Call for Nominations: 2012 MITSS HOPE Award

The MITSS HOPE Award recognizes people – patients, families, healthcare providers, hospitals (or teams or departments therein), academic institutions, community health centers, grass roots organizations, EAP Programs, etc. – who exemplify the mission of MITSS: Supporting Healing and Restoring Hope to patients, families, and clinicians impacted by adverse medical events, medical errors, or  unexpected outcomes. *

The winner of the HOPE Award will receive a monetary prize of $5,000 to continue their work. This year’s award is being sponsored by RL Solutions. The Award will be presented at the MITSS 11th Annual Dinner and Fundraiser to be held on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at The Westin Copley Place, Boston. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 28, 2012.

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*Medically Induced Trauma results from an adverse event that occurs during medical and/or surgical care. An adverse event is an injury that is due to a medical intervention. It may or may not be an error, but is an undesirable outcome that results from some aspect of diagnosis or treatment, not an underlying disease process. Most importantly, these events affect the emotional well being of the patient, family member, and/or clinician.