Gage Awards

Through the Gage Awards, America’s Essential Hospitals recognizes member hospitals and health systems for successful projects to improve the quality of care and population health. The awards promote the spread of best practices and innovative programs to other organizations and support the association’s research, policy, and advocacy work by sharing member success stories with external audiences.

2024 Gage Awards: Population Health

Gage Awards for population health recognize programs that aim to improve specific health outcomes for a defined population or community by addressing the social and economic factors that influence health. Population health can be defined as “the health outcomes of a group of individuals, including the distribution of such outcomes within the group” (Kindig & Stoddart, 2003).

Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Increasing Birth Equity in Washington, D.C.

UTMB Health

Community Health Program for Underserved Patients

2024 Gage Awards: Quality

Gage Awards for quality recognize activities that improve the quality of care delivered, improve patient experience, engage patients and their families, or reduce or eliminate harmful events affecting individual patients or groups of patients. Quality improvement programs may include evidence-based interventions, standardized practices, bundles of care, and checklists.

Hennepin Healthcare

Healing and Opportunities with Psychotic Experiences (HOPE) Program

Harris Health

Multi-Visit Patient Initiative for High-Risk Patients

Excellence and Innovation in Care: The 2024 Gage Awards

America’s Essential Hospitals proudly presents Excellence and Innovation in Care: The 2024 Gage Awards, an illustrated guide to programs the association recognized with annual member awards for achievements in quality and population health.

This guide documents the exceptional work by essential hospitals to improve the health and well-being of the people and communities they serve, including programs to support youth and young adults who have experienced psychosis, improve access to obstetric care, reduce emergency department utilization, and help patients manage chronic conditions.


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