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Sen. Moore honored for leadership in patient safety, health care quality
Only elected official recognized for achievement October 31, 2008...The Massachusetts Medical Law Report has selected Sen. Richard T. Moore, D-Uxbridge, as one of thirty honorees for the first ever "Rx for Excellence Awards" honoring best practices in medicine. The Medical Law Report, published quarterly by Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly, provides legal news for health care professionals. Moore and his fellow honorees were saluted today at an awards ceremony and breakfast at the Taj Hotel in Boston. "It's certainly a special honor to be recognized by the premier publication in health law, and to be among such an elite group of honorees," said Moore. "My top legislative priority is to give the citizens of Massachusetts safe, high quality, and affordable health care across the state, and I am deeply humbled to be recognized for this work." Moore, the only legislator and only elected official selected for the prestigious award, was cited for his leadership in patient safety and health care quality improvement. As Senate Chairman of the Legislature's Committee on Health Care Financing, Moore was also one of the prime authors of the state's landmark health care reform law and its new quality improvement/cost containment legislation. He has been leading efforts in Massachusetts and nationally to improve patient safety for the past ten years. The moving force behind the establishment of the state's Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, Sen. Moore has led efforts to establish a statewide infection prevention program and a falls prevention program. He is also guiding state efforts to expand e-prescribing and the adoption of electronic medical records to reduce medication errors that injure or kill many patients and cost millions of dollars each year. Among those individuals and organizations being honored with Senator Moore are: Charles Baker, CEO of Harvard-Pilgrim Healthcare; Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; George L. Blackburn, MD, Director of Beth Israel Deaconess' Center for Nutrition and Medicine; Atty. Michael L. Blau, Partner and Chair of the Health Ventures Practice, Foley & Lardner LLP; John O'Brien and Atty. Douglas Brown, CEO and General Counsel, respectively, of UMASS Memorial Health Care; James Conway, Senior Vice President at Institute for Healthcare Improvement; CRICO Risk Management Foundation, represented by its President Robert Hanscom; Lena Deter, RN, Clinical Nurse Specialist at Hebrew Senior Life; Atty. Vincent DiCianni, President and Founder of Affiliated Monitors; and Andrew Eisenhauer, MD, Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Also, Atul Gawande, MD, Surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital and noted author; Allan Goroll, MD, Primary Care Physician and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Michael D. Howell, MD, Director of Clinical Care Quality at Beth Israel Deaconess; Cleve Killingworth and Steven J. Fox, CEO and Vice President of Provider Network respectively of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts; George D. LeMaitre, MD, Founder and Director of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.; Atty. Eric Linzer, Vice President of the Massachusetts Association of Health Plans; Massachusetts Coalition for the Prevention of Medical Errors, represented by its Executive Director Paula Griswold; Roseanna H. Means, MD, Founder of Women of Means, Inc.; Medical-Legal Partnership for Children, Boston Medical Center, represented by Deputy Director Samantha Morton. Lastly, Michael D. Miller, MD, Founder and President of HealthPolCom; Rick Mindess, MD, President and CEO of Wellport; Laura A. Montgomery, Quality Manager, New England Cryogenic Center; ProMutual Group Risk Management Department, represented by Maureen Mondor; Arun Ramappa, MD, Chief of Sports Medicine, Orthopedic Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Amy Rosen, Professor of Health Policy and Management at Boston University School of Public Health; Luis T. Sanchez, MD, Director of Physician Health Services at the Massachusetts Medical Society; Atty. Stephen M. Weiner, Chair of the Health Section at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Popeo, and Glovsky, P.C.; Anthony D. Whittemore, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Delia O'Connor, President and CEO, Anna Jacques Hospital. For more information on Sen. Moore's work in the Legislature, please visit www.senatormoore.com. |
