The award for activities that improved population health was given to:
• Winner: Memorial Healthcare System in Hollywood, Fla., for its Health Intervention with Targeted Services program.
• Honorable Mention: Eskenazi Health in Indianapolis, for the Aging Brain Care Medical Home, a dementia and depression care program.
• Honorable Mention: Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, for Aqui Para Ti/ Here for You, a family centered, clinic-based youth development program.
The award for activities that improved quality of care delivered was given to:
• Winner: Boston Medical Center, for its Alarm Management Quality Improvement Project.
• Honorable Mention: Jacobi Medical Center in New York, for The Drive Toward Zero CAUTIs – Eliminating Harm.
• Honorable Mention: UK Healthcare in Lexington, Ky., for developing SWARMING, an internal process to help the hospital improve overall patient safety.
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