••Summer 2007/Vol. 11, No. 3

Original Articles

2007 James A Vohs Award for Quality Second-Place Selection
Early Start: An Integrated Model of Substance Abuse Intervention for Pregnant Women.
Cosette Taillac, LCSW, BCD; Nancy Goler, MD; Mary Anne Armstrong, MA; Kathleen Haley, MS; Veronica Osejo

Because of prior limited success with substance-abuse problems in pregnant women, a new program was developed, tested, and widely transferred. Key elements are universal screening and embedment of substance-abuse specialists within Obstetrics Departments.
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Understanding Panel Management: A Comparative Study of an Emerging Approach to Population Care.
Esther (Estee) B Neuwirth, PhD; Julie A Schmittdiel, PhD; Karen Tallman, PhD; Jim Bellows, PhD

This report examines the successes and problems of this rapidly spreading form of team assistance to primary care physicians in management of populations of patients. An important component consists of communication, largely by telephone, by highly knowledgeable medical assistants.
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Church-Based Heart Health Project: Health Status of Urban African Americans.
Lisaann S Gittner, MSc; Salwa E Hassanein, PhD, RN; Pamala J Murphy, MD

In 2004, a community project was implemented to address the cardiovascular health disparity in the African-American population of greater Cleveland, Ohio.
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2006 David M Lawrence, MD, Chairman’s Patient Safety Award
Promoting Patient Safety: The Rapid Medical Response Team.
Dawn Gould, RN, MSN, CNS

With teams of an ICU charge nurse and a respiratory therapist and directed primarily at nonICU medical and surgical patients, this program reduced adverse events, deaths, and unneeded ICU transfers. Readiness to initiate the process and education of the staff were major elements.
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