Quality, service winners.(Memorial Healthcare System, National Quality Forum)

Modern Healthcare, January, 2007 by Evans, Melanie; Robeznieks, Andis; System, Memorial Healthcare

Byline: Melanie Evans and Andis Robeznieks

Two health systems won separate awards for quality and community service last week. HealthPartners, Bloomington, Minn., was named winner of the National Quality Healthcare Award from the National Quality Forum, and Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood, Fla., won the $100,000 Foster G. McGaw Prize for excellence in community service.

HealthPartners, a group of health plans and clinical network anchored by 399-bed Regions Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., was chosen out of a field of 10 finalists whose applications were judged blindly by a jury. The award is based on the following criteria: effective prioritization of performance improvement goals; use of "dashboards'' to measure and manage system performance; use...

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