Healthcare Innovation June 8, 2021
Rajiv Leventhal

Recipients included two organizations and one individual

The Joint Commission and National Quality Forum (NQF), two prominent organizations in healthcare quality and patient safety, have announced the recipients of the 2020 John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards.

The 2020 award recipients include a national initiative that has saved more than 1,500 lives by expanding the availability of naloxone, an Illinois hospital’s Academy for Quality and Safety Improvement, and an anesthesiologist who has made seminal contributions in patient safety research, innovation and dissemination.

The patient safety awards program, launched in 2002, honors the late John M. Eisenberg, M.D., former administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and an impassioned advocate for healthcare quality improvement, according to...

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