Hospital 'Leaders in Action' National Award and Scholarship

Three extraordinary individuals will receive the TMIT Leaders in Action national award and scholarship in recognition for their servant leadership in quality and safety at their hospital. Recipients will be selected based on recommendations by their peers and leaders of their organization. They will receive tuition and expenses to participate in the Safety Officer Executive Development Program offered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) September 2006.

(PRWEB) March 30, 2006 -- Three extraordinary individuals will receive the TMIT Leaders in Action national award and scholarship in recognition for their servant leadership in quality and safety at their hospital. Recipients will be selected based on recommendations by their peers and leaders of their organization. They will receive tuition and expenses to participate in the Safety Officer Executive Development Program offered by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) September 2006. All travel and expenses will be provided. Further, TMIT will also provide multimedia development for patient safety programs developed by the recipient when they return to their hospital bringing the value of the award to more than $30,000.

Physicians, nurses, administrative staff and leaders involved in quality and safety are eligible to apply or be nominated. A panel of national experts will select awardees based on the values and behaviors observed by their peers and leaders of their organizations. Applicants or nominees must articulate how receipt of the scholarship will impact the quality and safety of the care delivered in their organization. Applications are being accepted between the dates of March 25 and June 1, 2006.

About TMIT: Texas Medical Institute of Technology (TMIT), headquartered in Austin, TX, is a non-profit medical research organization dedicated to accelerating performance solutions in hospital environments that deliver direct patient impact. TMIT sponsors numerous projects in patient safety and conducts performance research through a test bed of more than 3000 US hospitals. TMIT leads a number of programs including a national harmonization initiative to synchronize practices and measures with partners including the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), the Joint Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, The Leapfrog Group, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, and the National Quality Forum.

To learn more about TMIT and the application process, please visit http://www.safetyleaders.org. To learn more about the patient safety course, visit http://www.ihi.org

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