CAPC Announces the Winners of the Innovation Category of its Third National The John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge
The Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC) has announced the winners in the Innovation Category of its Third National The John A. Hartford Foundation Tipping Point Challenge.
The goal of the Innovation Challenge was to catalyze innovation that has made positive, breakthrough change in the care of serious illness. Open to all health care organizations across the U.S., nearly 100 initiatives were submitted, including those from hospitals, health systems, clinics and payers.
Each submission was rigorously peer-reviewed by an expert panel and evaluated using six criteria: Impact, Outcomes, Equity, Feasibility, Scalability and Sustainability. There are three winners and four finalists.
Winners in the Innovation Category are:
- GOLD - Operation Single Digits. Submitted by: Prospect Medical Holdings - Coordinated Regional Care (CRC), RI in Johnston, Rhode Island
- SILVER - Changing Palliative Care for Medically Complex Patients. Submitted by: Children’s Nebraska in Omaha, Nebraska
- SILVER - Washington Rural Palliative Care Initiative – A Statewide Learning Community. Submitted by: Washington State Department of Health in Tumwater, Washington
The initial round of awards in the “Clinical Training” category was announced on February 7. The winners of the New York City Tipping Point Challenge, sponsored by The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, was also announced on February 7.
Read the Innovation category press release.
Read the Clinical Training category press release.
Read the NYC Tipping Point Challenge press release.
Learn more about the JAHF Tipping Point Challenge.
Learn more about CAPC.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of CAPC.