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2022 Eisenberg Awards Now Accepting Applications
JULY 2022
The Joint Commission and the National Quality Forum (NQF) are now accepting applications for the 2022 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards, according to a release. The annual awards program recognizes major achievements by individuals and organizations to improve patient safety and healthcare quality. The deadline to apply is September 14.
Awards are presented in three categories: Individual Achievement, National Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality and Local Level Innovation in Patient Safety and Quality. The individual award is intended for nominees who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and scholarship in patient safety and healthcare quality through a substantive body of work.
Initiatives or projects eligible for the national and local level awards will have involved successful system changes or interventions that make the environment of care safer or that advocate on the patient’s behalf, according to the release. These innovative efforts may address new technologies, protocols, procedures, education, organizational culture, legislation, the media, patient advocacy, systems theory or another area. Organizations applying must provide at minimum one year (12 months) of data supporting the improvement made by the featured initiative.
The 2021 recipients of this prestigious award were Prime Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, and Hardeep Singh, MD, chief of the Health Policy, Quality & Informatics Program in the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety at Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center and professor at Baylor College of Medicine. See a list of all recipients for previous years.
Launched in 2002, this award program honors the late John M. Eisenberg, MD, former administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. An advocate for healthcare quality improvement, Eisenberg was a founding member of NQF’s board of directors.
Awardees will be recognized in person during an award ceremony at NQF’s annual conference in February 2023, according to the release.
Access the application form and learn more about the Eisenberg Awards. Interested parties may write EisenbergAwards@qualityforum.org to inquire about eligibility and the application process.