The Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement recognizes innovative programs that focus on building stronger engagement through deeper, more meaningful communication and relationships with patients and families. The award is conferred annually by Taylor Healthcare and the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute on behalf of EngagingPatients.org. The winners and finalists were announced […]
Editor’s Note: Today, we presented the 2017 Sherman Awards for Excellence in Patient Engagement and named 2017’s finalists during the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Annual Congress. Below is the release that was issued this afternoon. During the coming months, EngagingPatients.org will feature the winners and finalists as guest bloggers. University of Rochester Medical Center’s UR Voice […]
In just a few weeks, at the National Patient Safety Foundation (NPSF) Patient Safety Congress in Orlando, we will learn which individual or organization is to receive this year’s Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement. The NPSF Lucian Leape Institute began its collaboration with Engagingpatients.org to confer this award in the wake of a […]
EngagingPatients.org created the Sherman Award for Excellence in Patient Engagement in 2014 as part of our ongoing mission to share best practices in patient engagement. Very simply, we believe improving communication and boosting patient and family engagement will result in better care, advance patient safety and improve outcomes. What we didn’t know until we dove […]