National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and the National Hospice Foundation honor the recipients of the 2013 Circle of Life Award® presented today (07/26/2013) in San Diego at the annual summit of the American Hospital Association.
2013 Circle of Life Winners:
- The Denver Hospice, Denver, Colorado
- Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York
- UnityPoint Health, Iowa and Illinois
In addition to the three award winners, AHA presented Citations of Honor to other exemplary care providers:
- Gundersen Health System, La Crosse, Wisconsin
- Hospice and Palliative Care Program, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
- Hospice of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
- Nathan Adelson Hospice, Las Vegas, Nevada
- North Shore University Hospital Palliative Care Program, Manhasset, New York
“These programs serve as models for us all as we move forward in our shared goal of providing the highest quality of care for all those facing serious and life-limiting illness,” said J. Donald Schumacher, NHPCO and NHF president and CEO.
“Hospice providers play a significant role in making palliative care services available to patients and family caregivers and I’m so proud that seven of this year’s honorees are NHPCO members. Additionally, the work NHPCO has been doing with the Department of Veterans Affairs is an important part of our work improving access to care,” added Schumacher.
NHPCO and NHF celebrate the work of all these award and citation recipients and applaud them for the work they are doing to advance the highest quality hospice and palliative care.
The 2013 awards are supported, in part, by the California Healthcare Foundation and the Cambia Health Foundation. In addition to NHPCO and NHF, other major sponsors of the awards are the AHA, the Catholic Health Association. The Alliance for Excellence in Hospice and Palliative Nursing, the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and the National Association of Social Workers are cosponsors. The Circle of Life Award is a program administered by the Health Research & Educational Trust.
Since 2000, the Circle of Life Award has honored programs that demonstrate excellence and innovation in palliative and end-of-life care. Further information about the honorees and the Circle of Life Award is available at the AHA website.
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