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Organization: Covenant Hospice, Pensacola, FL. The hospice鈥檚 innovations include its culture of leadership throughout the organization, strong educational outreach, and evidence-based tools and protocols.
Organization: Pain and Palliative Care Program, Children鈥檚 Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN. Innovation highlights noted were a three-part focus on pain management/palliative care, end-of-life care, and integrative medicine; emphasis on 鈥渇ollow the kid;鈥 and鈥
Organization: Four Seasons, Flat Rock, NC. Innovations cited were leading-edge palliative care delivery in rural setting, collaborative research with university, and palliative care outreach.
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Organization: The Department of Veterans Affairs VA New York/New Jersey Healthcare Network, Brooklyn, NY.
Innovation highlights were a strong staff education and training program, expansion of palliative care services in intensive care units, community outreach, and data collection to drive鈥
Organization: The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, Cheektowaga, NY. Innovation highlights were its broad range of service, strategic approach to understanding and meeting community needs and collaboration across the health care continuum.
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The Foster G. McGaw Prize recognizes hospitals that have distinguished themselves through efforts to improve the health and well-being of everyone in their communities.
Organization: Palliative Medicine, Bon Secours Richmond Health System, Richmond, Virginia. Innovation highlights were its interdisciplinary team with strong psycho-social component, participation in alternative payment model and embedded navigators in primary care.
The Association may grant the Distinguished Service Award to recognize significant lifetime contributions and service to health care institutions and associations.
Organization: Care Dimensions, Danvers, Massachusetts. Innovation highlights were its palliative and end-of-life care embedded in a larger system of care, broad range of services, approaches tailored to the partner organization needs and outreach to underserved groups.