The National Quality Forum (NQF) and The Joint Commission have announced the 2007 recipients of the annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Honorees were selected in three of the four award categories.

The honorees, by award category, are as follows:

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT
Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, PhD - Center for Injury Research and Prevention at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Winston is being recognized for her lifelong professional commitment to combining public health, biomechanical engineering and psychologic methodologies to promote safety and prevent injury among children from motor vehicle crashes. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death and acquired disability among children. Dr. Winston established Partners for Child Passenger Safety (PCPS), a research to action program; the PCPS child-focused crash surveillance system today contains data from more than 500,000 crashes involving children. The research findings have informed improved safety design, as well as new legislation and regulations and anticipatory guidance by clinicians and public health educators. Child traffic deaths have been reduced by 15 percent since 1990, and PCPS is now recognized as the leading national resource for child safety experts. Dr. Winston has also provided expert input to national organizations such as the Institute of Medicine, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the United States Product Safety Commission.

Darrell A. Campbell, Jr., MD-University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

Dr. Campbell is being recognized for advancing quality improvement initiatives at the national, regional and local levels. He led the expansion of the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) from the Veterans Administration to the private sector, and has then used that experience to design and develop the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), a quality collaborative based on NSQIP. The MSQC is today a partnership involving 34 Michigan hospitals, the American College of Surgeons, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan. At the local level, Dr. Campbell has distinguished himself as chief of staff at the University of Michigan Health System where he has implemented multiple patient safety and quality improvement-related initiatives. These include a hospital-wide rapid response team; regular patient safety rounds; establishment of a "full disclosure" policy for medical errors; provision for annual patient safety training for all employees; and a patient safety certification program for house officers.

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