Quest for Quality Prize Overview

An American Hospital Association Award

The Quest for Quality Prize is administered by the Health Research and Educational Trust.

The goals of The American Hospital Association-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize are to raise awareness of the need for a hospital-wide commitment to highly reliable, exceptional quality, patient-centered care; reward successful efforts to develop and promote a systems-based approach toward improvements in quality of care; inspire hospitals to systematically integrate and align their quality improvement efforts throughout the organization; and communicate successful programs and strategies to the hospital field.

Applications for the 2013 prize have already been received.  Honorees will be announced in July. One winning hospital will receive $75,000; up to two finalists will receive $12,500 each.  Other site-visited organizations (up to four) may be named Citation of Merit honorees.  All U.S. hospitals are eligible for the AHA-McKesson Quest for Quality Prize.

The prize honors hospitals that

• have committed in a systematic manner to achieving the Institute of Medicine's six quality aims--safety, patient-centeredness, effectiveness, efficiency, timeliness, and equity;
• can document progress in achievement of all six of the IOM aims; and
• provide replicable models and systems for the hospital field.