Living the Vision Award
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Comprehensive Opioid Response and Education (CORE) Program—for transforming youth substance use disorder care through an innovative, systemwide program that expands early identification, treatment access, and harm-reduction services
Community Champions
Geisinger, Large Division
Empowering Healthier Communities: A Strategy Centered on addressing social needs in members and patients—for establishing a Social Needs Resource Hub that connects patients with essential resources and addresses unmet social needs
WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital, Small/Medium Division
Less Trauma, Better Care: A New Model for Behavioral Health Crisis Response—for redesigning behavioral health crisis care through expanded community-based services including walk-in center and mobile crisis programs
Excellence in Care
Allegheny General Hospital, Large Division
Redefining Limits: Innovative Mobility Strategies in ECMO Patients—for advancing early mobility for critically ill patients on through a multidisciplinary care approach that improves survival and discharge outcomes
AHN Grove City, Small/Medium Division
Performance Improvement for Sepsis Bundle Compliance—for spearheading a quality initiative focused on early sepsis detection and coordinated, evidence-based care
In Safe Hands
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Large Division
Interrupting Candida auris Transmission in a High-Risk Cardiac Population—for leading a multidisciplinary response to reduce nosocomial Candida auris infections in high-risk patients through advanced screening and infection prevention
AHN Wexford, Small/Medium Division
Reducing Readmissions Through Early Identification of Aspiration Risk in Patients with COPD—for introducing a standardized approach to aspiration risk screening and swallow evaluation to reduce COPD readmissions
Optimal Operations
St. Luke's University Health Network, Large Division
Standardization of Suicide Risk Assessment and Interventions Across a Multisite Health Care Network—for standardizing suicide risk screening and observation protocols to improve patient safety and reduce 1:1 observation costs
Temple University Hospital, Large Division
Implementation of an Accountable IMCU Model for Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Patients—for optimizing inpatient substance use disorder treatment to increase patient engagement and reduce length of stay and readmissions
Roxborough Memorial Hospital, Small/Medium Division
Reinvigorating the Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit via a Strategic Plan Focused on Growth and Outcomes—for revitalizing an inpatient rehabilitation program to expand access to post-acute care and strengthen hospital throughput
Workforce Innovators
Jefferson Health, Large Division
From Instability to Impact: A System-Wide Nursing Workforce Transformation—for transforming their nursing workforce through talent pipeline development and an employee-driven staffing model that prioritizes flexibility, career growth, and retention
Meadville Medical Center, Small/Medium Division
Building Tomorrow's Nurses: Innovation in Nursing School Development—for spearheading a hospital-based nursing school to restore local nursing education and build a nursing pipeline in rural communities