"We applaud each of these recipients for their outstanding efforts which have advanced patient safety in the United States," says Mark R. Chassin, MD, president, The Joint Commission. "By demonstrating a commitment to patient safety and the willingness to take the chances that innovations require, they have inspired the American healthcare community and improved the lives of patients."

"This year's Eisenberg winners are truly leaders in their field, and their work to increase patient safety is instrumental in moving U.S. healthcare toward a system of high-quality, safe care," says NQF President and CEO Janet Corrigan, PhD. "They inspire us to remember that patient safety should be the central focus of all healthcare."


This year's awards will be presented on Thursday, Oct. 16, at NQF's Annual Policy Conference: Quality at the Crossroads in Arlington, VA. The December 2008 issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety will feature the achievements of each of the award recipients.

The patient safety awards program, launched in 2002 by NQF and The Joint Commission, honors John M. Eisenberg, MD, former administrator of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Dr. Eisenberg was one of the founding leaders of NQF and sat on its Board of Directors. In his roles both as AHRQ administrator and chair of the federal government's Quality Inter-Agency Coordination Task Force, he was a passionate advocate for patient safety and healthcare quality and personally led AHRQ's grant program to support patient safety research.

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