Previous Award Winners

In 2007, the eHealth Initiative (eHI) presented its first annual Improving Healthcare Quality Through Information Technology Awards, honoring eight organizations for demonstrating leadership and excellence in utilizing health information technology or health information exchange to drive improvements in healthcare.  In 2008, eHI presented awards to five organizations. 

The awardees below exemplify the principles and strategies identified in eHI's Blueprint: Building Consensus for Common Action. These organizations are models for how the use of health IT and health information exchange can support improvements in the quality, safety and efficiency of health care. The award program recognized organizations in areas outlined in eHI's Blueprint, including:

• Transforming Care Delivery at the Point of Care
• Engaging Consumers
• Aligning Financial and Other Incentives
• Improving Population Health 
• Managing Privacy, Security, and Confidentiality

2008 Award Recipients

Transforming Care Delivery at the Point of Care

• University of New Mexico Hospitals (Project ECHO)

Engaging Consumers

• American Heart Association 

Aligning Financial and Other Incentives

• HealthBridge and Community Collaborators 

Improving Population Health 

• Medical College of Wisconsin 
• St. Joseph's Family Medicine Residency 

2007 Award Recipients

Transforming Care Delivery at the Point of Care

• American Heart Association (Get with the Guidelines Program)
• Shared Health - Honorable Mention

Aligning Financial and Other Incentives

• Quality Health First and the Employers Forum of Indiana
• Mesa County Physicians IPA - Honorable Mention

Improving Population Health

• Indiana State Department of Health (Indiana's Public Health Emergency Surveillance System Program)
• Joslin Diabetes Center/Joslin Clinic - Honorable Mention

Engaging Consumers

• Care Entrust 
• Healthwise - Honorable Mention