Last night Florence won the award for Best Public Sector Project at the Big Chip Awards.
We’re certainly not in this for the awards but, gaining recognition in this way is a welcome pat on the back, and helps motivate us through the next stages of development.
The judges could see how simple the application is and how significant the benefits are to both patients and clinicians in the NHS. The judges said of Florence:
“The winner in the Best Public Sector category is a deceptively simple yet innovative application of SMS technology, which delivers significant cost-saving benefits to the commissioning client and potentially life-saving benefits to its users.”
It’s still very early days for Florence but we’ve already managed to signup 14 primary care trusts, and as their patients start using the system we’ll have success stories to share of not only big savings for the NHS but also quality of life improvements for their patients.
And the good news continued when I received a note from the 160 Characters organisation just this morning to say we’ve been short listed for their Global Messaging Awards too.