Clinical nurse specialist Eileen Richardson said she was ''over the moon'' when she heard the idea of the older people's health team at Dunedin Hospital had won $10,000.
For the challenge, Ms Richardson pitched ''My Health Hub'' to an executive judging panel at Dunedin Hospital last week.
My Health Hub was a magnetic whiteboard for elderly people to record information when the different health services and agencies visited their home, Ms Richardson said.
It would be placed on a patient's fridge, to ensure all details of referrals, medication, hospital appointments and any special instructions were kept in one place and available for both the patient, carers and family.
Some elderly people had memory problems, or become a bit overwhelmed, by all the different services, and different faces, they saw weekly, she said.
''It will give them a little bit of understanding and reassurance and help the family know what is going on.''
Southern District Health Board chief executive Carole Heatly said there were many ''diverse and innovative'' ideas from the 11 enthusiastic staff members and it was difficult for the panel to choose the winners, because all the applicants revealed ''passion and drive''.
Five ideas were awarded shares of the $25,000 prize money yesterday.
The other successful entries included a DVD to cover the patient education requirements around home oxygen therapy; a unique and contemporary framework for procedures performed under sterile conditions; a patient DVD for pre-treatment planning and radiotherapy and a care-co-ordination centre electronic notification system.
This is the second year that the challenge has been held.
