Premier Cares Award criteria for nominations
Background
In America, many of us are fortunate to have access to some of the best healthcare available in the world. Through the development of breakthrough technologies and new pharmaceuticals, we are living longer, more active lives. Yet, not everyone in our nation can readily benefit from these advances. Despite continuing medical discoveries:
- We spend more on healthcare than any other country, yet millions of people are without health insurance.
- Millions more are "underinsured" and at financial risk if illness strikes.
- Thousands of communities lack adequate healthcare resources.
- Healthcare is not consistently available to everyone.
- The U.S. ranks behind many other industrialized nations in regard to infant mortality and longevity, with health problems concentrated among our minority populations.
The Cares Award is sponsored by Premier, one of the largest healthcare alliances in the United States, serving more than 2,500 U.S. hospitals and 80,000-plus other healthcare sites working together to improve healthcare quality and affordability.
Award specifics
- The entry deadline is Friday, July 29, 2011.
The Premier Cares Award was established to recognize exemplary, innovative efforts that have made health services more accessible to the medically underserved, particularly as demonstrated in superior health outcomes. Programs exhibiting these characteristics are requested to submit an entry. - The award carries a cash prize of $100,000, with an additional $120,000 in cash awards divided among five runners-up.
- Finalists for the award will be notified by December 30, 2011.
- Formal award presentation will take place in January 2011, during Premier's annual Governance Education Conference.
- Award winners are requested to help colleagues in other organizations improve their programs.
- The panel of judges will be composed of national leaders representing many segments of society.
Criteria for nominations
- The program must improve access to the delivery of healthcare services to the medically underserved population of the United States, or otherwise substantially improve health status. This award is intended to recognize a collective effort or project rather than an achievement by an individual or group of individuals.
- The program must be a not-for-profit entity, in either the public or private sector.
- The program must be able to show measurable benefits/outcomes covering a full two-year span prior to July 29, 2011.
- The program must be capable of being replicated.
- The entry form must be filled out completely. Incomplete applications will be disqualified prior to judging.
If you know of an organization that would be a good Cares Award candidate, submit the contact person and organization address via email to Premier Corporate Communications.