Thirty-three programs have been named finalists for the 2010 Hospital Charitable Service Awards.
Of these, 10 will be selected to share in a $100,000 award fund.
Recipients will be announced at a banquet during a national hospital charitable services conference on Feb. 3, 2011, in Atlanta, according to Charles R. Evans, FACHE, who serves as chairman of the awards program.
“Having reviewed over 110 nominations for this year’s program, it is clear that there are a lot of hospitals in the U.S. doing amazing charitable work,” Evans said. “We hope, over time, that this awards program shines a positive light on hospitals that are finding creative, collaborative and innovative ways to serve their communities.”
Hospital programs were chosen based upon five criteria: community impact, innovation, collaboration, transferability and best practice.
“We created the awards program to encourage the spread of best practice charitable programs,” Evans said. “In addition to rewarding the nation’s model charitable programs, we are building a community of individuals and hospitals around evidence-based approaches to community benefit and charitable services.”
Earlier this year, a group of senior healthcare executives joined forces to launch the awards program under the sponsorship of Atlanta-based Jackson Healthcare. Applications were accepted through mid-October, after which the awards committee and advisory board narrowed the field to 33 finalists.
They are:
- A Journey with Joe into Diabetes (St. Francis Hospital and Health Services, Maryville, Mo.);
- ARCHES Project (Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia);
- Assertive Community Outreach (Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, Mo.);
- Beaumont Hospitals Parenting Program (William Beaumont Hospitals, Royal Oak, Mich.);
- Brooks Clubhouse (Brooks Rehabilitation, Jacksonville, Fla.);
- Children's Hospital Pediatric Mobil Clinic (CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health, San Antonio, Texas);
- Children's Village (Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital, Yakima, Wash.);
- Community Health Outreach Program (Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Va.);
- Community Partnership Fund (Aspirus Wausau Hospital, Wausua, Wis.);
- Community Wellness Program (Mercy & Memorial Hospitals, Bakersfield, Calif.);
- FIT Kids (Memorial Healthcare, Owosso, Mich.);
- Health Access Initiative and Good News Clinics (North East Georgia Medical Center, Gainesville, Ga.);
- Healthy Community Initiative Sterling Community (Bon Secours St. Francis Health System, Greenville, S.C.);
- Healthy Kids Club (Provena St. Joseph Medical Center, Joliet, Ill.);
- Healthy Tri-State (Cabell Huntington Hospital, Huntington, W.Va.);
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Community Health Screening (Finger Lakes Health, Geneva, N.Y.);
- Infant Mortality Program (St. John Providence Health System, Highland Park, Mich.);
- International Fellowship in Trauma (Los Angeles County USC Medical Center, Los Angeles);
- Missionaries to Iowa (St. Anthony Regional Hospital & Nursing Home, Carroll, Iowa);
- Lexington Community Fitness Initiative (Tri-County Area Hospital District, Lexington, Neb.);
- Mission H2O: Maji for Kenya (Roper St. Francis Healthcare, Charleston, S.C.);
- Mother to Child HIV Transmission Prevention Program (Woman's Hospital, Baton Rouge, La.);
- New Hampshire Health Access Network (Foundation for Healthy Communities, Concord, N.H.);
- Outdoor Adventures (Casa Colina Hospital for Rehabilitation Medicine, Pomona, Calif.);
- Parish Nurse Program (Cape Regional Medical Center, Cape May Court House, N.J.);
- Pine Ridge Regional Medical Clinic (Regional Health, Rapid City, S.D.);
- Prescription Delivery Program (Delaware Valley Hospital, Walton, N.Y.);
- Scripps Medical Response Team (Scripps Health, San Diego);
- SHARE Initiative 2010 (Shepard Center Foundation, Altanta);
- Sister & Sister Free Mammogram Program (POH Regional Medical Center, Pontiac, Mich.);
- Sobering Center of Tacoma (Franciscan Health System and MultiCare Health System, Tacoma, Wash.);
- The Mobile Med/NIH Heart Clinic (Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, Md.); and
- Toledo/Lucas County CareNet (Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio).