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Innovations In HealthcareSM
13th Annual Awards Event  |  Sept. 28, 2011 
Marriott Hotel - Long Beach, CA

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2008 ABBY AWARD FINALISTS                                                       2009   2010
Innovative Approach to the Delivery of Healthcare
 
Sutter Health Partners
Margaret Sabin, CEO
Sacramento, CA

Sutter Health Partners’ LIVE WELL FOR LIFE program focuses on identifying the predictors of disease and intervening before disease status is reached. Used by 18,000 clients, the program is based on a personal health assessment and one-on-one wellness coaching, facilitated by e-health tools and interactive operability to extend the coach’s influence.
WellPoint’s Lumenos
Charlton "Chip" Tooke, Founder of Lumenos
Alexandria, VA

WellPoint’s Lumenos created one of the first Consumer Directed Health Plans. By enabling consumers to take a more proactive roll in managing – and paying for – their own healthcare, Lumenos spurred providers to be more transparent in pricing their services. Their latest offering is a Zagat Health Survey for patients to review and evaluate their physicians.
Innovations in Medical/Bio-Technology
 
Micro Imaging Technology
Michael Brennan, Chairman & CEO
Laguna Hills, CA

Micro Imaging Technology has developed and patented a laser-based technology for rapidly detecting and identifying bacterium. Typically it can take as long as a week to confirm contagion with the deadly MRSA bacteria; MIT's system typically can determine the absence or presence of this and about 50 other highly contagious or fatal bacteria in hours.
 
   
 
Innovations In Healthcare IT & Telecom Technology
Healthline Networks, Inc.
Dean Stephens, President & COO
San Francisco, CA

Healthline Networks operates Healthline.com, whose unique semantic taxonomy and Medically Guided Search help consumers better navigate the complex world of health information, helping them find their way from search to discovery, from symptom to disease to treatment, or to local physicians and support groups.
iMDsoft, Inc.
Phyllis Gotlib, Co-Founder & CEO
Needham, MA

iMDsoft, Inc.’s MetaVision Suite is a clinical info system solution that automates all areas of patient management, workflow, documentation, and order entry and integrates with customizable, advanced, rules-based clinical decision support and business analysis tools. A particular use is automating local and remote ICUs and perioperative environments.
   
 
 
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