Digital nursing best practice case studies

Peter is Alder Hey NHS Foundation Trust’s first CNIO; a senior nurse working with the clinical, iDigital and Innovation teams. Having close working relationship with clinical staff to ensure they have access to the best digital solutions, Peter is transforming the way nurses deliver care for children and young people. Peter takes an active lead on nursing informatics, utilising data to improve patient care, safety and experience. Peter is the chair for the UK Meditech User Group as well as an active member of the North West Digital Nurse, AHP and Midwifery Network. As the first specialist hospital in Europe to achieve HIMSS Stage 7, Alder Hey is at the forefront of digital innovation and implementation.

Helen has worked in healthcare for over 35 years in a variety of professional roles from care assistant and ward clerk to internal auditor. She is a former adult nurse who specialised in palliative care, and has been a registered midwife for the past 24 years. She has two MScs in healthcare quality improvement and is a Prince 2 Practitioner, complimented with Lean Six Sigma Green Belt methodology.

She is currently finalising her PhD thesis researching maternity staff experiences of asking for help as escalation tools have transitioned to digital ways of working. To date she is the only midwife to have been sponsored by The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute.

My career began with care of the elderly and learning disabilities within the community before leading onto becoming a Registered Midwife 14 years ago. My career took an unanticipated turn when my passion of how patient care and clinical practice could be enhanced using technology when leading on the implementation of a Maternity EPR System. It was during this period that I was able to expand my vision beyond maternity and see the benefits of clinically motivated, technology enhanced care, thus leading to my current position 4 years ago as an Associate Nursing Informatics Officer.

I am committed to staying at the forefront of healthcare technical development and innovation and am currently engaged within a Florence Nightingale Digital Leadership Scholarship Programme along with aiming to commence a MSc in Senior Leadership in 2024.

My international membership with the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) attests to my global perspective and commitment to advancing healthcare through technology. I am passionate about leveraging technology to elevate patient care standards and contribute to the strategic design of clinical processes. My expertise, dedication and commitment are an asset to the healthcare and tech community as it continues with the Digital Revolution.

Dr. Ruth Agbakoba has over 10 years global professional experience in health innovation, digital transformation, implementation science, informatics, and health systems research. She holds 1st Class Degree in Biomedical Informatics, Masters in Health Informatics, and PhD in Digital Health Innovation, Ruth pivoted into working in Medical AI and Natural Language Processing in 2019 as Honorary Research Fellow at University College London.

Ruth recently completed a Post-Doctoral Innovation Fellowship at New York University where she was leading on iCPR3: a US National Institute of Health (NIH) grant focused on designing and developing a nurse-led clinical decision support system (embedded within Electronic Patient Record) to tackle overprescribing of antibiotics for acute respiratory infections, whilst promoting better patient outcomes and responsible antibiotic stewardship.