Measures as a Remote Monitoring tool in Palliative Care

Tavistock and Portman FT: Process and Clinical Pathway automation through eForms and NHS App.

Imperial College Healthcare Trust (on behalf of North West London Acute Provider Collaborative): North West London Collaborative Digital Approach to Inpatient Tobacco Dependency Services

Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Trust: Optimising the Musculoskeletal Self-Referral Pathway Using Digital Triage

NHS Somerset and Somerset FT: Electronic Somerset Treatment Escalation Plan (eSTEP)

Newcastle Hospitals FT: Connect NENC (North East and North Cumbria)

NHS Tayside: Digital Direct Listing: A High-Efficiency Cataract Pathway for the Modern NHS

Topics

HSJ Digital Awards 2026: Winners revealed

Digital Awards 2026_Left Aligned

The HSJ Digital Awards 2026 took place last night at the ICC Birmingham, celebrating outstanding contributions to digital healthcare transformation across the NHS and wider sector.