Our dementia study which aims to transform support for people with dementia and their carers using new technologies was voted the Best Mental Health Initiative of 2017 by a panel of healthcare and IT experts at the annual ehi Awards.
TIHM (Technology Integrated Health Management) for dementia uses new technologies allowing clinicians to remotely monitor a person’s health and safety round the clock and in real time. If a problem is identified clinicians can step in to offer support. TIHM is one of seven Test Beds funded by the Department of Health that is looking at new ways to deliver treatment and care for people with long term and complex health needs.
The ehi Awards judging panel, co-chaired by Dr Joe McDonald, Connected Health Cities’ Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer at Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, praised our Trust for “demonstrating a broad range of interoperability in mental health” and said they were “impressed” with the positive feedback they had seen from people who have been trialling the technology.
Dr Helen Rostill, Director of Innovation and Development, said: “We are delighted to have won the Best Mental Health initiative at the ehi Awards. This study is pioneering the use of new technologies to support people with dementia and their carers and to be recognised for what we have achieved by a panel of industry leaders at this flagship event is a great achievement.”
The University of Surrey is one of the key partners in the study and other key partners include: the Alzheimer’s Society, Royal Holloway University of London and eight technology innovators.