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Bernard J. Tyson Award Ceremonies

A key goal for the Tyson award program is to share and disseminate lessons learned about the efforts undertaken within exemplary health care equity improvement and disparity reduction initiatives to inspire other health care organizations to take action to improve health care disparities. By sharing details regarding these efforts, including methodologies, data use, and tools, it is our hope that organizations can adapt and adopt similar approaches and improvement work within their facilities. All organizations selected as recipients of the Tyson Award Program have presented about their initiatives and have been featured during online award ceremonies.

 

2023 Bernard J Tyson Award Ceremony

During the November 27, 2023 Tyson Award ceremony, the University of Chicago Medicine, highlighted their initiative, Systematic Treatment and Management of Postpartum Hypertension (STAMPP-HTN), and shared insights and lessons that other healthcare organizations can learn from and adapt for their own maternal healthcare equity improvement efforts. Use the button below to view the captioned recording of this webinar.

2022 Bernard J Tyson Award Ceremony

On November 29, 2022, NYC Health + Hospitals (recognized for their initiative NYC Care, a citywide healthcare access program for New Yorkers who are ineligible for or cannot afford health insurance, including undocumented individuals), and Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women (recognized for Quality Improvement Initiatives on Decreasing Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity) presented regarding their impressive health care disparity reduction efforts during a virtual award ceremony. During the ceremony, each organization provided high-level details about their initiatives and shared takeaways and best practices that other organizations can adapt and adopt to address healthcare disparities within their own settings. Use the button below to view the captioned recording of this webinar.

2021 Bernard J Tyson Award Ceremony

An online award ceremony was held on November 19, 2021 to recognize the UMass Memorial Health team for their initiative that identified and addressed disparities in adherence to well-child visits. Use the button below to view the recording of this webinar. Use the button below to view the captioned recording of this webinar: