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Children’s Health Network recognized with 2019 Leadership in Quality Award

Luke Harris—Children's Health Network Director of Operations & Population Health Management—discusses his organization's presentation with attendees of the 2019 Summit on Quality.When he found out Children’s Health Network (CHN) had won the 2019 Leadership in Quality Award, Senior Vice President and CHN Executive Director Bob Finuf knew what they’d do with part of the award’s $5,000 prize money:

Make 23 replicas of the award’s trophy—one for each of Children’s Health Network’s participating practices.

“It’s the practices that have done the heavy lift in order to achieve the aggregate results that we have realized so far. It’s their work this award recognizes," Finuf said.

The Leadership in Quality awards are presented annually by the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative and the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. to health care providers and health care organizations to recognize leadership in quality improvement and patient safety. A cash prize of $5,000 is presented to the grand prize winner, thanks to the generous sponsorship of the KAMMCO Foundation.

The awards were presented at the 2019 Summit on Quality in Wichita by Jerry Slaughter on behalf of the KAMMCO Foundation board of directors.

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Leadership in Quality Award honorees announced

Four Kansas health care providers have been recognized with the Leadership in Quality awards for their efforts to improve health care quality, safety, and value. The awards were sponsored by the KAMMCO Foundation and presented jointly by the Kansas Healthcare Collaborative and the Kansas Foundation for Medical Care, Inc. at a ceremony this month in Wichita.

$5,000 was presented to the grand prize winner at the Summit On Quality, thanks to the generous sponsorship of KAMMCO Foundation. A Physician Champion and two Award of Merit winners also were recognized in 2019.

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