Collaboration with North Bristol wins a BSR Best Practice Award
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A collaboration between Rx-info and Southmead Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust has won a 2024 British Society of Rheumatology Best Practice Award.
The award, which highlights outstanding services and excellence across rheumatology, was awarded for the design and implementation of RxInvolve, a web based calculator designed to support clinicians in their biologic choice.
Reflecting on their win they said:
“Our RxInvolve web tool has been designed to support equitable, cost-effective prescribing of b/tsDMARDs whilst enabling clinician judgement and empowering patient choice. Winning the prestigious Best Practice Award is very exciting as we hope it will give us a platform to share this work which would be highly beneficial to all rheumatology teams and their patients.”
Rx-info were involved from the beginning providing a platform for design and development and working closely with the team at North Bristol to suggest improvements throughout the process. The system uses NICE guidance, recommended dosing and up-to-date contract data from CMU to provide the best cost estimate of individual treatment options. The RxInvolve system is hosted by Rx-info alongside other products such as Define and Exend allowing easy access for all practitioners. Future expansion of the system estimates costs in other specialties such as ophthalmology and dermatology as well as additional features.
The system can now be purchased as an additional add-on for Trusts.