The 2018 Culture of Health Prize will honor communities for innovative partnerships and collective initiatives to improve population health.

Truman Medical Centers improved medication safety by changing their stocking practices, implementing evidence-based order sets, and using a patient-centered education strategy.

Using a step-by-step approach, Truman Medical Centers implemented a variety of interventions across 2012 that decreased the prevalence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers by 78 percent.

A Truman Medical Centers study examines clinical decision support systems’ impact on venous thromboembolism prevention.

Truman Medical Centers reduced central line-associated blood stream infections in its intensive care units through an evidence-based strategy.

Truman Medical Centers employed a strategy that integrated diabetes care across all inpatient and outpatient departments, designated physician champions, and used data to identify high-risk patients.