apply for the 2010 Advantage awards

Have you used Thomson Reuters products and services to achieve extraordinary improvement in healthcare delivery, marketing, and/or operations? If so, we want to hear about it and celebrate the greatest achievements.

Nominate your organization for a Healthcare Advantage Award. Simply complete the brief, five-question application to highlight your accomplishments, and submit the completed entry by Feb. 26, 2010.

Winners will be announced and recognized at an awards dinner during the 2010 Thomson Reuters Healthcare Advantage Conference. Each award-winning facility will receive an award for display, publicity in a press release and features on the Thomson Reuters Web site, as well as one complimentary registration to the 2011 Healthcare Advantage Conference.

Last year Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, a not-for-profit system that includes a 770-bed acute care hospital was the Overall Advantage Award Winner. Tallahassee was honored for two initiatives:

• Deployment of a hospital performance dashboard that gives hospital administrators critical information about key trends across clinical, operation, financial and market share metrics. The information helps focus process changes and prioritize improvement initiatives. One result from this intelligence was a decrease of 23 percent in mortality.
• A data-driven strategic plan that identified growth opportunities that could increase the hospital's contribution margin $5 million over the next five years.

Deadline
The Healthcare Advantage Award application and release form are due by Friday, Feb. 26, 2010. Category winners will be notified by March 31, 2010.

We encourage your participation in the Healthcare Advantage Awards and look forward to receiving your application.

Download your application today.