Moorfields staff receive digital fellowships

Health Education England has awarded Topol Digital Fellowships to Moorfields staff Dr Roxanne Crosby-Nwaobi and Dr Meriam Islam.

Head of research nursing Dr Crosby-Nwaobi’s project involves using a cloud-based web-app to enable community nurses to obtain specialist level clinical history and also the use of a portable retinal camera at GP surgeries that can transfer images to a specialist centre.

Specialty registrar Dr Islam’s project focuses on an app called Alleye, which will allow patients to monitor their sight and disease progression from home, and will send the data to the hospital.

Dr Crosby-Nwaobi said: ‘I am delighted to have received this fellowship and I am excited about what I can bring to the role. When considering how to make digital transformation a reality in the NHS, a key enabler for this is nurses. Early and prolonged engagement with key nursing stakeholders in NHS organisations is crucial to facilitate a digital transformation plan.’