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Short Takes
Award Winners
Recognized at MLC
Congressman Earl Blumenauer, a longtime hospice
champion, welcomed more than 2,000 members and
industry experts to NHPCO’s 28th Management and
Leadership Conference held on April 25–27.
As part of the conference and related events, six
awards were presented to leaders involved in the field.
Inaugural Quality Leadership Award:
Joan Teno, MD, MS
This new award
was established
to recognize
demonstrated
leadership,
commitment, and
innovation that
have significantly
contributed to
hospice organization excellence and improved care
delivery and outcomes.
Dr. Teno was recognized as the first recipient of this
award for her work as a researcher and a clinician
dedicated to understanding how to measure and
improve the quality of care for people at the end of life.
Dr. Teno is a professor of Community Health and
Medicine and associate director of the Center
for Gerontology and Health Care Research at the
Brown Medical School as well as a health services
researcher and hospice medical director. She is
board certified in internal medicine, with added
qualifications in Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine.
Among her many accomplishments was her work as
the lead investigator in a research effort to create a
Toolkit of Instruments to Measure Care at the End of
Life. As part of this grant effort, she also created the
Family Evaluation of Hospice Care, a longstanding
NHPCO performance measure that is used by
hospices nationwide.
COS, FHSSA and NHF Also Present Awards
COS Trailblazer Award
The Council of States awarded Hawaii’s state hospice
and palliative care organization, Kokua Mau, the
2012 Trailblazer Award for its development of an
innovative method to improve access to palliative
care and increase quality of care among Hawaii’s
providers. Its work, which included expanding
educational opportunities for private healthcare
plans, can serve as a model for other states.
FHSSA Global Partnership Award
The third annual FHSSA Global Partnership Award
was presented to the Center for Hospice Care and
the Hospice Foundation of South Bend, Indiana, and
its partner, the Palliative Care Association of Uganda
in Kampala, Uganda. To learn more, see the release
on the FHSSA website.
Three NHF Awards
At the National Hospice Foundation Gala, held on
April 25 in conjunction with the conference, three
awards were presented: the Morfogen Art of Caring
Award to Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, Ellen
Goodman; the Philanthropic Inspiration Award to
Run to Remember founder, Stuart Lazarus; and
the Buchwald Spirit Award for Public Awareness to
actress and hospice volunteer, Torrey DeVitto. To
learn more, see Giving Matters.
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