There are a number of ways that Challenge Teams can win awards in the Outcomes Challenge.
| Challenge Incentives Awarded to one qualified team from each Challenge category in March, June and October 2012. All qualified teams who have not previously won an Early Adopter Award are eligible. |
Fall 2012 Momentum Awards Awarded to Teams that increase their users (or increase their coverage for medication reconciliation) the most by the end of the Fall reporting period. |
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| Winter 2013 Overall Awards Awarded to Teams with the best combined rank for both total volume of use and momentum. |
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| Infoway also expects to announce additional awards as the Challenge proceeds. Watch the website for details! | ||
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| Spring 2012 Trailblazer Awards (Closed) Teams are required to submit a Trailblazer Plan. This, together with their qualification video, will be judged using specified criteria. |
Early Adopter Awards (Closed) Teams that submit qualification materials before December 15, 2011 and qualify for a category in the Challenge are entered in up to three draws. |
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Challenge Incentive Awards
Challenge Incentives are available to Teams that qualify for the Challenge before the deadlines listed above. All Challenge teams who have not won an Early Adopter award are eligible for the Challenge Incentives.
Fall 2012 Momentum Awards
The Fall 2012 Momentum Awards will be distributed to the Teams with the greatest momentum by the end of the Fall reporting period.
How is momentum calculated in each category?
e-Scheduling – percent increase from baseline in number of users who have booked an appointment
Patient Access to Health Information – percent increase from baseline in number of users who have viewed health information.
Medication Reconciliation – percent increase from baseline in the coverage of patients receiving medication reconciliation.
Clinical Synoptic Reporting – percent increase from baseline in number of clinicians who have contributed to completed reports.
Winter 2013 Overall Awards
To encourage both use and growth of innovative solutions, Teams with the best combined rank in both volume and momentum over the course of the Challenge, will receive the Overall Awards.
The combined rank score will be calculated for each Challenge category, by adding the Team rank for total volume to the Team rank for momentum. The Teams with the lowest resulting total are the winners.
Spring 2012 Trailblazer Awards (Closed)
The Outcomes Challenge seeks to spur replication and spread of innovative solutions. The Trailblazer Awards will be awarded by a panel of judges. The Judges will score each Team’s Trailblazer Plan and video based on six specified criteria. To win a Trailblazer Award, teams must:
- qualify for a Challenge category by 12 noon ET March 31, 2012;
- submit a Trailblazer Plan (max. three page PDF) by March 31, 2012, describing current use of the solution and plans to scale up the use and the number of users over the next year.
Click here to view the criteria that will be used to determine the Trailblazer Awards.
Early Adopter Awards (Closed)
Early Adopter Awards are available to Teams that submit all required materials for qualification by December 15, 2011 and qualify for a Challenge category.
To be eligible, the date and time of submission are the date and time at which all required documentation is submitted to the Challenge website in complete form. If the submission is deemed incomplete and is later re-submitted, the new submission date and time will be used.
Draws will be held five days after qualification decisions have been made for all teams that submitted qualification materials before the draw deadline.
* Awards will be available for first place in Challenge categories where at least three qualified Teams participate. Awards will be available for first, second, and third place in Challenge categories where at least five qualified Teams participate.
