Awards and Grants

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WA State 2011 Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality

Qualis Health, one of the nation's leading healthcare consulting and care management organizations, presented the Washington State Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality today. The awards were presented to five healthcare organizations, recognizing their achievements in improving healthcare quality and outcomes in 2011.

The 2012 Quality Awards of Excellence in Healthcare Quality were presented to the following organizations and their projects:

HALL HEALTH PRIMARY CARE CENTER - Seattle, Washington
Innovation - Modifying Opioid Prescribing Patterns by Use of Electronic Health Record Tools

HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER - Seattle, Washington
Three-Part Aim: Improved Healthcare for Individuals, Better Health for the Community, Lower Per-Capita Costs - Improving Access, Outcomes and Efficiency of Mental Health Care: Moving from Consultation to Integration in Primary Care

HARBORVIEW MEDICAL CENTER - Seattle, Washington
Innovation - Serial Patient Screening for Infectious Source (SePSIS): An Early Warning System for Sepsis

MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM - Tacoma, Washington
Innovation - Using a Multi-Faceted Active Change Process and Infection Prevention to Reduce Post-Op C-Section Infections: Implementing a "C-Section Bundle" for High-Risk Patients

SEATTLE CANCER CARE ALLIANCE - Seattle, Washington
Innovation - Evaluating the Effectiveness of an Infection Control for Construction, Remodel and Maintenance Policy in an Ambulatory Oncology Setting

SWEDISH HEALTH SERVICES - Seattle, Washington
Three-Part Aim: Improved Healthcare for Individuals, Better Health for the Community, Lower Per-Capita Costs - Reducing 30-Day Readmissions for Heart Failure Inpatients through Coordinated Care and Post-Acute Follow-Up

Leaders in Health Care

Seattle Business magazine honored 21 of Washington state’s health care innovators, CEOs, hospitals and other organizations at the fourth Leaders in Health Care awards dinner Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Bell Harbor International Conference Center in Seattle.

Lifetime Achievement Award:

Winner: Rick Linneweh, President and CEO, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital

Outstanding Health Care Executive:

Winner: Rick Cooper, CEO, The Everett Clinic

Silver Award: Barbara Trehearne, Group Health Cooperative

Silver Award: Johnese Spisso, UW Medicine

Outstanding Health Care Professional:

Winner: Dr. Margaret Hall, Northwest Hospital & Medical Center

Silver Award: Richard Caggiano, Pullman Regional Hospital

Silver Award: Shannon Fitzgerald, Seattle Children’s

Outstanding Innovation in Biopharmaceuticals:

Winner: Seattle Genetics