Nominees and winners of BMJ Awards: South Asia 2024-25
Digital innovation:
This award honours a project that has used a novel and original digital approach to improve patient care demonstrably.
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Shortlisted nominees:
- Effectiveness of a Smartphone and pedometer based physical activity program on objectively measured sedentary time, cardiometabolic disease risk and cognitive functions among sedentary office workers – A three-arm cluster randomized controlled trialAuthor: Baskaran Chandrasekaran
- Leveraging ECG Images for Predicting Ejection Fraction using Machine Learning AlgorithmsAuthor: Pradeep Narayan
Winner: Leveraging ECG Images for Predicting Ejection Fraction using Machine Learning Algorithms
Author: Pradeep Narayan
Quality improvement:
This award recognises teams that are using original approaches to quality improvement to boost clinical outcomes.
Shortlisted nominees:
- Use of drone technology for rapid intraoperative transport of oncosurgical specimens for frozen section analysis – A proof of concept & feasibility study from IndiaAuthor: Sumit Aggarwal
- Physician-Led Hyperacute Ischemic Stroke Management Service at District General Hospital Monaragala – Establishment, Implementation, Surveillance and Achieving SustainabilityAuthor: Nuwan Premawardana
- Reducing the incidence of Surgical Site Infection through improvement in preoperative bathing: A QI initiativeAuthor: Dr Anamika Das
Winner: Reducing the incidence of Surgical Site Infection through improvement in preoperative bathing: A QI initiative
Author: Dr Anamika Das
Sustainability and climate action:
This award recognises teams taking action to reduce the impact of their practice on the environment.
Sponsored by: Grant Thornton
Shortlisted nominees:
- Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impactAuthor: Padmaja Kumari Rani
- Best Practices in EM v1.0 (BPEM v1.0)
Author: Ankur Verma
- The pathway to a greener surgery: transformations in cataract surgery to reduce carbon footprintAuthor: Shalini Shetty
Winner: Teleophthalmology at a primary and tertiary eye care network from India: environmental and economic impact
Author: Padmaja Kumari Rani
Maternal and child health team of the year:
This award recognises healthcare professionals in South Asia who are working to make integrated maternal and child health services affordable and accessible.
Shortlisted nominees:
- Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry
Author: Justin Paul Gnanaraj
- Early detection and treatment of postpartum haemorrhage using E-MOTIVE bundle – A pre and post implementation study in PakistanAuthor: Sidrah Nausheen
- Maternal and Infant Health Intelligence and Cognitive Insights (MIHIC) scoring systemAuthor: Suresh Attili
Winner: Tamil Nadu Pregnancy and Heart Disease Registry
Author: Justin Paul Gnanaraj
Excellence in medical education:
This award recognises a project that demonstrates outstanding innovation in medical education and performance improvement.
Sponsored by: MIND’s Labs Publishing
Shortlisted nominees:
- Diagnostic utility of Neutrophil Biomarkers to identify Neonatal Sepsis and Predict Septic ShockAuthor: Prof (Dr.) Sangeeta Choudhury
- A Portable Pressurised Isolation System
Author: Ajay Bhandarwar
- Validation of HIV-1 and HIV-2 in single reaction amplification and quantification of viral load in Micro PCRAuthor: Shyam Prakash
Winner: Diagnostic utility of Neutrophil Biomarkers to identify Neonatal Sepsis and Predict Septic Shock
Author: Prof (Dr.) Sangeeta Choudhury
Primary care:
This award recognises primary care teams who have had a substantial effect on the health and wellbeing of the wider community.
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Shortlisted nominees:
- Mobile Health Van as an intervention model to provide primary healthcare and wellbeing to street and marginalised children in IndiaAuthor: Rajeev Seth
- Community-Based Sickle Cell Disease Screening and Education Program in Indian Tribal RegionsAuthor: PSK Varma
- Establishing Nepal’s First Institutional Poison Information CenterAuthor: Ramu Kharel
Winner: Establishing Nepal’s First Institutional Poison Information Center
Author: Ramu Kharel
