Patient Care Innovation & Quality Improvement Award

The DOM APP Patient Care Innovation & Quality Improvement Award was established to recognize and celebrate innovative clinical work that has the potential to improve clinical care for individual patients or populations and/or resulted in improvements in the provision of clinical care.  It is intended to acknowledge the value of clinical invention and quality improvement fueled by the desire to harness new technologies, and/or the development of systems of care to prevent, diagnose or treat disease and promote health.

In addition to the considerations above, the clinical innovation / quality improvement project can encompass one or more of the following categories:

• New/innovative technology/devices
• Process and/or operational improvement using innovative approaches
• Implementation of effective approaches to diagnose, treat or prevent disease using innovative techniques
• Transformative programs or projects in care delivery and health promotion

The committee will also give special consideration to inventions that address perceived gaps in clinical care and clinical innovation involving multidisciplinary collaboration.