Information
Purpose
Recognize a team or state official for using evidence to innovate state-run, publicly-funded efforts that achieve improvement in health outcomes, quality or cost for their state’s population.*
Timeframe
2003 to present
Criteria for Nomination
The nominated effort has:
1. Addressed a known or acknowledged public policy problem OR used evidence or data to reveal and address a previously unrecognized public policy problem.
2. Resulted in:
a. Improved health outcomes, quality or cost; OR
b. Identification and discontinuation of policies or programs that do not improve health outcomes, quality or cost
3. Used evidence or data OR created evidence or data through implementation of the nominated effort.
4. Used collaboration or community-engagement strategies, preferably throughout the process.
5. Addressed equity in its application.