Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality

About the Award

Since 2003, Qualis Health has presented the Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality to outstanding organizations in Idaho and Washington.

Winners have demonstrated leadership and innovation in improving healthcare practices, reflecting the very best in healthcare quality improvement. View a list of award recipients.

Award Criteria

All healthcare providers, health plans and community agencies are eligible to enter. Nominees must have facilities or operations in either Idaho or Washington.

The award recognizes those who demonstrate outcomes to the three broad aims outlined in the 2011 National Quality Strategy:

• Better healthcare (for individuals)
• Better health (for populations)
• Reduced costs through improvement

While preference is given to initiatives realizing outcomes related to all three of these aims, we also seek to reward innovative work with focus on any of the individual elements. We further recognize that there is significant variability between organizations in the level of resources available to conduct, evaluate and present the results of improvement projects, and encourage all providers, regardless of size or capacity, to apply.

An awards committee comprised of representatives of local healthcare professional and trade organizations judges the nominations.

Award Ceremony

Winners of the Award of Excellence in Healthcare Quality are recognized at a special ceremony during conferences held in both Idaho and in Washington.