APhA Foundation Pinnacle Awards
The Pinnacle Awards, established in 1998 by the APhA Foundation's
Quality Center, celebrates significant contributions to the medication
use process through increasing patient adherence, reducing drug
misadventures, promoting the use of national treatment guidelines,
improving patient outcomes, or enhancing communication among the members
of the health care team. To learn more, please view a brief video about
the Pinnacle Awards. The categories of awards are:
- Individual Award for Career Achievement: Nominees in this
category are individuals that by their actions have demonstrated
exceptional leadership in enhancing health care quality and
medication use.
- Group Practices, Health-Systems, Health Care Corporations:
This category recognizes a significant scientific contribution
and/or quality improvement project.
- Voluntary Health Agencies, Non-profit Organizations,
Associations, Government Agencies and Public/Private Partnerships:
Special emphasis in this category is placed on submissions that
assist patients and their caregivers in achieving better outcomes
from their medications.
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Award Recipients
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more about the Pinnacle Awards
2011 Pinnacle Awards
Congratualtions to the 2011 Pinnacle Award
Recipients! Thank you to everyone who joined in the celebration
honoring Mel Baron, The Medication Assistance Program at the OSUMC and
the James, and the Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services
Collaborative(PSPC). The event was held on June 27th at APhA
Headquarters in Washington DC. View pictures
from the 2011 Pinnacle Awards!
The 2011 Recipients are:
- Individual Award for Career Achievement: Melvin
Baron, University Southern California School of Pharmacy
›› Learn
more about Dr. Mel Baron
- Group Practices, Health-Systems, Health Care Corporations:
The Medication Assistance Program at the Ohio State
University Medical Center (OSUMC) and Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital
and Richard J. Solove Research Institute
›› Learn
more about The Medication Assistance Program
- Voluntary Health Agencies, Non-profit Organizations,
Associations, Government Agencies and Public/Private Partnerships:
The Patient Safety and Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
(PSPC) ›› Learn
more about PSPC
This activity is supported by an educational donation provided by
Amgen. This activity is also supported by Merck.
For information about supporting the Pinnacle Awards, please contact
the APhA Foundation at info@aphafoundation.org or
(202) 429-7565.
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