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Orlando, Fla. – Avatar International, an industry leader in healthcare quality improvement services, today recognized its most innovative hospital partners in 2008. Acknowledging quality improvement initiatives that were demonstrably effective, scalable and novel, the following facilities are being awarded Avatar International’s 2008 INNOVATION AWARD:
GOLD INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS
- Chandler Regional Medical Center
- Kaiser Permanente Southern California Region
- Mercy Gilbert Medical Center
- Rockingham Memorial Hospital
SILVER INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS
- Borgess Ambulatory Care
- St. Rose Dominican Hospitals – Rose de Lima Campus
BRONZE INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS
- St. Joseph Hospital
- St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center
In making the announcement, David Medvedeff, PharmD, MBA, CEO of Avatar, said: “The fostering culture and willingness to not accept the status quo, take risks and invest in finding a better way is what this Innovation Award exemplifies. Congratulations to our partners that diligently worked to find enhanced pathways and the patient-centeredness to share in their success.”
About the Award
Award recipients were selected based on a panel of independently scored criteria that included degree of actual improvement, scope of change, degree of innovation, ability to spread idea externally and nature of barriers they had to overcome.
About Avatar
Avatar ( www.avatar-intl.com), a research and consulting company based in Orlando, FL, specializes in Evidence Based Intelligent Surveys™ and Innovative Strategies™ to transform information into significant quality and efficiency of care improvement for the healthcare industry. In addition to conducting surveys, Avatar also actively engages healthcare providers in process improvement, including training in service quality. Avatar serves healthcare organizations nationally, including small community hospitals, academic medical centers, large regional medical centers, integrated healthcare systems, long-term care and behavioral health organizations.
Avatar International can be reached at 1-800-282-8274.
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