Today the non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) announced the call for nominations for its First Annual Improving Healthcare Quality through Information and Information Technology Awards. The deadline for submitting nominations is August 15, 2007. The awards will be presented in Washington on October 10 at an awards dinner kicking-off eHI's Fourth Annual National Conference: Policies and Best Practices at the National, State and Local Levels for Improving Health and Healthcare through Information and Information Technology taking place at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center October 11-12.
"We're excited about this first-of-its-kind awards program which recognizes and encourages leadership and collaboration among organizations and individuals that leverage information and IT to improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare," said eHI Chief Executive Officer Janet Marchibroda. "Leadership, collaboration and willingness to share best practices with others is critical to improving health and healthcare through health IT."
The award selection criteria is based on the eHealth Initiative's mission and values as well as the principles, strategies and best practices identified by eHI's Blueprint for Improving America's Health and Healthcare through Information and Information Technology which will also be unveiled at the annual conference. The Blueprint report findings will represent consensus among the multiple stakeholders in healthcare, on a shared vision, set of principles, policies and strategies for improving health and healthcare through information and IT.
Four awards will be presented that relate to key components of the eHI Blueprint:
- Engaging consumers through health IT and health information exchange
- Aligning incentives with the use of health IT and health information exchange
- Transforming care delivery through health IT and health information exchange
- Improving population health through health IT and health information exchange
Hundreds of participants are expected to attend these events from all sectors of healthcare including clinicians, consumers, employers and healthcare purchasers, health plans, healthcare IT organizations, hospitals and other providers, laboratories, pharmacies, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, public health agencies, state and regional leaders, and federal policymakers.
Nomination information for the eHI Awards process, including award criteria and eligibility can be found at: www.ehealthinitiative.org/awardsProgram2007.mspx. To register for the October 10 eHI Awards Dinner go to: www.ehealthinitiative.org/eHI2007AnnualMeeting.mspx, and for the October 11-12 eHI National Conference: www.ehealthinitiative.org/eHIOct.mspx. For additional information contact Jennifer Covich at 202-624-3270, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
About eHealth Initiative (eHI) and its Foundation
The eHealth Initiative and its Foundation are independent, non-profit affiliated organizations whose missions are the same: to drive improvements in the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare through information and information technology.
eHI engages multiple stakeholders, including clinicians, consumer and patient groups, employers, health plans, healthcare IT suppliers, hospitals and other providers, laboratories, pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, pharmacies, public health, and public sector agencies, as well as its growing coalition of more than 280 state, regional and community-based collaboratives focused on improving healthcare by mobilizing health information electronically, to develop and disseminate common principles, policies and best practices for improving the quality, safety and effectiveness of America's healthcare through information and information technology.
For further information go to www.ehealthinitiative.org.
Quelle/Source: PR Newswire, 17.07.2007
