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Cheers Awards Winners

The Cheers Awards honor individuals, organizations, and companies that have set a superlative standard of excellence for others to follow in the prevention of medication errors and adverse drug events. The winners of this year's awards are:

2011

  • Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Nashville, TN
  • Advocates to Address Drug Shortages (Bona Benjamin, Erin Fox, Valerie Jensen), ,
  • Saint Vincent Hospital Med Safety Sub-Committee and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Worcester, MA
  • National Coordinating Council for Medication Error Reporting and Prevention, Rockville, MD
  • SCANA Pharmacy, Cayce, SC
  • OhioHealth, Columbus, OH
  • Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center SERIOUS Medication Reconciliation Clinic, Cleveland, OH

2010

  • Barbara Olson, RN, , Atlanta, GA
  • Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
  • Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
  • Lancaster General Health, Lancaster, PA
  • PA Patient Safety Authority, , PA
  • NC Center for QPS, Hosp Assoc, Board of Nursing, , NC

2009

  • Intermountain Primary Children's Medical Center, Salt Lake City, UT
  • Christina (Marucci) Michalek, RPh, Director of Pharmacy, Lehigh Valley Health Network, Bethlehem, PA
  • Portage Health, Hancock, MI
  • Giant Eagle, Inc, Pittsburgh, PA
  • San Diego Patient Safety Taskforce, San Diego, CA
  • Laura Bogdanski, PharmD, BCPS, Healthcare Associates, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
  • Veterans Health Administration Bar Code Resource Office, Topeka, KS

2008

  • FDA Patient Safety News, Rockville, MD
  • Sebastian Ferrero Foundation, Gainesville, FL
  • Debora Simmons, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS, Texas A & M Health Sciences Center, Houston, TX
  • UMass Memorial Medical Center, Worcester, MA
  • Community Health Network, Indianapolis, IN
  • www.HealthInfoTranslations.org, Columbus, OH

2007

  • Walworth County Patient Safety Council, Elm Grove, WI
  • Special Recognition- Robert W. K. Lam, RPh , Information Technology Specialist, ISMP Canada, Toronto, Canada
  • Mercy Health Center, Oklahoma City, OK
  • John F. Mitchell, Medication Safety Coordinator, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  • Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC
  • Timothy Vanderveen, PharmD, MS, VP, Center for Safety & Clinical Excellence, Cardinal Health, San Diego, CA

2006

  • Evans Army Comm Hosp Soldier Readiness Processing, Ft. Carson, CO
  • Ilene Corina, Co-President New York, PULSE, Wantagh, NY
  • Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), Nashville, TN
  • Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital, Hollister , CA
  • Joyce Genarali, Director of Drug Information, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
  • Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena, CA
  • Therese Staublin, Drug Use Review Coordinator, St. Francis Hospital and Health Centers, Beech Grove, IN
  • Univ. of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Shadyside , Pittsburgh, PA
  • Univ of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, PA
  • KatrinaHealth.org, New York, NY

2005

  • John Gosbee, MD, MS, Director, Patient Safety Information Systems, National Center for Patient Safety, VHA, Ann Arbor, MI
  • Joan Kramer, Staff Development Manager, Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Baltimore, MD
  • Lorri Zipperer, Cybrarian, Zipperer Project Management, Evanston, IL
  • David Marx, JD, Outcome Engineering, Carrollton, TX
  • Patient Safety Rounds Program at Dana-Farber Cance, Boston, MA
  • The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland , OH
  • Jenny Meslow, National Interdiscplinary Case Competition, CLARION, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • Target Corporation, Minneapolis, MN
  • Fostoria Community Hospital, Fostoria, OH
  • St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, MO
  • Joanne Kowiatek, RPh, MPM, Manager, Medication Safety, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Association of Perioperative Registered NursesAORN, Denver, CO
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