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Biographical Sketch:
This award program was created in 1994 by CPRI-HOST, which merged with HIMSS in 2002. The award honors Dr. Nicholas Davies, an Atlanta-based physician who was committed to improving patient care through better health information management. Dr. Davies was a member of the Institute of Medicine’s patient record study committee. In April 1991, he was killed in a plane crash in Georgia. His ideals live on through the Davies Award of Excellence, which recognizes excellence in the field of health information technology adoption.
In its first years the Davies Award of Excellence focused on large health systems. It expanded into independent ambulatory practices in 2003; public health in 2004; and community health organizations in 2008. The Davies Award of Excellence has been presented to 29 healthcare organizations, 21 ambulatory practices, 14 public health organizations and seven community health organizations since the program’s inception.
The Davies Public Health Award honors excellence in the development of systems that creatively and effectively utilize electronic data on individual patients/clients to promote the organization’s own mission and to further the health of the public in the area for which the organization is responsible. Although the award is offered primarily with state and local health departments in mind, other organizations that have population health impacts (e.g., WIC Clinics, poison control centers) will be considered if their applications meet the criteria for the award by using effective systems targeted primarily to promote public health .
The founding partner organizations worked with HIMSS to develop the guidelines for application and evaluation, conducting site visits and determining the winners. The entire process is reviewed and, as necessary, updated annually by the Davies Public Health Committee. We are excited about this great opportunity to encourage and recognize successful use of information technology in public health.
Award Recipient Recognition