Jackson Healthcare Announces Finalists for Hospital Charitable Services Awards

ATLANTA, Oct. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Fifty-four finalists were announced for Jackson Healthcare's annual Hospital Charitable Services Awards, a national program that recognizes hospital programs that impact America's underserved in sustainable ways.

Finalists for the 2014 season were selected from a pool of nominees that spanned 35 states and included 208 programs from 183 hospitals.

Each nominee had to demonstrate excellence in five criteria areas: community impact, innovation, collaboration, transferability and leading practices.  Finalists represent only those nominees that remain in consideration for the awards.

Atlanta-based Jackson Healthcare, one of the nation's largest staffing companies, established the Awards in 2010 to help hospital programs develop new standards for community benefit and health.  The company also founded and hosts a national conference focused exclusively on hospital charitable services.

Award recipients — designated as Programs of Excellence — will be announced at a banquet after the national hospital charitable services conference on February 5, 2015, in Atlanta, Georgia.  These programs will share in a $100,000 award fund. Additionally, $2,500 grants will be awarded to Programs of Promise, which are newer programs that demonstrate a clear vision for addressing community need in innovative ways.

The 2014 season finalists included:

• Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Project SEARCH at Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Oakland, CA)
• Bristol Hospital, Inc., The Family Wellness Program (Bristol, CT)
• Brooks Rehabilitation, Brooks Rehabilitation Clubhouse (Jacksonville, FL)
• Buffalo Hospital, Let's Talk Wellness (Buffalo, MN)
• Catholic Health Services, Healthy Sundays (Rockville Centre, NY)
• Cook County Health & Hospitals System, The Justice and Health Initiative (Chicago, IL)
• Einstein Medical Center – Philadelphia, Women In Need (WIN) Program (Philadelphia, PA)
• Essentia Health St. Mary's, White Earth & Becker County Mental Health Crisis Team (Detroit Lakes, MN)
• Fletcher Allen Health Care, Street Outreach (Burlington, VT)
• Florida Hospital, Bithlo Transformation Effort (Orlando, FL)
• Franciscan St. Margaret Health — Hammond / Franciscan Alliance Health System, Volunteer Advocates for Seniors and Incapacitated Adults (Hammond, IN)
• Franklin Medical Center, Winnsboro Behavioral Health (Winnsboro, LA)
• Gwinnett Hospital System, Gwinnett Medical Center Sports Medicine (Lawrenceville, GA)
• Hallmark Health System, Hallmark Health Mobile Food Market (Melrose, MA)
• Henry Ford Health System, Women-Inspired Neighborhood (WIN) Network: Detroit/also known as Sew Up the Safety Net for Women & Children (Detroit, MI)
• Holy Redeemer Health System, Drueding Center (Philadelphia, PA)
• Hospital for Special Care, The Autism Patient-Centered Specialty Practice (New Britain, CT)
• Hospital for Special Surgery, HSS Asian Community Bone Health Initiative (New York, NY)
• Indiana University Health Bloomington Hospital, Get On-Board Active Living (G.O.A.L.) (Bloomington, IN)
• Island Hospital, Island Hospital Psychiatry & Behavioral Health (Anacortes, WA)
• Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Center for Salud (Health) and Opportunity for Latinos — The Access Partnership (Baltimore, MD)
• Kennedy Krieger Institute, Center for Innovation and Leadership in Special Education (CILSE) (Baltimore, MD)
• La Rabida Children's Hospital, Medical Home for Children with Special Health Care Needs (Chicago, IL)
• Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc., Centro de Salud Latino Americano at Lehigh Valley Hospital (Allentown, PA)
• Lenox Hill Hospital, The Center for Attention and Learning (New York, NY)
• Licking Memorial Health Systems, Heart to Play (Newark, OH)
• Little Company of Mary Hospital, Integrative Therapy (Evergreen Park, IL)
• Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, The Taxi Network (New York, NY)
• Mercy & Memorial Hospitals — Dignity Health, Beyond the Walls (Bakersfield, CA)
• Mercy/Mercy Health, ProMedica, and the University of Toledo Medical Center, The Lucas County Initiative to Improve Birth Outcomes (Toledo, OH)
• Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Congregational Health Network (Memphis, TN)
• Parkview Health System, Asthma Education and Management Program (Fort Wayne, IN)
• Phillips Eye Institute, Phillips Eye Institute's Early Youth Eyecare (E.Y.E.) Initiative (Minneapolis, MN)
• Princeton HealthCare System, Princeton HealthCare System's Diabetes Care and Patient Management Program at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Community Health Center (Princeton, NJ)
• Providence Hospital, On the Road Living Well with Diabetes (Washington, DC)
• River Hospital, Inc., River Community Wellness Program (Alexandria Bay, NY)
• Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Domestic Violence and the Role of the Healthcare Provider (New Brunswick, NJ)
• Rockcastle Regional Hospital & Respiratory Care Center, Rockcastle Regional Wellness Center (Mount Vernon, KY)
• Saint Thomas Health, Dispensary of Hope (Nashville, TN)
• Seton Healthcare Family, Project SEARCH at Seton Healthcare Family (Austin, TX)
• Shepherd Center, Recreational Therapy Program at Shepherd Center (Atlanta, GA)
• Shriners Hospital for Children, Boston, Improving Outcome of Pediatric Injury (Boston, MA)
• Shriners Hospital for Children® — Tampa, Shriners Hospital for Children® - Wheelchair Program (Tampa, FL)
• Signature Healthcare, Homeward Bound (Brockton, MA)
• Southeastern Med, Tina Kiser Cancer Concern Coalition (Cambridge, OH)
• Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System, AccessHealth Spartanburg (Spartanburg, SC)
• SSM Health Care, The Mid Missouri eHome Project (St. Louis, MO)
• St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital, Power of One, the Greene County Women's Health Initiative and Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign (Greensboro, GA)
• The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Ninos Primeros en Salud (Philadelphia, PA)
• The MetroHealth System, MetroHealth Medical Home for Children in Foster Care (Cleveland, OH)
• Union General Hospital, It's a Girl Thing, Making Proud Choices (Farmerville, LA)
• University of Colorado Health, Kids Club, University of Colorado Health, "Schools on the Move 5210 Challenge" (Fort Collins, CO)
• University of Mississippi Medical Center, Mississippi Diabetes Telehealth Network Program (Jackson, MS)
• WakeMed Health and Hospital, ENERGIZE! (Raleigh, NC)

To learn more about the Hospital Charitable Services Awards, visit www.jacksonhealthcare.com/awards.

About Jackson Healthcare 
Jackson Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the U.S., serving more than five million patients in over 1,300 healthcare facilities. The company also optimizes hospital operations through software-enabled, systems engineering.

Jackson has earned national media coverage by providing innovative solutions to healthcare problems, in addition to championing local, national and international charitable work. Atlanta Business Chronicle named the company Atlanta's "best place to work" in 2014. Visit JacksonHealthcare.com to learn more.

SOURCE Jackson Healthcare