Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protections Award-Winning Finalists Named
Winners for the 2010 Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition will be announced Oct. 5-7 in Chicago among 30 finalistsWinners for the 2010 Best Practices in Health Care Consumer Empowerment and Protection Awards competition will be announced Oct. 5-7 in Chicago among 30 finalists.
The competition drew entries from organizations across the nation in these business categories: health care provider practices, health information/decision support, health management, pharmacy management, workers’ compensation, health plans, and health networks. Their programs focused on two topics areas—consumer decision-making and consumer health improvement.
Entries were evaluated against criteria by an independent 30-member panel of health care leaders. The judges selected the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mention award winners in each of the organization categories, and the Platinum award winners in the two topic areas.
Winners will be announced at URAC’s Quality Summit and Awards Program at the Marriott Downtown in Chicago. This year’s event includes keynote speakers, break-out sessions, and networking events designed to promote industry knowledge and understanding of what leading health care organizations are doing to engage consumers. Register online at www.urac.org.
- Thirty finalists in the Best Practices Awards competition are:
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois—A Systematic Approach to Improving Diabetes Care
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois—Educating Physicians About Patient Safety
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan—Patient Centered Medical Home
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee—End of Life Planning
- Capital BlueCross—Medication Reconciliation Referral Program Care Management Technologies, Oklahoma Health
- Care Authority, and Lilly USA—Oklahoma Medical Risk Management Program
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield—Engaging the At-Risk Population
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield—Virtual Intensive Care Unit
- Centene Corp.—Start Smart for Your Baby
- Cigna Corp.—Engagement in Intensive Case Management Program
- Coventry Workers’ Compensation Services—Code Red Alert: Large Scale Catastrophic Response
- Employers Occupational Health Inc. and informedRx— Controlled Drug Over-Utilization Program
- Genesee Health Plan and Genesys Health System—Health Navigator Self Management Support System
- Health Alliance Plan and Henry Ford Health System— Medication Therapy Management Program
- HealthCare USA and Health and Dental Care for Kids—Baby Bears Club NICU Disease Management Program
- HealthCare USA—Beary Important Breath Program
- HealthCare USA and Health and Dental Care for Kids—Beary Important Bundle Program
- Informed Medical Decisions Inc.—High Tech, High Touch Genetics – A Model Program
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation–Evidence Based Sepsis Care—Mortality Reduction
- Kaiser Permanente Northern California—Reduction of High Risk Medication Errors
- Keystone Mercy Health Plan and The YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity—Lose To Win Type II Diabetes/Obesity Program
- McKesson Health Solutions—Personal Health Advisor
- Prescription Solutions—Multiple Sclerosis Disease Therapy Management
- ProgenyHealth Inc.—Case Management of NICU Infants
- PsycHealth Ltd., Family Health Network and Unified Physicians Network—Medical Follow-up After Mental Health Admission
- US Family Health Plan at Pacific Medical Centers—Pharmacy Patient Safety Program
- WellPoint Inc.—Progesterone for Preterm Birth Prevention (17-P)
- WellPoint Inc.—Social Work Care Management Program
- WellPoint Inc. and Commonwealth of Virginia—Benefits Based Incentives and Maternity Outcomes
- Wenatchee Valley Medical Center and Robert Bosch Healthcare Inc.—Health Buddy Program
URAC, an independent, nonprofit organization, is well-known as a leader in promoting health care quality through its accreditation, education, and measurement programs. URAC offers a wide range of quality benchmarking programs and services that keep pace with the rapid changes in the health care system, and provide a symbol of excellence for organizations to validate their commitment to quality and accountability. Through its broad-based governance structure and an inclusive standards development process, URAC ensures that all stakeholders are represented in establishing meaningful quality measures for the entire health care industry.
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