T. Mark Hodges International Service Award
The T. Mark Hodges International Service Award (ISA) was established in 2007 to honor outstanding individual achievement in promoting, enabling, and/or delivering improvements in the quality of health information internationally through the development of health information professionals, the improvement of libraries or an increased use of health information services. T. Mark Hodges (1933-2006), 1999 recipient of the Marcia C. Noyes Award from the Medical Library Association, was a lifelong believer in the importance of international connections between librarians. The ISA winner will receive a certificate at the MLA annual meeting and the option of receiving a cash prize of $500, or a donation from the Medical Library Association in the amount of $500 to a charity of their choice. Criteria The award is designed to enable MLA to recognize the widest range of achievement in the development of health information services in the international context. It will normally recognize a professional contribution over a sustained period of time, but may also mark a single, outstanding achievement of global significance. The nominee’s achievement may cover the whole range of health information services or a single aspect, and similarly it may be worldwide in its impact, or of more narrow and intense focus. Procedures for Judging An international jury of not less than three MLA members shall be appointed by the MLA President after consultation with the officers of the International Cooperation Section. The judges’ decision shall be based entirely on the information provided on the nomination forms and supporting documents and will be submitted to the Board for ratification. Eligibility Eligibility for the ISA will not be limited to members of MLA. The winner will normally hold a professional Library or Information Science qualification but in the case of exceptional candidates this criterion may be waived at the judges’ discretion.
For more information on the procedures for awards and honors nominations or applications, contact Lisa C. Fried, mlapd2@mlahq.org, 312.419.9094, x28.
Patient Safety Grants for Hospitals, Healthcare Systems and Clinics
This year, the Cardinal Health Foundation will award $1 million in grant funds to support initiatives by healthcare institutions which provide direct patient care to enhance patient safety and quality of care. The Cardinal Health Foundation will issue grants up to $50,000 commensurate with the scope of the patient safety project.In 2007, the review committee awarded 34 grants averaging $30,000 per grant.Please submit online the organization’s patient safety grant letter of intent by Friday, October 31, 2008. Hard copy or email proposals will not be accepted. Letters of intent received after this deadline will not be considered.Visit the following link to submit the letter of intent in a PDF or Word document. Only these two formats will be accepted.
www.cardinalhealth.com/communityFollowing review of the letters of intent submitted under the Cardinal Health Patient Safety Grant Program, those selected by our external review committee, comprised of clinicians and clinical experts, will be invited to submit a full proposal. Invitations to select organizations will be extended on Monday, January 12, 2009 with a final proposal deadline of Friday, February 20, 2009. Grant awards will be announced in Spring 2009.
The primary criteria for the awarding of these grants will be that they address one of the National Quality Forum’s seven priority areas (www.qualityforum.org). The Foundation is especially interested in the following two areas in 2009:
Eliminating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs), specifically MRSA (methicillin-resistant 1. staphylococcus aureus) andC. difficile infection prevention and management; with the goal of taking ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), surgical site infections (SSI) and blood site infections (BSI) to zero.
Medication safety and reconciliation. These initiatives can range from prescribing correct medication to ensuring the right 2. medication gets to the right patient at the right time and assuring information is communicated and understood at key transition points. Use of technology is encouraged.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows2009-2010 Call for ApplicationsDeadline:Nov 14, 2008Program Area:Building Human CapitalPurpose:The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows program provides the nation's most comprehensive experience at the nexus of health science, policy and politics in Washington D.C. The fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for exceptional midcareer health professionals and behavioral and social scientists with an interest in health and health care policy. Fellows experience and participate in the policy process at the federal level and use that leadership experience to improve health, health care and health policy.How To Apply:* This program accepts paper applications only.Eligibility & Selection Criteria:Exceptional candidates from academic faculties and nonprofit health care organizations are encouraged to apply. Applicants may have backgrounds in the following disciplines: allied health professions; biomedical sciences; dentistry; economics or other social sciences; health services organization and administration; medicine; nursing; public health; or social and behavioral health. Beginning in 2008, applicants will be able to select whether to apply from a sponsoring institution or as an individual. Track 1 applicants will maintain their affiliation with their originating academic institution or nonprofit health care organization. Track 2 applicants will have their fellowship stipend administered by the Institute of Medicine (IOM).RWJF is committed to programs that embrace racial, ethnic and gender diversity, and encourages applications from candidates who come from groups that historically have been underrepresented. Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or its territories at the time of application.Members of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellows Advisory Board will assess each applicant, based on the following criteria: * Professional achievements. * Potential for leadership in health policy. * Potential for future growth and career advancement. * Interpersonal and communication skills. * Individual plans for incorporating the fellowship experience into specific career goals.The Advisory Board will select semifinalists from the applicants and interview them in Washington, D.C. Applicants will be notified of their status in mid-January 2009. Interviews for the select group will take place in mid-February 2009. Those applicants who are selected for interviews will receive details about the remainder of the process upon invitation.Key Dates: *November 14, 2008—Deadline for receipt of applications. *January 8, 2009—Selection of semifinalists. *February 18, 2009—Board interviews of semifinalists and announcement of selections.Total Award:Up to 10 grants of up to $165,000 each will be made in 2009. Each fellow will receive up to $94,000 for the Washington stay (September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010) in salary plus fringe benefits or fellowship stipend. Fellows will receive an additional allowance for relocation subject to limitations provided in detail on the program’s Web site.
Contact:Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellowsmmichnich@nas.eduOffice: (202) 334-1506http://www.healthpolicyfellows.org
About AMDA Foundation/Evercare® AwardsImageIn 2008, the AMDA Foundation partnered with Evercare to create the AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards for “Improving the Quality of Life for Persons Living in Nursing Homes” awards program. The three awards were presented at the AMDA Symposium in Salt Lake City on March 6, 2008. The 2009 AMDA Foundation//Evercare® Awards will be presented at the national AMDA Symposium in Charlotte, NC, March 5-8, 2009.These awards will be based on programs nursing facilities have implemented and demonstrated to improve the quality of life for their long term care residents. Three awards of $10,000 each will be provided. At least one of the awards will be given specifically for improved advanced care planning and/or palliative care programs. The three facilities chosen for the award are expected to present a scientific poster of their quality improvement program at the 2009 AMDA Annual Symposium in Charlotte, NC. In addition, one program will be chosen to give an oral presentation at the Annual Symposium.Types of programs might include: * Patient safety initiatives – reducing falls, medication errors * Reduction of avoidable ER visits and acute hospitalizations * Improved consistency of staffing * Improved comprehensive advanced care planning * Improved palliative care programsAll nursing home facilities are eligible for the awards. Facilities may be for profit or not for profit and/or individual facility, regional chain, or national chain. In order for the program to be eligible, the program must be internally generated and funded by the nursing home facility; have demonstrated measurable outcomes and objectives and have proven sustainability and ability to be replicated in other facilities.Applying Online - The application deadline is November 10, 2008. All completed applications must be submitted electronically. To submit your online application you'll need to first attend to the following preparation:Document UploadsThe 2009 AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Online Application requires that you also obtain, complete as necessary and upload the following documents: * Current copy of state/federal survey results; * Letter of Support from the medical director for the facility/institution; * A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Project Proposal; and * A completed AMDA Foundation/Evercare® Awards Detailed Budget.Documents of the following types are acceptable for uploading: ms-word; pdf; rtf; ms-excel; ms-powerpoint; ms-works; text; and zip. Documents for uploading must not exceed 6,144KB in size (6 megabytes).
American Medical Directors Association Foundation11000 Broken Land Parkway, Suite 405Columbia MD 21044Telephone: 410-992-3134Fax: 410-740-1318
The American Medical Directors Association Foundation and Pfizer have partnered to sponsor the Quality Improvement Awards, a program designed to encourage the development of innovative projects that will help to make a distinct impact on the quality of long term care.Types of Projects SupportedThe Awards will support initiatives that focus on facility staff education, quality improvement programs, research on interventions and treatment, and health literacy to directly enhance the quality of care provided to patients in Long Term Care settings.Proposals may be submitted for a general Quality Improvement project or in any one of the five therapeutic areas listed below. The therapeutic areas are: pain management, dementia, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, or urinary incontinence.Education * Proposals in this category should focus on facility staff education and/or training programs. Due to a current Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant on assessment of Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) implementation, the Foundation will not fund projects related to implementation of AMDA CPGs.Quality Improvement Programs * Proposals should focus on training and mentoring facilities or organizations in continuous quality improvement (CQI) or specific QI projects covering areas of interest to the Foundation.Research Projects * Research projects should be approximately one year in length and conducted in a single facility. Results should be generalizable. * Examples could include an investigation into the characteristics of residents in the long term care setting whose weight loss is unavoidable, or a study looking at critical factors with hearing aid use.Health Literacy * Health literacy projects should focus on ways to enhance improving healthcare communications between long term care patients and their family/caregivers/surrogates. Devising such systems are particularly important given the diminished literacy skills, cognitive capacity and communication skills of many long term care residents, especially those with dementia. * Examples could include projects that focus on the following: innovative ways to communicate given literacy and functional limitations (e.g., cognitive impairment, hearing or vision loss); different strategies for communicating given technological advances (e.g., e-mail, video-conferencing); and, methods of communicating with patients and families surrounding functional and disease-focused issues, taking into consideration diminished literacy skills and cultural differences.AwardsAwards of $10,000-$15,000 each will be made to three winners in this competition to support their projects. Two awards will support Quality Improvement projects focusing on one of the five therapeutic areas, and the third award will support a General Quality Improvement project. Awards are intended to cover salary support, consultant fees, materials, and travel to the AMDA Annual Symposium to present project results.Application ProcedureThe application deadline is October 31, 2008. The AMDA Foundation/Pfizer QI Application must be completed and submitted online through our online application process. Note that registration is required since this online application involves submitting and uploading documents in electronic form.
AMDA Foundation.11000 Broken Land Parkway · Suite 405 · Columbia, MD 21044Phone: 410-992-3134 · Fax: 410-740-1318
Beacon Partners ScholarshipThe Beacon Partners Scholarship, established to advance the field of Healthcare Information Technology, is awarded to a student pursuing a degree (Undergraduate, Masters or Ph.D) in the IT Healthcare field. In addition to the $7000 scholarship award, the winner will also receive an all-expense paid trip to the Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition. (Some restrictions may apply.)Applicants for the Beacon Partners Scholarship must fulfill these minimum requirements: * The applicant must be a member in good standing of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society * The primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of a full-time student enrolled in an accredited undergraduate, Masters or PhD program related to the healthcare information management systems field. The specific degree program is not a critical factor, however, students enrolled in a MIS or Healthcare Administration-like program highly preferred. * Undergraduate applicants must be at least a first-term junior when the scholarship is awarded. * 500 word essay * Previous Foundation Scholarship recipients are ineligible.
Scholarship applications will be accepted until October 31, 2008For more information, contact:HIMSS Member Services Coordinator Yvonne Horton312.915.9276.
Healthcare Information Management Systems3 scholarships are awarded (one per level of study) to an undergraduate, Masters and PhD student enrolled in a program related to the healthcare information and management systems field. In addition to the $5000 scholarship award, the winner will also receive an all-expense paid trip to the Annual HIMSS Conference and Exhibition. (Some restrictions may apply.)Applicants for the Healthcare Information Management Systems scholarships must fulfill these minimum requirements: * The applicant must be a member in good standing of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society * The primary occupation of the applicant at the time the scholarship is awarded must be that of student in an accredited undergraduate, Masters or PhD program related to the healthcare information or management systems field. The specific degree program is not a critical factor, although it is expected that programs similar to those in industrial engineering, operations research, healthcare informatics, computer science and information systems, mathematics, and quantitative programs in business administration and hospital administration will predominate. * Undergraduate applicants must be at least a first-term junior when the scholarship is awarded. * Previous Foundation Scholarship winners are ineligible.Scholarship applications will be accepted until October 31, 2008For more information, contact:HIMSS Member Services Coordinator Yvonne Horton312.915.9276.
AACC Lectureship Award The award consists of a plaque and a $10,000 cash award. This award recognizes an outstanding individual whose efforts have had a profound effect on the field of clinical chemistry, laboratory medicine or healthcare. The effect may have been achieved through excellence in basic or clinical research, preventive medicine, medical economics or health administration. Because the awardee will present a plenary lecture at the AACC Annual Meeting, the ideal candidate is an individual who is one of the top scientists in the field; one who attracts national attention; one who is considered to have made basic yet significant contributions to the science; and one who is an outstanding lecturer. Sponsor: Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Deerfield, IL
AACC Awards Program Michele Horwitz AACC Membership Program Director 1850 K Street NW - Suite 625 Washington, DC 20006-2213 (phone) 202-835-8723 or 800-892-1400 x1723 (fax) 202-835-8723 mhorwitz@aacc.org
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