Each year, HAP honors hospitals and health systems for their innovation, creativity, and commitment to patient care through an annual Achievement Awards program. The primary goal of the program is to showcase and share member hospitals’ and health systems’ innovations and best practices in a variety of areas. The award categories for 2012 are: workplace, community benefit, patient safety, patient care, and operational excellence.

All submissions will also be considered for the Innovation Award which recognizes exemplary work in an organization through the introduction of a bold breakthrough idea or intervention that goes beyond typical and has resulted in improved system-wide processes or outcomes.

See below for the 2012 Call for Entries and sample award-winning entries from 2011. Applications must be postmarked on or before March 9, 2012. For more information contact Mary Barth in HAP Member Services at 717-561-5270.

Call for Entries: 2012 HAP Achievement Awards Program 5 Page(s) / 374.33 Kb - Download time approximately 3.5 secs on a 1.0 mb connection Adobe Acrobat - Download a viewer for this attachment - How to Download

SAMPLE ENTRY: Patient Care - Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic - Early Identification and Treatment of Pediatric Bipolar Disorder 9 Page(s) / 330.25 Kb - Download time approximately 3.1 secs on a 1.0 mb connection Adobe Acrobat - Download a viewer for this attachment - How to Download

SAMPLE ENTRY: Workplace - Taylor Hospital - Creating a Culture of Physician Service Excellence to Enhance Physician Engagement 9 Page(s) / 615.24 Kb - Download time approximately 5.8 secs on a 1.0 mb connection Adobe Acrobat - Download a viewer for this attachment - How to Download

SAMPLE ENTRY: Patient Safety - St. Luke’s Hospital and Health Network - Championing a Lean Approach to Reducing Central Line-Associated Blood Stream Infections 10 Page(s) / 325.88 Kb - Download time approximately 3.1 secs on a 1.0 mb connection Adobe Acrobat - Download a viewer for this attachment - How to Download