Awards
Thank you to all who submitted nominations for awards to be presented at the 2010 Annual Forum for Improving Children's Healthcare Quality and Childhood Obesity Congress. The winners will be announced on February 5th.
Bergman Award
Outstanding Contribution to a Childhood Obesity Program
Spotlight on Excellence
Faculty Award
Family Leader Award
Bergman Award
The NICHQ Bergman Award is named in honor of David A. Bergman, MD who serves as NICHQ Board Member and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Bergman has been a longtime innovator in developing, testing, and applying novel approaches to making the health care system more responsive to the needs of children and their families.
The goal of this award is to recognize individuals whose work has substantially improved the quality of care for children in the United States.
Past recipients include Paul Kurtin, Paul Miles, and David Bergman.
Find out the recipient of the 2009 Bergman Award
For further information, please read the 2010 Forum Bergman Award Criteria.
Outstanding Contribution to Childhood Obesity Program
The recipient should be a program that has impacted childhood obesity in the population through clinic and/or community interventions by advancing partnerships between clinicians, other professionals and lay participants, including the community and families. Nominees must have made significant contributions to their communities in a real and sustainable way through the use of quality improvement methodology, including metric driven results or showing positive outcomes within the targeted population. The recipient can be a clinical, grassroots or advocacy program in locations such as, but not limited to, community centers, gyms, health centers, hospitals, etc.
For further information, please read the 2010 Forum Childhood Obesity Program Criteria.
Spotlight on Excellence Award
The recipient will be a program or an individual in the host state of Georgia that has impacted development and/or delivery of a health system that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable for all patients and populations, particularly children.
The award recipient will have worked in the pediatric population through research, clinic and/or community interventions by advancing partnerships between clinicians, other professionals and lay participants, including the community and families. Nominees must have made significant contributions to their communities in a real and sustainable way through the use of quality improvement methodology, including metric driven results or showing positive outcomes within the targeted population. The recipient can be a program or an individual working in clinical, grassroots or advocacy program in locations such as, but not limited to, community centers, gyms, health centers, or hospitals, etc.
The collective work of the award recipient should contribute towards the development of a health system that is safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable for all patients and populations, particularly children.
For further information, please read the 2010 Forum Spotlight on Excellence Award Criteria.
Faculty Award
The award recipient should be an individual who has provided substantial support and technical assistance to NICHQ, its partners and networks for parents of children with special healthcare needs. Nominees must have made a significant contribution to improving the quality and safety of healthcare for children through the creation, implementation or evaluation of a program and/or series of projects substantially improve the quality of children’s healthcare.
For further information, please read the 2010 Forum Faculty Award Criteria.
Family Leader Award
The role of parents and families in the healthcare system is now being recognized as an integral part of process to improve children’s healthcare. The award recognizes individuals who have inspired, created or participated in local, regional or national work that substantially improves partnerships consisting of families and healthcare providers resulting in quality healthcare for children in the United States.
The award recipient should be an individual who has shown substantial leadership in advancing partnerships and support networks for parents and family members of children with special healthcare needs. Nominees must have made a significant contribution to improving the quality and safety of healthcare for children through the creation or participation in a program and/or series of projects that foster collaboration of all participants.
For further information, please read the 2010 Forum Family Leader Award Criteria.
